May Day is a holiday in many parts of the world. But May Day means different things to different people. For some it is a time to celebrate spring. For others it is the day to remember the workers of the world.

May Day was popular in Europe for hundreds of years. The traditions were different from place to place. But the main idea was always the same-people celebrated spring.

In Sweden, people made "Old Man Winter" out of wood.' They threw him on a fire to show the end of winter and the start of spring.

In English villages young people danced around the "maypole"-a tall pole in the centre of the town. A May Queen was chosen from the young women.

At one time，people believed that these May Day celebrations helped them to grow good crops for the next year. People don't believe this today, but many of the traditions continue.

In the modern world, May Day is also the day to remember workers around the world. This day was chosen at an international meeting in Paris in 1889.

They wanted to remember four men who died for workers' rights in the US in 1886. Later, May Day became an important holiday in many countries. In other countries, people fight on this day for workers' rights around the world.

英国某中学邀请你校学生代表团于7月中旬去访问交流，假如你是成员之一，请在欢迎会上致答谢辞。

要点：1）感谢邀请和接待;

2）希望在文化习俗，创新与发明方面有交流;

3）重点介绍一个中国传统节日;

4）邀请他们来浙江。

提示词：习俗custom; 创新innovation;接待reception

要求：1）80词左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计人总词数;

2）必须包括以上全部要点，可以适当发挥;

3）文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。

Ladies and gentlemen，

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That's all. Thank you.

Tiaohua Festival is a main festival of the Miao people in Anshun City in Guizhou Province, China. In 2008, it was included into the second group of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List. It is usually celebrated in the first lunar (农历的)month every year.

To decide the exact dates of the festival, organizers(组织者)have to think about many things, like lucky animal days ( e. g. the tiger and dragon are powerful, but snake and pig days need to be avoided at all costs) and lucky numbers (e. g. "8"means wealth but"4"meansdeath). Organizers also need to make sure the dates don't fall on the festival days of other communities (社区). In this way , people from nearby villages can take part in the festival.

Singing and dancing are the main activities of Tiaohua Festival. During the festival,  the Miao people wear their traditional clothes and silver accessories (配饰). The most important part of the festival is the chance for young people to meet possible marriage partners——Men play a musical instrument and women dance to the music in the flower area. If a man plays well, listeners will cheer for him and he can win a woman's admiration. Then they may get married if everything goes well. Other activities include competitions of climbing a flower-decorated pole(杆)and wushu.

Each year, Tiaohua Festival attracts international tourists from all over the world." We're really surprised by the local culture and the welcoming people," a foreigner named Charlie said excitedly.

Do you love a tomato fight? Come to Spain and enjoy its famous tomato festival, La Tomatina. The Spanish love to eat tomatoes. Tomato sauce is served on the side with fried eggs, chicken, meat and omelets (煎蛋卷) at most Spanish dinner tables.

There was a parade in Bunol on the last Wednesday of August of 1945 when a fight broke out between some young men. Taking advantage of a nearby fruit and vegetable stall (货摊), they threw tomatoes at each other. The following year the young people brought tomatoes with them to the parade and started a tomato fight again. Each year the fight continued until the early 1950s. The holiday was banned in the Spanish State period under Francisco Franco for having no religious significance, but returned in the 1970s after his death. In fact, since 198othe city government has provided the tomatoes!

Today La Tomatina is celebrated on the last Wednesday in August in the small town of Bunol in eastern Spain. The festival starts at 11 : 00 am with the sound of a cannon (大炮）shot being fired and ends one hour later. Last year 40, 0o0 people took part in throwing over 100tons of tomatoes in the streets and this year even more are expected.

During the tomato fight, you must not bring bottles or other types of objects which could cause an accident. You must not tear or throw T-shirts. The tomatoes must be squashed(压烂) before being thrown to avoid hurting people. You must be careful of any lorry (truck or van). When you hear the second shot, you must stop throwing tomatoes.

When the fight is over, everyone then sets off to the river to clear up. Sounds like fun!