Practical English Writings 实用英语应用文写作

Practical English Writings 实用英语应用文写作 Prof. Liang Aimin 梁爱民副教授

Letters of Invitation 邀请信

1.Introduction • 邀请信在日常生活和外事活动中使用广泛，一般分为两种：一种为正式邀请（invitation card）；因为其结构非一般信函，在此不作讲述。本章只讲非正式请帖，即邀请信( letters of invitation)。 • 邀请信形式上不如请帖那样正规，但也很考究。书写时应注意一下两点：

（1）邀请信一定要将邀请的时间（年、月、日、钟点）、地点、场合写清楚，不能让收信人有任何的疑虑。例如 “ I’d like you and Tom to come to dinner next Monday” 这句话中指的是哪个星期并不明确，所以要加上具体日期，“I’d like you and Tom to come to dinner next Monday, May the fifth at 6 o’clock. P.m., at the Locus Hotel”。 • （2）邀请信的特点是简短热情，形式较为灵活，一般为两小段，将意思表达清楚即可。

在盛大的场合，请帖应提前三星期发 • 出，一般场合书写邀请信，应在预定时间的 • 前几天发出，一边收信人及早考虑和安排。 • 收到请帖或信后，通常应立即答复，表 • 明接受谢绝，以示礼貌。 • 2.Commonly-Used Sentences • I’d like you to come to our dinner this evening. • 2) Request the pleasure of … 恭请… • 3) The favor of a reply is requested.敬赐复函。

4) May I have the honor of your company at dinner?敬备菲酌，恭请光临。 • 5) Thank you for inviting us to dinner. • 6) We are delighted to accept your invitation. • 7) I wish I could be there, but I expect to be away on vacation at that time. • 8) Please reply to Thirty-five Park Avenue. • 9) We’ll be awaiting your arrival on the twelfth. • 10) I hope you are not too busy to come期望你在百忙中光临。 • 11. I’m looking forward to seeing you.

12) We thought it would be pleasant to have some of our friends to celebrate it. • 13) The reception will be held in …, on…招待会定于……在……举行。 • 14) We sincerely hope you can attend. • 15) We have decided to have a party in honor of the occasion.为此我们决定举行举行一次晚会。 • 16) Please let me know as soon as possible if you can come and tell me when you will be able to do so.如能来的话，早日告我，何时为宜。 • 17)Please confirm your participation at your earliest convenience. 是否参加，请早日告之。

3. Specimen • 1.Invitation to a Formal Dinner（宴会） • 1) A letter of invitation • Dear Mrs. Benton, • John and I would be very happy if you and Mr. Benton could come to dinner with us on Monday, May the second at six o’clock. We do hope you can Join us. • Sincerely yours • Ellen Smith

2) A letter of Accepting an Invitation • Dear Mrs. Smith, • Thank you for inviting us to dinner on Monday, May the second. We are delighted to accept your invitation. • Sincerely yours, • Lucie Benton

3. A letter of Declining an Invitation • Dear Mrs. Smith, • Thank you for inviting us to dinner on Monday, May the second. I wish I could be there, but I regret to inform you that owing to being away on vacation, we shall not be able to come. • Sincerely yours, • Lucie Benton

2.Invitation to a Wedding • Dear Aunt Kate, • David and I are to be married at the Community Church (区教堂)on Thursday, June the twelfth, at noon. • We want you come to the ceremony, and also to the wedding breakfast(喜宴) afterward at home. • We’ll be awaiting your arrival, Aunt Kate, on the twelfth! • With love • Helen

3.Invitation to a Dance • Dear Martha, • Next Friday October the first is our national Day, and we thought it would be pleasant to have some of our friends here to celebrate it. Will you and Tom come? We’ll have dancing from seven until twelve. • we are all looking forward to seeing you. • Students • of International business School

5.Invition to a Reception(招待会） • Dear Mr. Hobson, • It would give us great pleasure to have your presence at a reception in honor of the Chinese delegation（中国代表团）. • The reception will be held in the City Hall, on Tuesday, October the fourth. Cocktails(鸡尾酒会）will be served promptly at six to be followed by dinner at eight. • We sincerely hope you can attend. Let us know as soon as possible if you can come. • Sincerely • Li He

6.Invitation to an Export Commodities fair(出口商品交易会) • Dear Sirs, • This is to advise that we are going to hold an Export Commodities fair in Shanghai from May 1st to May 15th,1999. A great variety of samples(品种繁多的样品), newly designed by our manufacturers, will be on exhibition. We take pleasure in inviting you to the Fair. Please cable（电告）the date of your arrival, enabling us to make the necessary preparations. • Yours faithfully

7.Invitation to an Anniversary Celebration of the founding of a School(校庆) • Dear prof. Smith, • On Monday， September the tenth all the faculty members of Hu Nan University will celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary of the School Founding. • We have decided to have a party in honor of the occasion. The place is Teachers’ Reception Hall(教师会客厅), and the time is Friday evening, September the tenth, at six o’clock. Come and bring your wife or other guest. We look forward to seeing you.

In order to make proper reservations, will you send your acceptance to the attention of Professor Chen no later than a week before that day.(为了便于安排，务请您与宴会举行一周以前将您的接受邀请的回执寄到陈教授处。) • Cordially,（您真诚的) • Wang Hua

8. Invitation to Giving Lectures(邀请来校讲学) • 1) A letter of invitation • Dear Prof. Green, • I was told by our mutual friend Mr. Wilson that you would visit China next month this year. May I take the opportunity to invite you to come to our college to give the students of our English Department some lectures on “Modern American Literature”?

Please let me know as soon as possible if you can come and tell me when you will be able to do so. • With warm personal regards, I am,(我个人谨向您致以热烈的问候。) • Your sincerely, • Yan Hai

2）A letter of Accepting an Invitation • Dear Prof. Yang, • I accept with pleasure your kind invitation to come to your college and give some lectures on “Modern American Literature” to the students of your English Department. • I shall arrive at Changsha on 12th October, and will stay at your college for two weeks, giving lectures 3 times a week. • Looking forward to meeting you and your students and with best wishes. • Yours sincerely, • Green

9.Invitation to Attending the Academic conference(学术会议) • 1) A letter of invitation • Dear Professor Parley, • It would give us great pleasure to have your presence at a meeting of English language teaching scheduled for September the sixth,1998 at the English Department of Beijing University. • Your thinking on the subject would contribute greatly to the success of the conference. Do let us know if you can make it. • Cordially,(您诚挚的) • Xia Kai

2）A letter of Accepting an Invitation • Dear Professor Xia, • Thank you very much for your invitation to join the meeting of English language teaching at Department of Beijing University on September the sixth, 1998. • I will be happy to be there at two o’clock that afternoon to take part in the meeting, and look forward to it with pleasure. • Cordially, • William Parley

练一练 • 请写一封邀请信,邀请你的朋友或老师出席你的新年晚会。

Practical English Writings 实用英语应用文写作