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aletteryouwritetoanewspaperorotherpublicationtoshareyourviewonacurrentissueyoufeelisimportant.LetterstoDeareditor,Deareditor,AfamilydinnerisanimportanttraditiontocelebrateSpringFestival.Nowadays,somepeoplechoosetohavethedinnerinarestaurant,butnoteveryoneiskeenonthisidea.Whatdoourreadersthink?What’sthetopicfortheLTE?TimeforaChange?Deareditor,Deareditor,WhatmightbetheiropinionsabouttheSpringFestivaldinner?WangPeng,asoftwareengineerLiuYonghui,aretiredteacherTimeforaChange?Whoarethewriters?1.11.22.12.2EatingoutWangPeng’sopinionabout2.31.2.spendingsomuchtime...havingworkedallyear...beingwiththesamepeople…ismoreenjoyablewithout...thedishestastingbettertheSpringFestivaldinner:Thepreparationsforthedinnerarehardwork.Ithasnothingtodowithlossoftraditions. “Eatingoutmaychangetheformofthistradition,butthelovebetweenthefamilymemberssittingaroundthetabletogetherremainsthesame.”WangPeng’sopinionabouttheSpringFestivaldinner:Howtoexpressopinionsinapersuasiveway?statingtheopinioningeneralgivingsupportingdetailsfromdifferentaspectsgivingasummaryLiuYonghui’sopinionabout

Eatingathome:itjustwon’tfeellikeSpringFestivalhavingthedinnerout.Tome,theprocessisevenmoreimportantthanthedinneritself.theSpringFestivaldinner:…runaroundthehouse,listeningtotheadults…Wetoastedeachother,welaughed…...getundermymother’sfeetinthekitchen,watchingher…...allofuswould

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puttokensinsomedumplings…ThinkingandSharing:Whichofthetwoopinionsdoyouagreewith?Why?ChineseSpringFestivalGoingGlobaltheeditorialcolumnaneditorial:anewspaperormagazinearticlethatiswrittenbyandgivestheopinionsoftheeditorsorpublishersWhatistheopinionofeditorsorpublishers?ItseemsthatChineseSpringFestivalisbecomingaglobalcelebrationofjoyandlove.Whatdoyouthinkofthisphenomenon?Writetoustoshareyouropinion!WhatarethefunctionsofParagraph2Paragraph1Introducingthephenomenon:ChineseSpringFestivalbeingcelebratedacrosstheworldDescribingthephenomenonindetailthefirsttwoparagraphs?Ticketsforthe

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oftheaudiencelocalRussians.GhanaianjuniorhighschoolstudentsgotuponstagetoperformChinesesongsanddances.StudentsinNewYorkCity,havebeenabletoenjoyanofficialday’sholidayforChineseSpringFestival.HowisChineseSpringFestivalcelebratedacrosstheworld?Whatdoyouthinkofthisphenomenon?Cross-culturalcommunicationFeelingReasonHomework:1.WritealettertotheeditortoexpressyouropinionsaboutglobalcelebrationofChineseSpringFestival.stating