赴宴邀请函

一、邀请函及复函（letters of invitation and acknowledgements）

邀请信虽然十分简短，但亦要写得有头有尾，令人一读尽知。邀请信要写得明确具体，

不能含糊其词，邀请人家去做什么．是在什么场合，具体的钟点和日期等都应一一写明。

1)最佳活用句式

2) would you and jane be able to join us for lunch at the angel restaurant at

12:30 next friday?

7) would you like to go and see a football match with me next monday afternoon?

i could pick you up at your house at about...if you would.

8) your early confirmation will be much appreciated.

10) i shall be much obliged if you will confirm it as soon as possible.

11) if the date and time suggested above is not convenient to you, please suggest

an alternative.

12) it would be helpful if you could indicate a preference for two of these days

so that a final choice can he made.

13) we should be pleased to know whether the evening of ...would be convenient

to you.

14) as promised, to reciprocate报答 your hospitality款待, i would like to invite

you and your wife to dinner....

15) i wonder whether you can spare some time to have morning tea with me at ....

16) thank you very much for your kind invitation to dinner....

17) nothing would give us greater pleasure than accepting your kind invitation ....

18) unfortunately it will be impossible for us to ....

19) nothing would please me more than to join you for lunch on tuesday, but unfortunately ....

20) please accept my sincere regrets for not being able to join ....

写作范例

1．邀请赴宴（an invitation to dinner）

dear ruth,

dinner is at seven, as usual. we’ll be looking for you two charming people at

that time, so don’t disappoint us! affectionately yours, x x x 亲爱的卢斯，

汤姆和我将邀请几位挚友于10月2日（星期四）来我家共进晚餐，请你和比尔务必光临，

否则，这次宴会就不能圆满。

我希望你们能来看看我们在夏威夷拍摄的影片，我们知道你们正考虑今夏到那里去。晚

餐像往常一样，7时开始，到时候我们将等候你们二位，可不要使我们失望。您亲爱的 x x

x 【点评】这是一封邀请挚友共赴晚餐的信函，时间写得很具体—10月2日星期4下午7

点，地点显然是在邀请人家里，信函写得亲切自然，流畅得体。必须注意的是，邀请信一般

由妻子出面邀请并代表夫妻二人，信函也应写给对方的妻子，但信中应明确提到邀请夫妻双

方，免生误解，影响友情。

按照英美习惯，在一个没有母亲的家庭中，常由女儿出面充当女主人发邀请信，信中需

清楚地说明自己是代表父亲宴请宾客的。

接受邀请（accepting an invitation）

dear betty,

how could we ever think of turning down the prospect of another delightful evening

with you and tom? of course, well be there on thursday, october second promptly at

seven!

bill and i are both excited about seeing those hawaii pictures. we think thats

where were going for our vacation this summer, so it will be wonderful seeing your

pictures and getting a “preview” of the most attractive island. thanks for asking us, betty. were certainly looking forward to next thursday! affectionately yours, ruth 亲爱的贝蒂，

我们一直在盼望再跟您和汤姆一起欢度一个夜晚，我们一定在10月2日（星期四）晚上

7时准时赴宴。

比尔和我将为能看到夏威夷的风光而非常高兴，那是我们打算今夏去游览的地方，能在

你们拍摄的影片上“预览”一下那个海岛的景况，真是太妙了。

感谢您的邀请，贝蒂。我们期待着下星期四的到来。

您亲爱的

谢绝邀请（declining an invitation）

dear betty,

you remember i told you about mr. gilmore last week. hes one of bills most

important clients. if it were anyone else, id alter my plans-- even at the very last

moment-- rather than miss an evening with you and tom! but i just cant do that with

the gilmores, betty. im sure you understand. bill and i would certainly like to see those hawaii pictures, as we think thats

where were going this summer. will you give us a picture showing some time? just say

when and well be there!

have a good time on thursday, i certainly wish we could be with you! affectionately yours, ruth 亲爱的贝蒂/贝蒂如面：

这是多么遗憾啊！我们不能在星期四前去赴宴。因为那一天我们将宴请吉尔莫夫妇。

您还记得上星期我向您提及的那位吉尔莫先生吗？他是比尔的一位重要客户。如果是别

人，即使是在最后时刻我也宁可改变计划，而不愿失掉同您和汤姆共进晚餐的机会。但是对

于吉尔莫夫妇，我们不能那样做。贝蒂，我深信您会谅解的。

我和比尔的确想看看夏威夷的风景片。因为我们正想在今夏去那里游览。以后能单独为

我们放映一次吗？请把时间告诉我们，我们一定前往。

祝你们星期四过得愉快。我是多么希望能够同你们在一起啊！

您亲爱的

露丝【注】书写谢绝邀请的短信时要十分谨慎，以免冒犯了女主人．复信的语言应该十

分真切、诚恳，表示出你失望、遗憾和惋惜之情，同时还应指出自己不能赴约的具体原因并

表示歉意。

应该指出的是．西方人(尤其是美国人)由于生活节奏很快，整天忙

碌不停，所以邀请信总写得较简洁．无论是邀请朋友赴宴、看戏也好，还是邀请朋友度

周末、吃茶点亦罢，通常情况下只写几行字即可．但是，他们却并不认为这是草率、敷衍和

不恭敬的表现．而是现代人崇尚自然简朴的一种文明标志。请看下面这则邀请赴茶会的例子：