通常要表示“庆祝”节日，我们都用celebrate 这个词，比如：

　　Chinese people are going to celebrate their National Day on October 1.

　　The Mid-autumn Festival was celebrated by Chinese people all around the world.

　　要表示“以……方式庆祝”，我们通常说：

　　We celebrated the New Year with a dance party.

　　We hold a dragon boat competition to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

　　如果要说“庆祝活动”，通常用celebration 这个词。庆祝活动通常是不止一个了，所以还有celebrations，比如：

　　The villagers had a celebration， with a new film to finish up with.

　　I'm sure the Times Square celebrations cost a lot of money.

　　最后，再来学几个有关国庆节的表达：

　　National Day is coming. 国庆节快到了。

　　National Day falls on Monday this year. 今年国庆节是星期一。

　　October 1st. is China‘s National Day. 十月一日是中国的国庆节。

　　It's a fortnight to National Day. 离国庆节还有两星期。