情景对话
A: Hello, Mr. Wang! I ran into Mr. Li the other day(前几天)and he told me you were recently appointed Administrative Manager.
B: Yes, Mr. Hanson.
A: Oh, I'm very glad to hear that. Please accept my congratulations! I knew it would beonly a matter of time before your outstanding abilities were recognized.
B: It's very nice of you to say so, but I think my abilities still leave much to be desired. I still have a long way to go.
A: Actually, you are the most hard working person I have seen. I wish you the greatest success. And again my heartiest congratulations!
B: Thank you very much, Mr. Hanson.
A:你好，王先生。前儿天我碰见李先生，听他说近你被任命为行政经理了。
B:是的，汉森先生。
A:噢，我很高兴听到这个消息。请接受我的祝贺。我知道你出色的能力迟早会被发现，那只是个时间问题。
B:你那么说真是太好了，但我觉得我的能力还差得远。我还有很长的路要走。
A:事实上，你是我见过的努力工作的人。我祝愿你取得更大的成绩，再次送上我衷心的祝贺。
B:非常感谢你，汉森先生。
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单词过关
appoint 任命;指派
outstanding 杰出的
ability 能力
recognize 认出;认可;表彰
desire 欲望;要求
hardworking 努力工作的;不辞辛苦的
success 成功
语言贴士
(1) run into意为“偶然碰见;遭遇(困难等)”。此时其意思等同于。ome across与bump into。注:bump into多见于美国口语中。
(2) congratulations口语中更为简化的说法是congrats，两者都是指“恭喜对方”。
congratulations为名词，通常用复数形式，接事时用介词on，接人时用介词to.
如:Congratulations on your now job!恭喜你找到新工作!Congratulations toyou!祝贺你!