Letter of Invitation(邀请信)
一 写作步骤
开头:开门见山,说明目的。
正文:邀请内容(活动性质,地点,时间,日期,相关注意事项) 结尾:重申对方参加的重要性,期待参加并致谢 模版一
Dear ,
I will hold a/an ____ at on in order to . As you are a close friend of our family, my parents and I would very much like you to join us in and share our joy.
The occasion will start at , and activities include , and . In addition, there will be . I am sure you will enjoy a good time. My family would feel honored by your presence.
Yours sincerely, Li Hua 模版二 Dear ,
On behalf of , I would like to invite you to visit our university / my hometown for .
It would give us great pleasure if you could deliver a speech on the topic of during the visit, because . I am sure that it would be greatly beneficial to if .
During your stay in , we would like to offer with , which is free of charge, and . We would appreciate it very much if you could accept our invitation. Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
常用开头
1. It’s my pleasure/a great honor for me to invite you to… 2. I’m writing to invite you to… 3. I’d like to invite you to.
4.You are cordially invited to be a judge for the coming English Speech Competition.我真诚地邀请您成为本次英语演讲的评委 。
5.1 I’d like to invite you to be our honorable judge .我想邀请你做我们的评委。
主体常用句
1. I wonder if you can come… 2. How would you like to join us in…?
3. Would you please let me know if you can come to…?
4. The occasion will start at … There will be activities, such as …It will be held in… from …to … on …
5. We should be pleased to know whether the evening of …would be convenient to you. 6. It would be very nice if you could come and spend the two hours from 7pm~9pm on Friday with us .如果您能与我们共度周五(晚上七点至九点), 那就太好了。
7.We shall be glad/ pleased/ delighted if you will join us如果您能来,我们将十分高兴。
8. We would be delighted if you could find the time to join us for a small party we are having at our school to welcome the freshmen.为了欢迎新同学,我们将在学校举行小型宴会,如果你有时间欢迎加入,我们将十分高兴。
9. I hope you will give me the pleasure of your company on the occasion of climbing the
Fragrant Mountain with a few friends next Saturday我将在本周六邀一些朋友爬香山,请你赏光。
常用结尾
1. We hope that you can come and look forward to seeing you. 2. I’m looking forward to seeing your reply.
3. I would be grateful if you could accept my invitation. 4. I really hope you can make it.
5. We are looking forward to your coming.
6. Your early conformation will be much appreciated./ I shall be much obliged if you will confirm it as soon as possible.如果您能早日得到您的答复那就太好了。
7. If the date and time suggested above is not convenient to you, please feel free to inform me about that or suggest an alternative
8.We do hope you can join us .衷心希望你们能够光临。
9.We should be very pleased if you could honor us with your presence.如蒙光临,我们将非常高兴。 10.The proceeding will be quite informal and we look forward very much to the pleasure of your company.过程很随意,我们非常期待您能加入我们.
接受邀请:
1. I would be delighted to come.我将乐意前往。
2. Thank you so much. I’ ll surely come .非常感谢,我一定来。
3. Terrific! Nothing can prevent me. I’ll be there on time .太棒了!无论如何,我都一定准时赶到。
4.It is with great pleasure that we shall come to your party.我们很高兴将参加您的晚会 5. Nothing could give us more pleasure than accepting your kind invitation . 6.We would be delighted to join you for a picnic next Sunday
婉拒邀请
1. It is with great regret that I must tell you our dinner, planned for the fifteenth, must be postponed until the nineteenth .很遗憾告诉你15日的晚餐会不得不推迟到19 日了。
2.Please accept my sincere regrets for not being able to join you at your birthday party .不能参加你的生日晚会, 我甚为遗憾。
3.Unfortunately, the pressure of urgent academic task will not allow me to be present on this festive occasion .很遗憾, 因有要事在身, 无法出席这次庆祝仪式。
4. Nothing could give us greater pleasure than accepting your kind invitation, unfortunately, it will be impossible for us to … pleasure accept my sincere regrets for not being able to join…
二 经典范文
1. Invitation to a Formal Dinner邀请参加宴会 Dear Mr . White ,
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Guangzhou Trading Co. Ltd , we are holding a dinner party at the Garden Hotel in Guangzhou from 7: 00 to 10: 00 p .m . on Friday, August 8. You are cordially invited to the party so that we can express our sincere appreciation to you for the generous support you have extended to us for many years.
For your information, the party will be attended by many top executives of leading Chinese and foreign trading companies, and we believe that this will offer many of us an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with each other .
We do hope that you will be able to join us 0n the occasion, and look forward to seeing you at the party .
Sincerely yours
三 实战演练
假如你叫李伟,代表二年级邀请本市一所大学的外籍教师怀特夫人参加你们年级于下星期五晚上7:00在学校报告厅举行的英语晚会,请根据以下内容写一封邀请函。
⑴ 请她出席晚会,担任晚会评委并表演一个节目。 ⑵ 晚会节目有唱歌,跳舞,话剧,时装表演等等。 ⑶ 本市有名的歌星,演员也应邀参加。 ⑷ 希望她那天晚上过得愉快。
注意:⑴ 不可遗漏要点 ⑵ 词数80-120 参考词汇:评委:judge 时装表演:fashion show
Dear Mrs. Whit
We are from senior Grade Two of Handan Middle School and glad to invite you to our school English evening, which will be held in our school lecture hall at 7:00 p.m. next Friday. We will be thankful if you could come and act as the judge of our English evening. We hope you will give a performance for us.
The programmes of the evening are singing, dancing, plays, a fashion show and so on. Some famous singers, actors and actresses of our city will be invited to our English evening too.
We are sure you will have a good time with us that night.
