祝贺获得好成绩

「内容提示」

　　假如今天是1990年6月18日。你的名字叫高峰，家住北京西四大街148号。你刚收到你的英国朋友Tom Brown写给你的信，他的住址是：28 Carr Lane， Acomb York， Yo 25HU， U. K.。现在你给他写封回信，信中祝贺他在大学入学（matriculation）考试中获得好成绩，你确信他能考入他所喜欢的重点大学，他一直想当一名外科医生（surgeon），所以你认为他应该学医。最后你告诉他，因为明年你即将高中毕业，从现在起必须充分利用时间做好考试的准备，力争在来年的考试中能像他一样取得好成绩，考入理想的（ideal）大学——北京清华大学。

　　要求：

　　①只须用英语表达上述内容，不必逐句翻译。全篇词数：150—180.

　　②信中不要使用自己的真实姓名和地址。

　　「作文示范」

　　Congratulations on Tom's Success

　　王思敏

　　148 Xisi Street

　　Beijing

　　P. R. C.

　　June 18， 1990

　　Mr. Tom Brown

　　28 Carr Lane

　　Acomb York

　　Yo 25HU

　　U. K.

　　Dear Tom Brown，

　　I have just received your letter. I am really glad to hear that you have done so brilliantly in the Matriculation① Examination. Congratulations！ With such excellent results you will be able to get into any leading university you like， I am sure. And I suppose you should study Medicine since it has been your dream to become a surgeon all these years.

　　Next year I shall finish my middle school and I want very much to enter my ideal university， Qinghua University. So from now on I have to make full use of my time to get well prepared for the next year's Matriculation Examination. I shall try my best to do as well as you have done in your Matriculation Examination this year. Please say hello to your family.

　　Yours sincerely，

　　Gao Feng

　　（选自王思敏《高中英语书面表达100篇》）

　　「词语解释」

　　matriculation [m+？trkju'leiM+n] n. （大学的）入学考试

　　「写法指要」

　　这是一封较为正式的祝贺信。祝贺信（letters of congratulation）是得到亲友、同事、同学通过考试、荣获晋升、获得学位、结婚、喜得贵子等好消息时写的信。这种信要写得及时、真诚、自然、亲切动人。祝贺信一般不宜写得过长。

　　祝贺信常用的语句有：

　　①Congratulations on your success /achievements！

　　②I'm so glad to hear of your winning the prize in the … contest. Congratulations！

　　③Please accept my heartiest congratulations on your graduation from…。

　　④Heartiest congratulations upon your graduation. May your future be as successful as your middle-school days have been.

　　⑤A word of congratulation just doesn't seem enough， so I am sending you a gift that I am sure you will find useful.