With the booming of the globalization

随着全球化的不断深入

and the increase of the inter-cultural communications,

-文化之间的交流也日益增多

a lot of Western cultural phenomena can be seen in China,

我们在中国感受到了许多西方文化的气息

among which there is the popularity of the Western festivals like Christmas,

其中有西方非常流行的节日如圣诞节、

April Fools Days and Valentines Day and so on.

愚人节、情人节等。

The staunch lovers of these festivals are young people

过这些节日的大多是年轻人

such as the high school and college students.

例如高中生和大学生。

Attitudes toward the Western festivals are among the general public.

人们对过西方节日的态度褒贬不一。

Some people say that we should keep away from them and just leave them there.

许多人说我们不应该过西方节日。

Other people contend that we need to be open-minded to the foreign festivals

-其他人认为我们应该对外国节日抱有开放的胸怀

and learn some Western culture from them.

并了解西方文化。

As far as I am concerned,

我认为

we should value our traditional festivals,

我们应该尊重我们的传统文化

which have been an integral part of the Chinese culture,

这些节日是中国文化的一部分

and meanwhile, we can have a taste of the Western festivals just for fun.

与此同时我们也可以在欢乐中度过西方节日。

There are several reasons.

有一下几点原因。

First of all, the traditional festivals have been the particular icons of Chinese culture.

第一传统节日已经成为了中国文化的象征。

We have a lot of festivals

我们有许多传统节日

such as Spring Festival,Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and so on.

例如春节、端午节、元宵节等。

They are the most precious intangible cultural heritage

这些都是我们的非物质文化遗产

that we have carried down from our ancestors.

这些都是我们祖先所流传下来的。

We, as a new generation in China,

我们作为新一代的中国人

should shoulder the responsibility of protecting and rejuvenating them

应该肩负起保护振兴他们的责任

so that our offspring can enjoy and learn them in the long future.

只有这样我们的后代才能学习了解。

As we all know, the government also attaches importance to the traditional festivals.

据我们所知政府非常重视传统节日。

People in China will have a day off when a traditional festival comes.

人们通常都会在节日那天放假。

Secondly, the traditional festivals are offering us the most important occasions for

第二传统节日也给我们提供了一个非常好的机会

family reunion and the expansion of social connections.

能给我们提供一个与家人、朋友团聚的机会。

As is mentioned before,

就像前面所说

people do not have to go to work when they have the traditional festivals.

假日期间人们不用上班。

As a result,

所以

they can go home and have a family party.

他们可以回家与家人团聚。

They can fully enjoy the domestic bliss thanks to the traditional festivals.

由于传统节日他们能够与家人在一起。

What is more,

更为重要的是

the traditional festivals provide lucrative opportunities for the travel industry.

假日帮助旅游业快速增长。

People like to do traveling when they have some holidays.

人们喜欢在假日时旅游。

The economy also benefits from the traditional festivals.

同时假日也会推动经济的增长。

Finally, a lot of foreigners are fascinated with our traditional festivals.

最后许多外国人都喜欢过中国的传统节日。

I think this is conducive to cross-cultural communication.

-我认为这对于跨文化交流非常有利。

We do not have to ward off the western festivals as if they were threats.

我们不用躲避西方节日。

We can enjoy our own culture and have a taste of the western festivals

我们可以一边庆祝中国的节日一边欣赏西方的佳节

so that we can improve our strength.

这样我们可以提高我们自己的实力。

To sum up, the world is getting smaller and smaller.

总结世界之间的距离越来越小。

We should protect our culture on the one hand and on the other hand,

我们应该保护我们的文化

we can also celebrate the western festivals

我们也可以庆祝西方节日

for the sake of cross-cultural communication.

其目的是为了增进跨文化交流。