Yours faithfully, Li wei
假设你是育才中学学生会主席李华.你校将举办一次英语演讲比(speech contest,希望附近某大学的外籍教师Smith女士做评委,请参照以下比赛通知给她给写一封信.
英语演讲比赛主题:人与自然时间:6月15日下午2.00-5.00
地点:501教室 参赛选手:10名学生
联系人:李华(电话484876655) 欢迎大家光临
Dear Ms. Smith,
I’m Li Hua, the leader of the Student Union of Yu Cai Middle School Middle School. I sincerely hope you can set aside some time for our English speech contest and be a judge. The contest, the theme of which is “Man and Nature”, will be held in the Room 501 from 2:00 to 5:00 on the afternoon of June 15. What’s more, there will be 10 students taking part in it. I’m sure it will be a great success if you can give us some precious remarks. I would appreciate it if you could accept my invitation. My telephone number is 44876655.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
With best wishes,
Li Hua
假定你是李华,在北京读高中,暑假回河北承德老家看望爷爷奶奶。请你参照以下表格内容,给同学Peter写封信,介绍你家乡的坝上草原并邀请他前来旅游。
注意:1.词数100左右(开头已写好,不计入总词数) 2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
名称 the Bashang Prairie 位置 北京以北5小时车程
气候 夏季清凉宜人,7月份平均气温20°C左右 风景 蓝天白云、碧草黄花、湖水清澈、牛羊成群 活动 骑马、看摔跤、吃烤羊肉等。
Dear Peter,
How are you these days? I know it is very hot now in Beijing. As you know, my hometown, Chengde is a good place to spent summer holidays because it is pleasant in summer.Why not come over here to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Bashang Prairie?
The Bashang Prairie is located/ lies to the north of Beijing , about 5 hours’ drive. The weather here in summer is pleasantly cool and the average of the temperature is (about) 20℃ or so in July. Standing on the grassland, you can see white clouds in the blue sky, green grass and wild flowers, clear water in the lake as well as herds of cattle and sheep.
There are a variety of /varieties of attractions here-not only can you try riding a horse / try the horse-riding in person/personally/for yourself and watch wrestling competitions, but also you can eat delicious roast mutton on the open fire. Isn’t it……
Yours ,
Li Hua
作业:
假定你是李华,你的一位美国朋友Jane在中国学习中文两年,即将回国。现在由
你给她发E-mail,邀请她参加为她举办的欢送会,要点如下:
(1)祝贺她顺利通过考试,她的学习进步很大,为她骄傲; (2)感谢她帮助你们学习英语; (3)时间:星期六晚六点;
(4)地点:阳光俱乐部(The Sun Club)302房间;
(5)路线:在她所住宾馆门口乘坐332路公共汽车可直达。 注意:
(1)须包括以上主要内容,可以适当增加细节,使内容连贯; (2)词数:100左右。开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。 (3)参考词汇:欢送会 farewell party Dear Jane,
Congratulations on your passing all the exams.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours faithfully, Thank you letter
写作感谢信时,一定要言语真切,切忌夸夸其谈,华而不实。否则只会令人反感。此外,感谢信一定要写得及时,让对方感受到你的感激之情。
一. 感谢信的结构
第一段.表达感激之情并说明原因 第二段.细数并赞赏对方给予的帮助
第三段,再次阐述谢意并表达回报愿望
参考模版: Dear ﹍﹍,
How about your life/ study/ work? I’m writing to thank you for your ﹍﹍﹍﹍./ Thanks for your ﹍﹍﹍﹍.
During ﹍﹍﹍, you ﹍﹍﹍. First, you ﹍﹍﹍.What’s more, you ﹍﹍﹍. Another thing that I can’t forget is that you ﹍﹍﹍./ There is still one thing that I can’t forget. That is ﹍﹍﹍. 原因
Thank you/ Thanks a lot for your kindness again. Best wishes./ Give my best regard to ﹍﹍﹍.
Yours sincerely ﹍﹍﹍
第一段:表达感谢之情并说明原因;
常用句式
I am writing this letter to thank you for … I am writing to express my sincere thanks for
I would like to convey in this letter my heartfelt thanks to you for… With deepest gratitude I write you this letter for … I am writing this letter because I am indebted to you for … I am obliged to you for/I owe you a great deal for
第二段:细述并赞赏对方给与的帮助;
常用句式
It was nice/kind/thoughtful/ considerate (adj. 考虑周到的) of you to..
Thank you very much for your kind hospitality (n. 好客, 热情招待) and the honor
you showed me during my visit…
It was your kind help that … (强调句型)
If it had not been for your (help/guidance/ assistance), I wouldn’t have (won the
prize)
(虚拟语气) But for/Without …
第三段:再次阐述谢意并表达回报愿望。
常用句式
Please do not hesitate to let me know if there is anything I could do to pay you back
(回报).
Please have no hesitation in writing to me should you want (虚拟语气倒装) me to do
something for you…
Please do allow me to return your favor (报答) Best wishes for your health and every happiness.
二. 典句朗诵
1. I can never thank you enough for your generosity .
对你的慷慨大度我永远感谢不尽。
2. I’d like to offer you my oceans of thanks for your generous help .
我对你热情的帮助致以无比的谢意。
3. I hope that you will visit Guangzhou soon so that I shall have the opportunity to repay your kindness .(结尾)
希望你不久能访问广州, 使我能有机会答谢你的盛情
4. If I can in any way return the favor, it will give me great pleasure to do so .如果我能做点什么来报答你的话 , 我将非常乐意(结尾)
5. Please have no hesitation in writing to me should you want me to do something for you in China (结尾)
6. If I can in any way return the favor, it will give me great pleasure to do so.
如果我能做点什么来报答您的话,我非常乐意(结尾)。