口语步步高说一说庆祝与纪念

◎供稿：陶艺丞

2021年,最重要的事件是中国共产党成立100周年。除此之外，2021年也是其他一些事件的“整十”周年纪念，你会表达这些“庆祝”或“纪念”吗？一起学习一下吧！

一、重要事件

1. The 50th anniversary of the restoration of China’s legitimate seat in the United Nations 中国恢复联合国席位50 周年

On October 25th, 1971, the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution—to restore all the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations, which is a historic moment. Nowadays, the representatives of China can be seen in almost every United Nations agency, playing an important role as one of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

1971年10月25日，第26届联合国大会通过决议，恢复中华人民共和国在联合国的一切合法权利，这是一个具有历史意义的时刻。今天，在联合国的几乎所有机构里都可以看到中国代表的身影，并发挥着中国作为联合国安全理事会常任理事国之一的作用。

2. The 20th anniversary of China’s accession to the WTO (World Trade Organization) 中国加入世界贸易组织20周年

On December 11th, China joined WTO officially. It not only marked that China's socialist market economy had been gradually established and improved, but also a true reflection of China's integration into economic globalization.

2001年12月11日,中国正式“入世”。它不仅记录了中国社会主义市场经济体制逐步建立和完善的过程，也是中国融入经济全球化的真实写照。

3. The 20th anniversary of the establishement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization 上海合作组织成立20周年

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, short for SCO, is a permanent Intergovernmental International Organization announced on June 15th, 2001 in Shanghai by the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, and Republic of Uzbekistan.

上海合作组织，简称上合组织(SCO)，成立于2001年6月15日，是中华人民共和国、哈萨克斯坦共和国、吉尔吉斯斯坦、俄罗斯联邦、塔吉克斯坦共和国、乌兹别克斯坦共和国在中国上海宣布成立的永久性政府间国际组织。

二、“庆祝”或“纪念”相关单词

1. celebrate [ˈseləbreɪt]：to honor (an occasion, such as a holiday) especially by solemn ceremonies or by refraining from ordinary business庆祝

Celebrate spring春天的节日

celebrate with庆祝

celebrate wedding庆祝婚礼

Celebrate Together同欢共乐

Celebrate years庆祝新年

Celebrate party庆功宴

celebrate sth庆祝某事

Celebrate harvests欢庆丰收

例句：It's Dad's birthday and we're going out for a meal to celebrate.

今天是爸爸的生日,我们打算出去吃饭庆祝一下。

My folks are celebrating their 50th anniversary.

我父母正在庆祝他们结婚50周年纪念日。

If one of us succeeds , we all should celebrate.

如果我们中有一个人成功，我们都应该庆祝。

They had a family feast to celebrate it.

他们举办家宴,以示庆贺。

celebrate的名词形式为celebration。

盛大庆祝 Grand celebration

庆祝日 decoration day

庆祝进球 goal celebration

庆祝满月 Celebrating the Full Moon;Full Moon celebration

例句：The whole nation joined in the celebration.

全国都参加了庆祝活动。

The celebrations provided a maɡnificent spectacle.

庆祝活动呈现出一派宏伟的景象。

2. congratulate [kənˈɡrætʃuleɪt]：If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them 祝贺

①congratulate sb. 向某人表示祝贺

例句：I want to congratulate you with all my heart.

我向你表示衷心的祝贺。

He never even stopped to congratulate me.

他甚至没有过来向我祝贺。

②congratulate sb. on/upon sth.因为某事向某人表示祝贺

其中congratulate的宾语必须是“受到祝贺的人”，不能是“所祝贺的事”，表示原因的介词on/upon后可跟名词、代词、动名词或从句。

例句：Let me congratulate you on the birth of your daughter.

祝贺你生了个女儿

The authors are to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative work.

向创作出这样一部具有权威性又清晰易懂的作品的作者们祝贺。

③ congratulate oneself on 庆幸，感到幸运

例句：I congratulated myself on my good fortune.

我为自己的好运气感到高兴。

You can congratulate yourself on having done an excellent job.你应该为你出色的工作感到自豪。

congratulate的名词形式为congratulations。

letters of congratulation祝贺信

to offer/send your conɡratulations to sb 向某人致以祝贺

例句：He has received many letters in congratulation of his birthday.

他收到许多祝贺他生日的信件。

Congratulations!How do you feel?

祝贺你！感觉怎么样？

提示：celebrate, congratulate这两个动词均有“庆祝，祝贺”之意。

celebrate：通常指举行盛大隆重的仪式庆祝或纪念有意义的日子或某件事情，多暗示节日般的欢乐场面。

congratulate：指对他人祝贺为目的，希望他人幸福或走运。

3. commemorate [kəˈmeməreɪt]：To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially created object纪念；庆祝

例句：The 200th anniversary of Mozart's death is being commemorated around the world with concerts featuring his work.

世界各地将举办以莫扎特的作品为主题的音乐会，以纪念他逝世200周年。

A special issue of the magazine was brought out to commemorate the occasion.

这本杂志的特别号是为了庆祝节日而推出的。

They commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.

他们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

4. observe [əbˈzɜːv]：celebrate, as of holidays or rites 庆祝

例句：We are going to hold a party for Grandpa this weekend to observe his 70 birthday.

我们打算本周末为爷爷举办个晚会,庆祝他的70岁生日。

It is a tradition for the people here to observe Spring Festival.

庆祝春节是这儿的传统。

提示：observe的名词形式为observation，意思为“观察; 监视; 评论”，无“庆祝”的含义。

She has good powers of observation.

她的观察力很敏锐。

In hospital she'll be under observation all the time.

医院会对她24小时密切观察。