Farewell

致词通常有两种：欢迎词和欢送词，在某些正式场合接待客人时总要说些热情友好的话，以示欢迎，使客人感到宾至如归，温暖如春，这种话就叫欢迎词。
客人在某处逗留一段时间之后，准备离开时，主人要设宴欢送，宾主又欢聚一堂，互相祝愿，此时主人说的话叫欢送词。写致词应从以下两方面入手：
（1）抓住情景要求或提示
写欢迎词或欢送词同写其他文章一样一般都有情景、要求或提示。抓住了这些是写致词的关键。例如是欢迎客人还是欢送客人，客人的活动内容、时间、地点，致词的要求内容、词数等这些都是必不可少的。
（2）掌握致词习惯表达
写好致词除了掌握好要求、提示，把必要的东西交待清楚之外，还要掌握致词的一些习惯表达法，如：Comrades，Friends，Ladies and Gentlemen 等，然后是开场白，……
【范例】
Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to our class and to our evening party. We feel greatly honoured to have a good chance to be with you.
First of all, let me say a few words about our class. There are 45 students (pupils) in our class, 30 of us are boys, the rest are girls. Most of us are studying English, and we usually spend much time on it. We often read English magazines, newspapers and watch English programs on TV in our spare time.We are determined to learn English well so as to serve the people in the future.
In our program tonight, there are cross talks, short plays, group singing,po