Abstract: From rhetorical situation and rhetorical strategies, four speeches of the remarks in exchanges of toasts delivered by heads of states of China, USA and UK when President Xi visited America and England were analyzed, aiming at having a clearer understanding of such a genre features. Firstly, qualitative analysis on the data collected from those speeches revealed that the rhetoric had been ignited by the situation formed by the attending audiences and constraints of the history, culture and national conditions of their countries, so that he/she showed his/her respects to each other and expressed his/her expectations for the further development of both nations. Then, with the help of “three appeals”(ethos, pathos and logos), the rhetoric used such strategies as perspective angles, historic perspective, emotional words and logical arrangements of the speeches to decorate the banquets. Lastly, a friendly and harmonious atmosphere could be constructed. In essence, all those mentioned above proves the nature of rhetoric that to build up a harmonious relations between each nation.

Key words: analysis on rhetorical situation, analysis on rhetorical strategies, genre features of toasting speech

摘要： 从修辞情境、策略两方面对2015年习近平主席访问美英两国并参加晚宴时宾主双方发表的祝酒辞进行定量和定性分析，可以发现该类文本的修辞特点：晚宴的受众、宾主两国的历史文化等制约因素形成的紧急状态，激发修辞者构建起尊重彼此、共筑未来的修辞情境；通过诉诸情感、理性、人格等劝说手段，用富有情感的语汇贯穿起个人与历史，使文本内容张弛有致；烘托出宴会的热闹氛围，表达了对彼此良好国家关系的期待。

关键词: 修辞情境分析, 修辞策略分析, 祝酒辞文本类型特点