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of protection, a robber’s reason for wearing a mask is fairly distinct from a soldier’s. All of these reasons so far are easily understood, but we may have more trouble grasping the reason that primitive people use masks in religious rituals. Some ritual masks seem merely to be attempts to frighten away evil spirits, and some seem merely to be disguises so that the evil spirits will not know who the wearer is. The masks are usually made of paper. But most religious masks are worn with the idea that the wearer acquires, through a union with supernatural powers, a new identity, and thus in effect bees—really bees, not merely pretends to be—a new person.(40 points) Write a letter to your friend according to the following situation: You(Weiping) haven’t heard from your friend(Zhijie) since the SARS outbreak. You tell him or her about yourself and the general situation in Beijing during that period. Since Beijing was taken off the list of SARSinfected areas, things have gradually e back to normal. You would encourage him or her to e for a visit in autumn, as it is the best season of the year.(150200 words)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2003年10月英語寫作基礎(chǔ)試題答案6 /