英语应用文写作之邀请信
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一、邀请信及复信
邀请信包括宴会邀请、午餐和晚餐邀请、聚会邀请、舞会邀请、婚礼邀请等。
邀请信虽然看起来不象请柬那样正规、庄重，但是，也是很讲就的。写好邀请信，需注意以下几个问题：
1.邀请信一定要写得明确、完整，不可给收信人留下任何疑问。如: “ I’d like you and Tom to come to dinner next Wednesday.” 这样的写法就不够明确，需要加上具体的日期和时间。该句应写成: “I’d like you and Tom to come to dinner on Wednesday, June 14, at seven o’clock .”
2.在欧美国家，夜晚的邀请，除了那些只允许男人参加的社交活动之外，不论是正式的，还是非正式的，都应该邀请夫妻双方参加。
3.别人对你的邀请是对你的尊重，因此，无论能否赴约，都应该给与及时的、有礼貌的答复。
4.对于邀请信，在复信时应该明确地说明是接受邀请, 还是不能接受邀请。不能使用模棱两可的话。如: “ I’ll try my best to come.” “ I’ll come if I’m in town.” 等等，那样会使邀请人感到十分不安，应该明确说明去还是不去，以便让邀请人早做安排。
5.接受邀请时，在回信时要重复写上邀请信中的某些内容，如:
几月几日、星期几、几点钟等等。不应该这样写：“ I’ll be delighted to attend your luncheon…” ，而应该写成： “ I’ll be delighted to attend your luncheon on Thursday, May tenth, at one o’clock.” 这样写，可以纠正你或邀请人可能弄错了的日期和时间。
（一）宴会邀请信及复信
邀请朋友赴宴 （Inviting a Friend to Dinner）
Dear Zhang Ning,
Will you and Mr.Wang Yi have dinner with us on Tuesday, the fifth of May, at seven o’clock?
It’s a long time since we have had the pleasure of seeing you and we do hope you can come.
Sincerely yours,Elizabeth K.Benton ·接受邀请（Acceptance）
Dear Mrs.Benton,
Wang Yi and I will be delighted to dine with you on Tuesday, the fifth of May, at seven o’clock.How nice of you to ask us!We are both looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and Dr.Benton again.
Very sincerely yours,Zhang Ning
不能赴约 （Regret）
Dear Mrs.Benton,
I’ve been putting off this note until the last poible moment, hoping and hoping Wang Yi would get back from Shanghai in time for your dinner party.But now I must regretfully write that he’ll still be out of town on Tuesday, the fifth; and we therefore cannot accept your kind invitation for dinner on that day.
It was sweet of you to ask us; and I know Wang Yi will be as sorry as I am to mi an evening with you and Dr.Benton.We know how delightful such evenings at your house usually are!Sincerely yours,Zhang Ning
2.邀请朋友赴宴和看电影
现代人由于忙忙碌碌，邀请信总是写得很简短，邀请朋友赴宴和看电影，通常只写上几行字，但是，他们认为这并不是草率和不恭敬的表现，只是为了速度快些罢了。例如：
Dear Li Ming,
We have four tickets for a new movie Brokeback Mountain this Friday, the tenth.Will you and He Yi join us here for dinner at six sharp; and then go on with us later to the movie? We’ll be
looking for you Friday night, so don’t disappoint us!
Affectionately yours,Doris
·接受邀请 (Acceptance)
Dear Doris,
Delighted! We’ll be there Friday at six, and go with you
afterward to the cinema.How wonderful of you and Frank to ask us! ….
Affectionately yours,Li Ming·不能赴约 （Regret）
Dear Doris,
I think you’d better ask some other couple for Friday.He Yi is in Shanghai and won’t be back for another week.Wait till he hears what a wonderful evening he mied with you and Frank! Thanks for asking us, Doris.I’m certainly sorry we can’t say “yes”!
Affectionately yours,Li Ming
3.取消非正式宴会的短笺
有时候，由于生病或其他原因，需取消原定的宴请，如果时间紧，可以用电话通知已邀请的客人，如果有时间，应该写一封短信表示歉意。
Dear Mrs.Jennings,
I have just learned that my son, who is at school in Shanghai, was injured in a basketball game.Although the injury is not very serious, Lin Kai and I feel we must go to him at once; and we are leaving tomorrow morning.
Under the circumstances, we must recall our dinner
invitations for Tuesday, the fifth of May… and plan on a later date for our party.
I’m sure that you and Mr.Jennings will understand our anxiety, and will forgive this last-minute change in plans.Sincerely yours,Li Li
4.对于非正宴请的不能如期赴约的短笺
按照英美人的习惯，应邀者因为生病或其他原因而不能如期赴约时，应该打个电话或写一封短信告诉邀请人。当然，只有在万不得已时才能做出这样的改变。
Dear Mrs.Benton,
I’m very sorry to have to write you this letter! After accepting your kind invitation for dinner on Tuesday, May the fifth, I now
find that we cannot be there after all.
Li Yong has just been called to Shanghai on busine; and although he tried very hard to postpone the trip until after the fifth, he was unable to do so.
We had been looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and Dr.Benton; and we both feel very badly about this unexpected development.We hope you understand, and that you will not be inconvenienced.
Sincerely yours,Wang ShanshanWriting Aignment 1：写一封邀请信，要请你的好朋友Elizabeth K.Benton 本周六晚7点到你家赴宴, 然后一起去电影院看新电影《金刚》（KING KONG） (The Eighth Wonder of the World.)。 。以Elizabeth K.Benton的身份给你写一封表示接受邀请的回信。
.以Elizabeth K.Benton的身份给你写一封表示不能接受邀请的回信。
