赛龙舟 Dragon Boat Race

The Duanwu Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

端午节是中国阴历的五月五日。人们总是吃粽子和赛龙舟来庆祝它。

A Dragon boat race is a traditional amusement activity in dragon boat festival. Today my mother took me out to watch dragon boat races. I was very excited because this was my first time to watch such race. When we arrived at Nanhu Park there were hundreds of people around the two sides of the river. We found a place can see the match clearly hardly. The participate sat on the boat look like dragon. When the signal to start set everyone on the boat tried their best to make the boat forward. And the people who were watching also cheered them. The air was very lively.

龙舟比赛是端午节的传统娱乐活动。今天，我妈妈带我出去看龙舟比赛。我很兴奋，因为这是我第一次去看这样的比赛。我们来到南湖公园的时候，那里有成百上千的人在河的两边。我们好不容易找到一个可以清楚看到比赛的地方。参赛者都坐在像龙一样的船里面。当开始的信号发出的时候，每个人都努力使他们的船前进。观众们也为他们加油打气。气氛很热闹。