Online Class Notes (Alex) (S)

Vocabulary

popularity
eg. This famous singer has gained even more popularity since he married a famous actress.

population 人口
eg. Of all countries, China has the largest population.

promotional (adj.)
eg. This brand released a promotional video to advertise for its Christmas products.

handcrafting
eg. Handcrafting workshops are getting more and more popular with white collars who enjoy taking a break from their computer and doing things with their hands.

Speaking exercise

From my observation I think most of the Chinese celebrate Xmas not in a traditional way like western people. In western countries families and friends should get together to have dinner. In China we do not celebrate in this way. Like you said Xmas is more and more important for past several years in China. This is a good reason for me to have fun and relax myself. For my kids this is very good chance to get a lovely present from Santa. I think also for young people it is a good time to enjoy the holiday atmosphere because there are a lot of beautiful Xmas trees and decorations in the shopping malls and also a lot of event. I will take my kids to a Xmas event for handmaking this weekend. I think the population of this festival is partly due to the promotion event for the shops. They will have some promotion event or some discount during this period and make their sales increase at year end. 

correction

From my observation I think most of the Chinese celebrate Xmas not in a traditional way like Western people. In Western countries families and friends should get together to have dinner. In China we do not celebrate in this way. Like you said Xmas has been getting more and more important for the past several years in China. This is a good reason for me to have fun and relax myself. For my kids this is a very good chance to get a lovely present from Santa. I think also for young people it is a good time to enjoy the holiday atmosphere because there are a lot of beautiful Xmas trees and decorations in the shopping malls and also a lot of events. I will take my kids to a Xmas handcrafting event this weekend. I think the popularity of this festival is partly due to the promotional events from the shops. They will have some promotional events or some discount during this period and make their sales increase at the end of the year.

Grammar

Christmas is more and more popular for the past few years – Christmas has been getting more and more popular