5. 贺词
贺词分为二类，一类是事前祝愿寄托美好祝福；另一类是事后祝贺，表达同喜的心情，通常表示祝愿的表达方式有
Good Luck./ Wish you success.
Wish you happy new year!
Best wishes for you!
Please give my best wishes to…
Give my regards to your parents.
Have a nice…/ May you succeed.
May God bless you!
I hope you'll…/ Enjoy…!等等
表示祝贺的表达方式最常用的就是 Congratulations! 其余表达方式还有
Drink to your success!
I congratulate you.
Allow me to congratulate you on…
Allow me to express my happiness on hearing your success等等。
看下面的对话，体会这些表达方式：
A：I was just fired.
B：congratulations! You got what you had wanted, didn't you?
Ｑ：What does B mean! ［B］
［A］A deserves the purishment.
［B］A has wanted to quit the job from long ago.
［C］A will find a better job.
［D］A is joking.
6. 提醒
提醒就是一种提示和警告，主要表达方式有
Remember that…/ Don't forget that…
Be careful that…/ I remind you that…
watch that…/ Mind you.
Make sure that…/Take care that…
I warn you that…等等。
常见的还有各种各样的告示牌，如
Danger!/Keep away!/ Wet paint./ Private property等等。
看下面的对话，体会以上表达方式：
A：Watch your manners, sir.
B：Sorry, I didn't find it necessary.
What does B mean? ［B］
［A］It's none of your business
［B］My manners are proper
［C］I have to behave more manners like this
［D］Your warning is reasonable
7. 诺言
表示诺言的表达方式主要有
I promise…/I assure you that…
I give you my word that…
I confirm you that…
I pledge that…
I convince you that…
I guarantee that…
I will never break my word.
I take my oath that…
I swear that…等等。
8. 打比方和作比较
对待二类事物，一是观察其相同点，作比喻，二是观察其不同点，作比较。第一种即比喻的表达方式有
…look like…/ such…like…/ A is compared to B／ …as…/ A matches B等等。
表示比较表达方式有
A is better than B./ I prefer A to B/ compare A with B./ as…as…/ be superior to/ be inferior to/ contrast…with…
以及比较级、最高级的应用，其中需要注意的是比较级、最高级的特殊用法，如二者之间的比较级表示最高级，比较级的否定式表示最高级的情况。
看下面的对话，体会以上表达方式
A. How is my suggestion? Do you agree?
B. I can't agree more.
Ｑ： What does B mean? ［C］
［A］He doesn't agree at all.
［B］He agrees partly.
［C］He totally agree.
［D］He isn't sure about it.
