邀请礼仪
邀请礼仪概括
在工作中，常常遇到邀请别人参加某项活动或被别人邀请的情况。如果邀请别人吃饭或参加某项活动，你的邀请一定要体现出真诚和热情，同时还要注意正式场合和非正式场合不同语言的使用。当对方邀请你参加某项活动时，如接受邀请，要变现得很高兴并致以谢意；如有事不能接受邀请，要首先表示歉意，并辅以充足的理由，使得对方理解你的处境。
1. 来喝一杯 Can I buy you a drink?
2. 加入我们 Can you come over and join us?
3. 诚意邀请 We will be very glad if you can come.
4. 合适时间 What time is convenient for you?
5. 接受邀请 Yes, I’d like to very much.
6. 带些东西 Do I need to bring something?
7. 拒绝邀请 I’m terribley sorry. I don’t think I can make it to the dinner tonight.
1. When you invite a westerner to dinner, is necessary to extend the invitation a week or so in advance as he may have other plans. It would be considered inappropriate to give a last minute call to invite somebody over to dinner.
2. The invitation may be given directly or over the telephone. For formal invitation a letter or an invitation card is sent. In this case the receiver should reply to confirm whether he comes or not.
3. In the U.S., it is polite to accept or refuse an invitation the first time it is offered. And Americans usually give a reason when they have to say no to an invitation.
4. It’s also common for them to bring to a small gift to someone’s house for dinner to show appreciation. A bottle of wine, some flowers, or a box of candy are the most common gifts.
结构要点:
邀请信是邀请收信人参加某项活动的书信，包含三个方面：
1．表达邀请的愿望，说明时间和地点；
2．说明邀请的原因
3．期待对方接受邀请，并可表示感谢。
Sample 1:
Write a letter to one of your high school classmates who is in a nearby city, and invite him/her to your city at this weekend. Some necessary details must be included. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter, using “Li Ming”instead.
Dear Linda,
We haven't seen each other for six years after graduation. I am so glad to hear that you have graduated from UCLA and come back to work in Suzhou. If you are free this Saturday, please come to Shanghai and have a good time with me.
We can first go to the Century Park, where the flowers are all in blossom. Let's go boating on the lake, isn't it pleasant in the cool breeze? Then I will treat you to dinner at a western restaurant on Huaihai Road, it is small but really nice. I'm sure you will enjoy it. After dinner, let's go to a concert, you are a music lover, aren't you?
If you couldn't come, please notify me before Friday. If you can, please tell me which train you will take and I will meet you at the railway station.
I am looking forward to meeting you.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
Sample 2:
Write a letter to invite a famous professor to give a lecture to the English postgraduate students in your university. Some necessary details must be included. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter, using "Li Ming" instead.
Dear Professor Michael Hutchison,
We are very glad to hear that you are attending an international conference in Beijing. We are writing this letter to inquiry the possibility of inviting you to deliver a lecture on American literature for our postgraduate students on the evening of June 16.
We have long been noticed that you have done a lot of substantial and creative work in this field. Two of your books have become textbooks for our students for several years. So all of us believe your lecture will benefit our students and teaching staff alike.
If you can manage to come, please tell us the number of your flight and we will meet you at the airport. If you can't make it, please also let us know.
We are looking forward to your coming.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
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