1. Lesson 4 Welcome Party 欢迎会

2. Language Skills 1. Make a welcome speech at the reception a. Greeting the audience Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen: ※ Excellencies, ※ Distinguished Guests/Participants: ※ Mr. Chairman: ※ Your Highness/Majesty/Honorable: ※ Valued Partners: ※ Dear Leaders, Colleagues and Friends: Language Skills

3. b. Extending welcome to the audience ※ On behalf of …, I’d like to extend my warm welcome to all of you to this party/ceremony. ※ It’s really a great honor and pleasure for me to welcome Mr. Water, who has come here from the United States. ※ We have long been expecting your visit to our city. ※ On behalf of all present here, I am greatly honored to extend our warm welcome to the friends coming from afar. Language Skills 2. Make a thank-you speech in return ※ Thank you for your warm reception. ※ Thank you for your kind words. ※ Thank you for your kind hospitality.

4. ※ I’d like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere thanks to …. ※ We are grateful to you for the great efforts you’ve ever made. ※ We’d like to express our appreciation for your kind cooperation. 3. Propose a toast a. Proposing a toast ※ May I propose a toast to the success of our negotiations? ※ Let’s drink to the happiness of all at the table. ※ I’d like to propose a toast to this happy occasion. Here’s to ABC. ※ I'd like to invite you to join me in my toast to the health of all of you. Ganbei.

5. May I ask you to raise your glasses to the happy cooperation between us. b. Expressing congratulations and best wishes ※ I’d like to congratulate you on the successful joint venture. ※ May the friendship between our two countries be further developed and consolidated. ※ Wish our cooperation a great success. ※ We wish you the very best of luck in your future. ※ All our best wishes for your future happiness. Part A Model Speeches Notes on behalf of 代表 On behalf of the company as a whole ， I would like to thank you for all

6. your work. 我代表整个公司感谢你们的工作。 Unfortunately ， Coco cannot be with us today. So I am pleased to accept this award on her behalf. 很遗憾， Coco 今晚不能出席，所以我很荣幸 代表她领取 这个奖项。 Don’t trouble to do it on my behalf. 不要为了我去麻烦了。 listing 上市 listed stock 上市股票 listed company 上市公司 We will be listed on the London Stock Exchange next week. 我们公司下周将在伦敦证券交易所 上市。

7. 表示 “ 公司股票上市 ” 还可以用 go public ，如： When the company went public ， sales have nearly doubled. to take this opportunity to do sth. 借此机会做 …… I’d like to take this opportunity to party. thank you all for coming to this party 我想借此机会感谢大家来参 加这次晚会。 in particular 特别，尤其 I prefer red wine in particular. 我特别喜欢红酒。 He studies in particular the fishes of the Indian Ocean. 他专门研究印度洋的鱼类. They talked of nothing in particular. 他们没谈到什么 特别的。

8. to propose a toast to 为 …… 祝酒 Allow me to propose a toast to our host. 请允许我为我们的东道主祝酒 请允许我为我 们的东道主祝酒。 Now ， if you’d all please raise your glasses ， I’d like to propose a toast to the bride and groom. 现在，请你们举起酒杯，我们为新娘新郎干 杯。 Cheers! 干杯！ 敬酒时用语。 敬酒时还常说 : Bottoms up! 干杯！ Ganbei! 干 杯！

9. value v. 重视，珍惜 I value your comments on the report. 我重视你对这 份报告的评价。 I value your friendship more than anything else. 我把你的友谊看得比什么都重。 to congratulate sb. on... 祝贺 I warmly congratulated him on the marvelous discovery. 我热烈祝贺他的这一神奇发现。 I congratulate you on your success. 我恭贺你的成功。 We congratulate you on the birth of your daughter. 祝贺你们生了个女儿。