问答题 1.  Should the seven-day May Day holiday be restored? The following are the supporters' and opponents' opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your opinion in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on this issue.
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Personally, a long holiday enables me to have an enjoyable tour or relaxation as well as to stimulate the domestic economy.

For tourism industry, it means more job opportunities are available. In addition, the long holiday can stimulate the domestic consumption. For instance, restaurants, hotels and public transportation will make a large amount of profits during the seven-day holiday.

Living in the quick-paced society, most of us suffer from severe mental stress, which makes us exhausted and stressful. Thus, a sufficient period of relaxation can help us release pressure and get refreshed, which is beneficial to working and studying. During the long holiday, we are able to have get-togethers. We can visit our old friends or relatives. 		The policy of retaining the seven-day duration indeed has some terrible effects.

For one thing, long holiday will lead to traffic peaks caused by tourism industry Though the May Day holiday is shortened the total amount of legal holidays increases May Day holiday week is substituted by four three-day weekends celebrating respectively the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Day. People could take their holidays a different times of the year.

For another, after the long holidays, the places of historic interest and scenic beauty are often damaged seriously. The possible reason lies in the fact that many people carve on the scenic spots and step on them to take photos.
【正确答案】[范文]
   Some people consider the implementation of the three-day holiday of May Day policy is not as successful an idea as the former scheme both in terms of economic benefits and in terms of giving people proper rest. Others hold a long holiday increases the burden of transportation and environment. In my opinion, the former seven-day May Day holiday should be reinstated.
   In the first place, a longer holiday boosts the economy far more than four short holidays could do together. An important objective of the holidays is to boost economic growth by offering people a relatively long time to spend money on shopping, entertainment and traveling.
   In the second place, the seven-day holiday period produces a far better resting effect than the separate four three-day weekends. A three-day weekend is simply too short to have any significant health benefit on the population compared with the former long holiday. Plus, the May Day holiday is situated conveniently halfway between the Spring Festival and the National Day.
   In conclusion, the shorter May Day holiday certainly has its practical advantages and added cultural significance, but overall, the advantages of the longer May Day holiday outweigh those of the four shorter holidays. The economic advantages are certainly greater, and the overall mental state of the working population would be much better as well.
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