圣誕晚會(huì) At the Christmas Party

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Oh boy, you know I'm not much of a speechmaker. I might just send everybody heading for the door. Where should I begin?
I'll make this short and sweet. This has been a momentous, record-breaking year for Action Appliances. We've successfully entered the Canadian market and the future looks bright for U.S. distribution in 1998.

This lion's share of that success is due to the outstanding efforts of the marketing and sales departments. They've worked their fingers to the bone preparing for the big push overseas.

And now, I'd like to propose a toast. To my fellow colleagues and their families, and to the prosperous future of Action Appliances; cheers and Merry Christmas!

作業(yè)：看到劃線的句子了嗎？請(qǐng)翻譯。

句型總結(jié)

●　 開始演說(shuō)
1. Where should I begin?
2. How should I get started?
3. What is there to say?

由于這是非正式的晚宴，在輕松、幽默而簡(jiǎn)單地開場(chǎng)白之后，演講者可用修辭疑問(wèn)句（這類的問(wèn)句并不是真的要對(duì)方回答）作為前言的結(jié)束，并承接下文。說(shuō)話者可邊說(shuō)這句話邊整理思緒。

●　 年度盛事
1. This has been a momentous, record-breaking year for Action Appliances.
2. The year has been filled with record-breaking events and sales.
3. Action has really come a long way in only one year; we've broken all previous sales figures.

圣誕晚宴不是檢討會(huì)，而是慶祝性的聚會(huì)，因此應(yīng)該提出好的方面來(lái)說(shuō)。本段的關(guān)鍵在于扼要地?cái)⑹鼋衲甑闹匾录?；由于這一年是持續(xù)的一段時(shí)間，因此要用現(xiàn)在完成式。

●　 表?yè)P(yáng)功臣
1. The lion's share of that success is due to the outstanding efforts of the marketing and sales departments.
2. A large part of Action's success is due to the outstanding efforts of the marketing and sales departments.
3. Much of the credit for Action's success goes to the outstanding efforts of the marketing and sales departments.

既然提出了值得慶賀的事跡，當(dāng)然應(yīng)該進(jìn)一步表?yè)P(yáng)有功人員，加強(qiáng)員工的榮譽(yù)感。將成就歸功于他人時(shí)，可用"due to"、"go to"等實(shí)用關(guān)鍵詞表達(dá)。

●　 舉杯致意
1. And now, I'd like to propose a toast.
2. If I may, I'd like to make a toast.
3. And now for a toast.

在慶祝宴上，舉杯敬酒一種很好的結(jié)尾。"And now", "If I may"可作為轉(zhuǎn)接詞，使語(yǔ)氣順暢。此外，可用"I'd like to..."的句型表示請(qǐng)求。邀請(qǐng)眾人舉杯敬酒的不同說(shuō)法，值得大家牢記。

結(jié)構(gòu)分析

年終慶祝會(huì)上的演說(shuō)形式各異，訣竅在簡(jiǎn)短而令人輕松愉快。怎么說(shuō)呢？以下告訴您四個(gè)要點(diǎn)：

1. 幽默開場(chǎng)
以輕松幽默的話作為開場(chǎng)白。

2. 年度成就
摘述今年公司的特殊成就。

3. 表?yè)P(yáng)嘉獎(jiǎng)
表?yè)P(yáng)有功人員或杰出部門。

4. 舉杯祝賀
提議舉杯祝賀有功同仁及公司前途等，并祝新年（圣誕節(jié)）愉快。