除了描述春節(jié)之外，其實(shí)還有很多其他的cultural event值得一說，相對(duì)大眾的文化傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日如中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的“鬼節(jié)”the Ghost Festival，重陽(yáng)節(jié)the Double Ninth Festival；具有地方特色的文化活動(dòng)可以選擇“成都的麻將節(jié)the Mahjong Festival，重慶的火鍋節(jié)the Hotpot Festival in Chongqing”等。這里我們選擇中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的“鬼節(jié)”作為例子，相信考官一定沒有在考場(chǎng)中聽過考生描述這類的主題。

The seventh lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar is called Ghost Month. On the first day of the month, the Gates of Hell are open to allow ghosts and spirits access to the world of the living. The spirits spend the month visiting their families, feasting and looking for victims. 總體介紹該文化活動(dòng)的情況，初步解釋。

There are three important days during Ghost Month. On the first day of the month, ancestors are honored with offerings of food, incense, and ghost money - paper money which is burned so the spirits can use it. These offerings are done at makeshift altars set up on sidewalks outside the house. 進(jìn)一步詳細(xì)解釋該文化的表現(xiàn)。

Almost as important as honoring ancestors, offerings to ghosts without families must be made, so that they will not cause you any harm. Ghost month is the most dangerous time of the year, and malevolent spirits are on the look out to capture souls. This makes ghost month a bad time to do activities such as evening walk, traveling, moving house, or starting a new business. Many people avoid swimming during ghost month, since there are many spirits in the water which can try to drown you. 用適當(dāng)?shù)睦觼碚f明該文化的特征。

The last day of the month is when the Gates of Hell are closed up again. The chants of Taoist priests inform the spirits that it’s time to return, and as they are confined once again to the underworld.

針對(duì)這樣的話題，若希望增加其自然度和真實(shí)感，可以在回答正題之前先給考官打一個(gè)預(yù)防針：“The cultural event I’m going to talk about may sound a little bit superstitious and scary, but it is one of our traditional and cultural events in most areas.”

對(duì)于Cultural event的話題，回答思路大多情況下都是介紹文化活動(dòng)或事件的主題+具體文化習(xí)俗和傳統(tǒng)活動(dòng)的表現(xiàn)；所以，建議希望得高分的考生可以更換老主題的具體內(nèi)容，也可以更換一個(gè)新的主題，否則考官將會(huì)始終以茫然的表情面對(duì)你。