Letters of invitation & replies
Letter of Acceptance. Letter of Regret.
2. 词汇与句型：
2.1 常用词汇和短语：
presence 出席 , company陪伴, dinner dance晚宴舞会, get-together聚会, social reunion社交舞会, weekend celebration周末度假, house and weekend party家中小住及周末聚会, to give a dance开个舞会, cocktail party鸡尾酒会, look forward to期待、盼望, pleasure高兴 , regret遗憾, unfortunately很遗憾, turn down the invitation辞谢邀请, kind invitation盛情邀请, have previous engagement有约在先, accept another invitation另有安排
2.2 常用句型
（1） You are cordially invited to the
dinner party.
（2） We’re having a get-together on our
lawn next Saturday
（3） It would give us a great pleasure to
have your presence at the meeting
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（4） It would be very nice if you and your
wife could come and spend the weekend with us
（5） George and I would be pleased if
you and John would have dinner with us at our home on Sunday
（6） We would be delighted if you could
find the time to join us for a small party we are having at our office to celebrate the coming new year
（7） We do hope you can join us
（8） It would be an honor to me if you
would accept our invitation
（9） If I don’t hear from you before then,
I’ll be expecting you that day
（10） We should be very pleased if you
could honor us with your presence
（11） Do say you’ll come
（12） We would be very pleased if you
could come
（13） We are looking forward to seeing
you both
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（14） If the date and time suggested above
is not convenient to you, please suggest an alternative
（15） I would be delighted to come
（16） I will be very happy to accept your
kid invitation
（17） Nothing can prevent me .i’ll be there
on time
（18） It is with great pleasure that we shall
come to your wedding
（19） How regretful to have to turn down
your invitation
（20） Please accept my sincere regrets for
not being able to join you at your birthday party
（21） We regret that we can’t make it
because of a previous engagement
（22） Unfortunately, the pressure of urgent
business will not allow me to be present on this festive occasion
（23） But heavy official duties prevent me
from having the pleasure to join the
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party. For this I am awfully sorry
（24） I hope that you would be kind
enough to repeat your invitation at some
later date
3. Examples
3.1 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith,
Will you have dinner with us at our home on
Monday, January 10th, at five o’clock?
It has been a long time since we had the pleasure
of seeing you , and we do hope you will find it possible
to be with us.
Yours
sincerely,
Wang Lin
3.2. Dear Mary,
As you may have already heard, Jack and I
are to be married at church on Monday, the eighth of
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March, at ten a.m. We hope you and your husband will be able to join us and to stay for the dinner afterward.
Affectionately,
Rose
3.3 邀请参加会议
Dear Professor Smith,
It would give us great pleasure to have your presence at a meeting of language teaching scheduled for January the third, 2005 at the English Department of Shijiazhuang Professional College to discuss various problems in English language teaching.
Your thinking on the subject would contribute greatly to the success of conference. Do let us know if you can make it.
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Cordially,
ZhaoWei
（25） You are cordially invited to the
dinner party.
（26） We’re having a get-together on our
lawn next Saturday
（27） It would give us a great pleasure to
have your presence at the meeting
（28） It would be very nice if you and
your wife could come and spend the
weekend with us
（29） George and I would be pleased if
you and John would have dinner with
us at our home on Sunday
（30） We would be delighted if you
could find the time to join us for a
small party we are having at our
office to celebrate the coming new
year
（31） We do hope you can join us
（32） It would be an honor to me if you
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would accept our invitation
（33） If I don’t hear from you before
then, I’ll be expecting you that day
（34） We should be very pleased if you
could honor us with your presence
（35） Do say you’ll come
（36） We would be very pleased if you
could come
（37） We are looking forward to seeing
you both
（38） If the date and time suggested
above is not convenient to you, please suggest an alternative
（39） I would be delighted to come
（40） I will be very happy to accept your
kind invitation
（41） Nothing can prevent me. I’ll be
there on time
（42） It is with great pleasure that we
shall come to your wedding
（43） How regretful to have to turn
down your invitation
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（44） Please accept my sincere regrets
for not being able to join you at your
birthday party
（45） We regret that we can’t make it
because of a previous engagement
（46） Unfortunately, the pressure of
urgent business will not allow me to
be present on this festive occasion
（47） But heavy official duties prevent
me from having the pleasure to join
the party. For this I am awfully sorry
（48） I hope that you would be kind
enough to repeat your invitation at
some later date
（49） I’ll try to make it next time
3. Examples
3.1
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith,
Will you have dinner with us at our home on Monday, January 10th, at five o’clock?
It has been a long time since we had the pleasure of seeing you, and we do hope you will find 8
it possible to be with us.
Yours， sincerely
Wang
Lin
译文： 邀请参加宴会
亲爱的史密斯先生和夫人：
你们能在1月10日（星期一）下午5时驾临舍
下，和我们共进晚餐吗？
自从上次愉快地见到你们， 又有很长一段时间
没见面了。我们确实希望你们能够光临。
王林 谨上
3.2.
Dear Mary,
As you may have already heard, Jack and I are
to be married at church on Monday, the eighth of
March, at ten a.m. We hope you and your husband
will be able to join us and to stay for the dinner
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afterward.
Affectionately,
Rose
译文：邀请参加婚礼
亲爱的玛丽：
你可能听说， 杰克和我将于3月8日（星期一）上午10点在教堂举行婚礼。期盼你和你的丈夫能参加我们的婚礼以及其后的喜宴。
罗丝 谨上
3.3 邀请参加会议
Dear Professor Smith,
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It would give us great pleasure to have your presence at a meeting of language teaching scheduled for January the third, 2005 at the English Department of Shijiazhuang Professional College to discuss various problems in English language teaching.
Your thinking on the subject would contribute greatly to the success of conference. Do let us know if you can make it.
Cordially,
ZhaoWEI
3.4 邀请参加家庭聚会
Dear Jane,
I had such a good time in your home last month
that I want to play hostess this time. Could you come over to my home on Friday evening, April the second, at about seven o’clock? We’ll either have a chat or listen to music. Mary and Alice will be here, too. We haven’t met them for long time. I believe we shall have 11
a wonderful time.
I’ll be expecting you here. Don’t disappoint me.
Sincerely,
Kate
3.5 接受宴会邀请
Homework,
1. 邀请来校讲座
亲爱的约翰逊先生：
您的大作《美国文化研究》一书，给我们石
家庄外国语学院的教师留下了深刻的印象。我们希望能聆听您对美国文化和其他问题的见解。您可否在方便的时候来我校做讲座报告？
您的来往旅费和其他费用由我们负担。
您如能来的话，请尽早告诉我们，并说明来
得时间。
石家庄外国语职业学院
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2. 谢绝演讲邀请
亲爱的布莱克先生：
感谢您的邀请我在燕山宾馆举行的会议上的发表演讲。
由于我的全部时间已经排满，故不能出席。 请接受我的歉意，我争取下次参加。
您诚挚的
方进
3. 感谢您邀请我参加20xx年8月10日在国际大厦举
办的记者招待会，我很愿意代表我们公司出席这次会议。
届时见。
您诚挚的
张强
4. 写一封邀请函，邀请你的同班同学小惠参加庆祝国庆的鸡尾酒会，时间为20xx年9月29日晚8点在石家庄市招待处。
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