英语应用文写作—邀请信

邀请信（Letters of Invitation
Ⅰ）
邀请信（Letters of Invitation Ⅰ）是邀请亲朋好友或知名人士、专家等参加某项活动时所发的邀约性书信。

在国际交往以及日常的各种社交活动中，这类书信使用广泛。

英文邀请信分为两种。

第一种邀请信邀请的对象一般是朋友、熟人.所以内容格式上的要求都比较松
可以写得随便一些。

只要表明邀请的意图.说明活动的内容、时间、地点等等。

但既然是邀请信.那么就一定要在信中表达非常希望对方能够参加或者出席的愿望。

这种邀请信的篇幅可以非常短.
Sample 1(Formal):
Dear Betty,
I am writing to invite you to attend my birthday party at my house on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 6:00 p.m.I will
also invite a few other friends. Will you be able to join us?Since I haven’t seen you for almost two years, I am really looking forward to your coming.
Yours ever, Linda
Sample 2(Formal)
Dear Jane,
We have four tickets for a famous film shown at Guangming Cinema, The
Longest Day, Friday, the ninth. Will you join us? We'll be looking for you at eight sharp Friday night in front of the cinema, so don't disappoint us!
Warmest regards.
lice
二、正式邀请信
第二种邀请信一般由会议或学术活动的组委会的某一个负责人来写以
组委会的名义发出而且被邀请者通常也是属于比较有威望的人士。

因此这类邀请信的措辞要相对正式一些语气要热情有礼。

这一类邀请信通常要包括以下内容首先表明邀请对方参加的意图以及会议或学术活动的名称、时间、地点，然后要对被邀请者的威望和学术水平等表示推崇和赞赏,表明如果被邀请者能够接受邀请会给会议
或者活动带来很好的影响，接着要说明会议或活动的相关事宜最好是能引起对方兴趣的事宜，当然不能忘了表达希望对方能够参加的诚意，最后还要请收信人对发出的邀请做出反馈如确认接受邀请。

下面是两封邀请对方参加活动的信函
Sample 1(Informal):
Dear Professor Smith,
On behalf of the English Teaching and Research Society. I would be very pleased to invite you to attend the forthcoming 2007 International Conference on English Teaching to be held in Beijing, from October 25 to October 28, 2007.
You are an internationally acclaimed scholar and educator. Your participation will be among the highlights
of the activity.
We do hope that you could accept our invitation. As you know, this is the 10th anniversary of the Conference and we plan to make it a truly international meeting.
If you can come, please let us know as soon as possible, so that we can prepare early. We are looking forward to your reply.
Sincerely yours,
Zhao Jing
Sample 1(Informal):
Dear Professor Wang,
On behalf of the Ohio State University, I would be
very pleased to invite you to attend and chair the 2004 International Conference on Data Processing to be held in Michigan, from October 25 to October 28, 2004. You are an internationally acclaimed scholar and educator. Your participation will be among the highlights of the Conference.
★Supplementary knowledge of writing
写请柬时的注意事项：
●邀请人和被邀请人要用第二人称，参加活动的时间地点也要写得清楚明确。

●希望被邀请人收到请柬
后给予答复的，则须在请柬上注明R.S.V.P 或r.s.v.p 字样，意为“请答复”。

有时为了方便联系，可留下自己的电话号码或地址。

●对参加活动的人有什么具体要求可简单的在请柬上注明，比如对服装的要求，要求穿礼服时，须在请柬的右下角注明Dress: Formal; 较随意时可用：Dress: Informal 。

常用句型：
●一般的邀请信
I am writing to invite you to…I think it would be a great idea if you could come…
我想如果你能参加……将是一个非常好的主意。

I wonder if you can come…我在想你是否能来参加……
How would you like to join us in…?你想不想来参加我们的……
Would you please drop me a line to let me know if you
can come to…?
你可以写封短信来告诉我你能否来……？
My family and I would feel much honored if you could come.
如果你能来我们全家都将感到不胜荣幸。

I really hope you can make it.我真的希望你能来。

We would be looking forward to your coming with great pleasure.
我们很高兴地期待着你的
到来。

I would like to meet you there and please let me know your decision soon.
我希望能在那见到你，请早点让我们知道你的决定。

●请柬
I’d like…to come to dinner.非常希望……共进晚餐。

request the pleasure of 恭请……
The favor of a reply is requested.敬赐复函。

May I have the honor of
your company at dinner?敬备菲酌，恭请光临
Thank you for inviting us to dinner.谢谢您邀请我们共进晚餐。

I hope you’re not too busy to come.我期望您会在百忙中光临。

The activity will be held in…,on…招待会定于……在……举行
We sincerely hope you can attend.我们期待您的光临。

We are looking forward to…
我们期待着……
We have decided to have a party in honor of the occasion.为此我们决定举办一次晚会。

Please confirm your participation at your earliest convenience.是否参加，请早日告之。

Activity :
假定你是李华，计划和同学去敬老院（nursing
home）陪老人们过重阳节（The Double Ninth Festival）。

请给外教露西写封邮件，邀她一同前往，内容包括：1.出发及返回时间2.活动：包饺子、表演节目等。

注意1.词数100左右2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.结语已为你写好。