Dear Anne,
How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday,____12^th,2013. It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.
This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of ____greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5^th of the lunar calendar(阴历) ，278 BC. People there rowed the boats to ______him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the _____to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.
______ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy ______ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only ______a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.
Have you ever ______the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as ______as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.
If you have a plan to visit China next year, would ______like to spend this festival with us?
Best wishes,
Xiao Qiang