请柬写作和邀请信,接受与拒绝

Letters of invitation & replies

Letter of Acceptance. Letter of Regret.

2. 词汇与句型：

2.1 常用词汇和短语：

presence 出席, company陪伴, dinner dance晚宴舞会, get-together聚会, social reunion社交舞会, weekend celebration周末度假, house and weekend party家中小住及周末聚会, to give a dance开个舞会, cocktail party鸡尾酒会, look forward to期待、盼望, pleasure高兴, regret遗憾, unfortunately很遗憾, turn down the invitation辞谢邀请, kind invitation盛情邀请, have previous engagement有约在先, accept another invitation另有安排

2.2 常用句型

（1）You are cordially invited to the

dinner party.

（2）We’re having a get-together on our

lawn next Saturday

（3）It would give us a great pleasure to

have your presence at the meeting

（4）It would be very nice if you and your wife could come and spend the weekend

with us

（5）George and I would be pleased if you and John would have dinner with us

at our home on Sunday

（6）We would be delighted if you could find the time to join us for a small party

we are having at our office to celebrate

the coming new year

（7）We do hope you can join us

（8）It would be an honor to me if you would accept our invitation

（9）If I don’t hear from you before then, I’ll be expecting you that day

（10）We should be very pleased if you could honor us with your presence （11）Do say you’ll come

（12）We would be very pleased if you could come

（13）We are looking forward to seeing you both

（14）If the date and time suggested above is not convenient to you, please suggest

an alternative

（15）I would be delighted to come （16）I will be very happy to accept your kid invitation

（17）Nothing can prevent me .i’ll be there on time

（18）It is with great pleasure that we shall come to your wedding

（19）How regretful to have to turn down your invitation

（20）Please accept my sincere regrets for not being able to join you at your

birthday party

（21）We regret that we can’t make it because of a previous engagement （22）Unfortunately, the pressure of urgent business will not allow me to be present

on this festive occasion

（23）But heavy official duties prevent me from having the pleasure to join the

party. For this I am awfully sorry

（24）I hope that you would be kind

enough to repeat your invitation at some

later date

3. Examples

3.1 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith,

Will you have dinner with us at our home on Monday, January 10th, at five o’clock?

It has been a long time since we had the pleasure of seeing you , and we do hope you will find it possible to be with us.

Yours sincerely,

Wang Lin

3.2. Dear Mary,

As you may have already heard, Jack and I are to be married at church on Monday, the eighth of