Department of Foreign Languages

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1774

U.S.A.

September 15, 2002

Professor SU Waiyuan

School of Foreign Studies

Nanjing University

22 Hankou Road, Nanjing 210093

P. R. China

Dear Professor SU,

Thanks for your letter dated February 6th, inviting me to attend and chair a

session of the forthcoming “International Symposium on Chinese-American Cultural Interaction” to be held in Nanjing, P. R. China, from July 4 to July 7,2003.

Much to my regret, I shall not be able to honor the invitation because I have to

deal with a lot of things and I really have no time to prepare the symposium. Unfortunately, my wife has been suffering from a disease since last month, and I must take care of her.

I feel very upset to miss the opportunity of meeting you and many others in the

field of Chinese-American Culture. I firmly hope that the symposium will be of great success.

Sincerely yours,

Peter Smith

第二篇：英语小作文---邀请信

距离最后的考试只有近两个月的时间，最后的冲刺序幕正式拉开。英语复习到这个阶段，最重要的就是作文。要想在最后的考试成绩中脱颖而出，现阶段就必须要把精力放在分值占在30分的写作上。

考研英语中大作文的要求是内容切题、表达清楚、文字连贯、句式多变和语言规范。小作文考察点在信息点的覆盖、语言的准确性、文章组织的连贯性上。

其中小作文占10分，分为求职信、祝贺信、道歉信、询问信、推荐信、感谢信、邀请信、辞职信等等二十多种应用文。每个类别都有相对固定的语言模式，都有固定词语要求。

邀请信是为了增进友谊，发展业务，邀请客人参加庆典、会议及各种活动的信函。邀请信分为两种：一种属于个人信函，例如邀请某人共进晚餐、参加宴会、观看电影、出席典礼等。另一种属于事物信函，一般是邀请参加会议、学术活动等等。

格式：1、称谓；2、开头：向被邀请人简单问候；3、交代时间、地点和活动内容、邀请原因等；4、参加活动的细节安排；5、联系人、电话、地址、落款、日期。

写作"三步走"：

邀请对方参加的活动的内容、时间和地点→与该活动有关的注意事项→期待对方接受邀请，并可表示感谢。

注意：

语言上写给朋友，可选用活泼、真诚的言辞；写给长辈、上级、名人等，语言则应正式、礼貌。

范文解析：

Directions: The Dean of the English Department knows that Prof. Robin is a famous scholar in British literature. As his assistant, you are asked to write a formal letter to Prof. Robin, inviting him for a short-term visit and to give a lecture.

Write the letter with no less than 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Wang Hua (Dean of the English Department)" instead. Do not write the address.

Dear Prof. Robin,

I am writing on behalf of the English Department to invite you to give a lecture in our college.

We know that you are an expert on British literature. We would be very grateful of you could give a lecture on "Contemporary British Literature" to the English Department on Sunday, April 8. If this subject does not suit you, any other similar topic would be welcome as well.

If it is convenient for you, would you please drop me a line to let me know whether you can come or not? We could be looking forward to the opportunity to benefit from your experience and wisdom.

Sincerely yours,

Wang Hua

Dean of the English Department

◆常用句式：

1、I am writing to invite you to…

我写信是为了邀请您……

2、I think it would be a great idea if you could participate in…

如果您参加……那就太好了。

3、I wonder if you can come…

我想知道您是否能来……

4、How would you like to join us in…？

您想不想来参加我们的……？

5、Would you please drop me a line to let me know if you can come to

您可以写信告诉我您能否来……吗？

6、My family and I would feel much honored if you could come.

如果您能来，我们全家将不胜荣幸。

7、I really hope you can make it.

我真心希望您能来。

8、We would be looking forward to your coming.

我们期待着您的到来。

9、I would like to meet you there and please let me know your decision soon.

我希望能在那里见到您，请早点告诉我您的决定。

10、We would be very glad to invite you as an expert to our university/college to…

很高兴邀请您作为专家到我们学校……