The Function of Toast in Banquet

Nowadays, some toasts are used for state banquets or diplomatic occasions, and some are used for wedding banquets and farewell parties in daily life. However, no matter what the occasion is, the text of a toast generally consists of three parts: the first part is a welcome speech or a thank-you speech. Some toasts were made as hosts and others as guests. The former will extend a warm welcome to the guests, while the latter will express heartfelt thanks to the host for his warm hospitality. The second part is to express good congratulations and wishes. The third part is the end, toasting the other party and ending the full text. Usually the first paragraph of a toast is the first part; The second, third and fourth paragraphs are the second part; The last paragraph is the end.

It should be noted that the second part is the focus of the toast, which occupies the main space of the toast, and often expresses congratulations and wishes by praising the other party. Toast is a lyrical article. A good toast should be emotional, sincere and touching. Only in this way can people be excited and happy and achieve the effect of toasting. But lyricism cannot be empty or slogan-like, and it should be realized through narration and reasoning. This requires the speaker to be good at choosing the most distinctive people and things according to different types of toasts and different speech scenes, and make appropriate comments, so as to imply feelings in the discussion and achieve an organic combination of things, reasons and feelings.

For example, this toast by former US President Nixon:

Yesterday, together with hundreds of millions of spectators, we saw the Great Wall of China, one of the wonders of the world. When I walked on the Great Wall, I thought of the sacrifices I made to build it. I think this shows the determination of the people of China to remain independent in the long history. I thought of the fact that the Great Wall tells us that China has a great history and the people who create this world miracle have a great future.

1972 Nixon visited China for the first time and established formal diplomatic relations with China. To celebrate the success of the visit, a thank-you banquet and a toast reception were held before leaving Beijing. The above quotation is one of them. Here, Nixon expressed his praise for China's history and future by telling what he saw and heard and talking about his feelings, which was natural and appropriate.

A toast focuses on a greeting, which contributes to a warm scene. This requires that the toast should be written accurately and vividly, and a lively atmosphere should be created with short toasts, instead of making the scene cold. Therefore, interest has become an indispensable element in the toast. Of course, the standards of interest are different, and some of them are implicit and intriguing. We might as well call them Zhuang Interest. Some of them are humorous and make people laugh. We might as well call it humor.

If you are at a lively wedding banquet and need to laugh constantly, you can seek humorous effects. If someone is toasting, it will help to understand the harmony between the right place and the right time. He said: there are three combinations between man and harmony, namely, legality, rationality and reasonableness.

The so-called legal, just now I checked their marriage certificate, their marriage certificate is true, not fake, so I declare to you: they are legal couples!

The so-called reasonable, according to the confession of the bride and groom, they are free to fall in love, love at first sight. You see: the groom's hand is very long, stretching from Zijiang to Zijiang to get our girl back.

The so-called reason, the groom, is smart; A bride as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, one? Get smart? , one? As beautiful as flowers and jade? , can be said to be? Optimize the combination? Yes!

This ingenious solution really makes people laugh. However, it should be noted that humor cannot be vulgarized.

The toast is an ode to blessing song and joy. It is refreshing to talk about happiness but not sadness, and to describe the beautiful scenery of the spring river and green water. It can't bring unhappiness to people, and it can't have a low emotional appeal to persuade you to have a drink and go out for no reason. These are all things that need attention.

On the wine table, it will be stressful to be offered a toast without preparation. The best solution at this time is to say how you feel. It never takes long to bake bread. If you are asked to make a toast unprepared, you can say something simple to get out of trouble, such as greetings and God bless you. Or pay tribute to a good friend and a great boss.

But if you want to be more elegant and eloquent, you should add some memories, praises and related stories or jokes. However, a toast should be appropriate to the occasion. A sense of humor rarely seems out of place, but the toast at the wedding should focus on emotion, the toast to retired employees should focus on nostalgia, and so on.