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Directions: For this part, your are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled “The Celebration of Western Festivals”. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
1、现在国内有不少人喜欢过西方的某些节日；
2、产生这种现象的原因；
3、这种现象可能带来的影响。

参考答案: The Celebration of Western Festivals In the past several years, a variety of Western festivals have become more and more popular in China. A growing number of people, particularly the young man are immersed in the fantastic atmosphere of the upcoming Christmas. Some of them even put more emphasis on this Christmas than that on the Spring Festival. There are several factors related to this tendency. First, young people are exposed to western cultures and lifestyles through long-time English learning. And festivals are regarded as the condensed reflection of western cultures. For instance, Valentine’s Day provides a vehicle for young adults to show their love. Second, those stores play an vital role in promoting the prevalence of western festivals. Also owing to the advancement of economy which enables Chinese people to possess greater purchasing power, stores are trying their best to create foreign festivals’ atmosphere which can help attract customers. Whether we should celebrate these foreign festivals is widely questioned. People involved are to blame for their loose traditional values. Our home-grown festivals play crucial roles in Chinese traditional culture. However, their foreign counterparts are exerting strong influence on people’s values and thoughts. Something need to be done to give our priority to our native festivals.