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From: Emma Garcia
To: Olivia Harris
Subject: Congratulations on Your Birthday
Dear Olivia,
Your E-mail of yesterday afternoon has given me great delight.
I am sure that you don't want to be reminded that you are a year older today. Anyway, Today is a big day and I should say “Happy Birthday” to you! Time runs really fast. You are 23 years old now. And our friendship has lasted for 12 years. I can still remember the scene when we celebrated your 11 years old birthday with our primary school classmates in the summer camp. Now we all have grown up and have our own career.
What I want to say is that your existence in my life is really a wonderful thing. Please accept my sincere blessing for this important occasion today. As your close friend, I do wish you always be happy and healthy. And I hope that our friendship will last forever and we can slowly grow old together.
Best wishes to your and your family.
Yours faithfully,
Emma
寄件人：艾玛·加西亚
收件人：奥利维亚·哈里斯
主旨：生日祝贺
亲爱的奥利维亚：
你昨日下午发来的电子邮件让我极为欣喜。
我确定你并不想要被人提醒说自己又长了一岁。不管怎么说，今天都是一个重要的日子，我要祝你生日快乐。时间过得真快啊！你现在都23岁了。我们之间的友谊已经有12年之久。我依然记得在夏令营和我们的小学同学一起为你庆祝11岁生日的情景。现在我们都已经长大成人，并拥有了自己的事业。
我想说的是，我的生命中有你的存在是一件非常美妙的事。在今天这一重要时刻，请收下我最诚挚的祝福。作为你的好友，我祝愿你永远开心、健康。我也希望我们的友谊长存，我们能一起慢慢变老。
向你和家人致以最美好的祝福。
忠诚的
艾玛
1. I can still remember the scene when we celebrated your 11 years old birthday
with our primary school classmates in the summer camp.
我依然记得在夏令营和我们的小学同学一起为你庆祝11岁生日的情景。
★ 解析：
I can still remember the scene when we...可以视为习惯用法，表示“我依然记得……的情景”。句中的the scene后接when引导的定语从句，而primary school、summer camp可以视为固定用法，分别表示“小学”“夏令营”。
★ 套用：
I can still remember the scene when we celebrated your 15th birthday.
我依然记得我们庆祝你15岁生日时的情景。
I can still remember the scene when we prepared birthday presents for Jessica.
我依然记得我们为杰西卡准备生日礼物时的情景。
I can still remember the scene when we cooked the birthday cake for Henry.
我依然记得我们为亨利制作生日蛋糕时的情景。
2. What I want to say is that your existence in my life is really a wonderful thing.
我想说的是，我的生命中有你的存在是一件非常美妙的事。
★ 解析：
What I want to say is that...可以视为习惯用法，表示“我想说的是……”，相当于I want to say that...。句首的主语是what I want to say，is后接引导词that连接的表语从句。
★ 套用：
What I want to say is that I am grateful to you for your nice birthday present.
我想说的是，我很感激你送来的漂亮的生日礼物。
What I want to say is that I am thankful to you for attending my birthday party.
我想说的是，我很感激你来参加我的生日聚会。
What I want to say is that I am grateful for the invitation to your birthday party.
我想说的是，我很感激你邀请我参加你的生日聚会。
1. I am thinking what birthday gift to give to her. 我正在想送什么生日礼物给她。
2. This was given to me as a birthday gift. 这是给我的生日礼物。
3. She has received lots of birthday gifts. 她收到了许多生日礼物。
4. His favorite birthday present is a model car. 他最喜欢的生日礼物是一辆汽车模型。
5. Thanks for your generous gift. 感谢你丰厚的礼物。
6. This is the best present I ever received. 这是我所收到的最好的礼物。
7. Thank you for the pleasure your gift brought. 感谢你的礼品给我们带来的欢愉。
8. The table is heaped with presents. 桌上放满了礼物。
9. She selected a birthday gift for her father. 她为父亲挑选了生日礼物。
10. I am preparing a birthday party for Melissa. 我正在为梅丽莎准备一个生日聚会。
温馨提示
★ 例文写作要点：
1. 感谢对方昨日发来的邮件，致以衷心的生日祝福，并且回忆往昔的真挚友情；
2. 郑重致以美好的生日祝贺与愿景；
3. 结尾的问候语简单明快，再次致以祝福。
★ E-mail的写作原则综述4：
原则4：Clarity 清楚
所谓清晰，是指书写英文E-mail时，要用准确、简明的词汇和句式结构，力求表述明确，层次清楚，避免模糊不清的语义。
如例文中的：
Your E-mail of yesterday afternoon has given me great delight.
你昨日下午发来的电子邮件让我极为欣喜。√
Your E-mail has given me great delight.
你发来的电子邮件让我极为欣喜。×（your E-mail语义不明）
再如：
You could get 15% discounts if you buy 50 tons of the item or even more.
如果购买50吨或是更多的此类产品，可以得到15%的折扣。√
You could get discounts if you buy the products in bulk.
如果大量购买，可以得到折扣。×（discounts、in bulk语义不明）