中国人庆祝中秋节的风俗习惯

短语讲解：

1. The Mid-Autumn Festival, dating back thousands of years ago, is celebrated each year on the fifteenth day of the eighth full moon around the time of the autumn equinox.

date back回溯至
例句：Oxford and Cambridge date back to the thirteenth century.
牛津和剑桥的历史可追溯到十三世纪。

2. Many folks on the Taiwan island have returned to the mainland for the holiday.

return to返回到…
例句：Exiles long to return to their native land. 
流亡者们渴望回到自己的祖国。

3. For them, traditional local delicacies are a must to give away to friends and family members.

give away赠送; 赠予; 颁发;分发
例句：He gave away most of his fortune to the poor.
他把他的大部分财产都送给了穷人。

4. They are made of very fresh pineapple, and you can see the word 'Taiwan' on the box, so as to show the food is from my hometown.

be made of用…造成
例句：The table is made of wood.
桌子是木制的。

5. Each night during the holiday, they build a 3.8-meter-high, cone-shaped brick tower and fill it with straw, hay and wood shavings.

fill with (使)充〔挤〕满
例句：The sky filled with stars.
满天星斗。

6. Once a fire is lit, villagers poke the burning materials to make the flames spurt out of the tower to honor their ancestral heroes.

spurt out喷出
例句：Water spurted out of the hole.
水从小孔中喷出来。

7. People also use grapefruit "balls" with lighted joss sticks to pray for peace, safety and family reunions during the entire year.

pray for为求得…而祈祷; 为…而祈祷, 祷告
例句：I'm praying for Mother to get better.
我正在为母亲的康复而祈祷。

8. Thanks to this activity, we have got to know these traditions again.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于
例句：Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning.
幸亏你, 我才没有淹死。

9. Officials say the ban on mooncakes is due to different food inspection standards. For example, Europe's standards for aflatoxins, toxins produced by a mold that grows in nuts, seeds and legumes, are higher than China's.

due to由于，因为
例句：Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。