【正确答案】The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. It is a traditional festivity for both the Han and minority nationalities. People in different places follow various customs, but all show their love and longing for a better life. Today, the custom of playing under the moon is not so popular as it used to be, but it is not less popular to give a banquet and enjoy the bright silver moon. Whenever the festival sets in, people will look up at the full silver moon, drinking wine to celebrate their happy life or thinking of their relatives and friends far from home, and extending all of their best wishes to them.

【答案解析】
   1.第一句中，“传统的中秋佳节”作主语，表达更为符合英语表达习惯；“农历八月”翻译为the 8th of lunar month或者the 8th month of lunar calendar。
   2.第三句中，“寄托着人们对美好生活无限的热爱和向往”中的“寄托”可译作“表现”，因此此句可翻译为show their love and longing for a better life。
   3.第四句中，“远没有旧时盛行”翻译为be not so popular as it used to be，it used to be表示“过去常常呈现的状态”。