社交书信

社交书信

Social Correspondence

1.邀请信

邀请信 (Letters of Invitation) 分为两种：一种属于个人信函，例如邀请某人共进晚餐、参加宴会、观看电影、出席典礼等。另一种邀请信则属于事务信函，一般是邀请参加会议、学术活动等等。

1.1普通邀请信

普通邀请信邀请的对象一般是朋友、熟人，所以内容格式上要求都比较松，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、地点等即可。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。

May 21, 2012

Dear Jack,

We are planning a dinner party to celebrate our baby’s birthday at Hilton hotel and want you to come. It’s next Saturday, June 4 at 6:00p.m. at Hilton Hotel. We do hope you can make it as we are looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

1.2正式邀请信

正式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、有礼貌。

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。

下面是邀请对方参加学术会议的信函：

24 June, 2012

Dear Mr. Bool,

We have pleasure in inviting you to our annual conference. This year it will be taking place at the University of Nottingham, from 20 to 24 August.

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We enclose details of the conference, accommodation arrangements and a business activity program.

Last year you gave a very interesting talk on the subject of “Academic Standards and Expectations” We would be very grateful if you would consider giving us update on this.

We would appreciate it if you could confirm your participation at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,

Philip Luford

Conference Organizer

1.3邀请信的回复

无论是收到哪种邀请信都要复信，明确表示接受与否。而且无论接受与否都要对邀请者表示感谢。接受邀请的回信一般包含以下内容：首先感谢对方的邀请，并重述邀请信中的主要内容；然后愉快地表示接受邀请，并简要说明自己的打算；最后表示期待赴会和与对方见面的心情。

下面是一封接受邀请的信，与上面的普通邀请信例1.相对应：

May 27, 2012

Dear Li Ming,

It’s a great honor to receive your invitation. I’ll be very glad to be at the party next Saturday, June 4 at 6:00 p.m. at Hilton Hotel. Thanks for your invitation. I’m looking forward to see you.

Sincerely yours,

Jack

1.4谢绝邀请的回信

谢绝邀请的回信一般包含以下几方面的内容：首先还是要感谢对方的邀请；然后具体说明自己无法接受邀请的原因，并对无法出席表示遗憾；最后表达自己的祝愿，即祝愿自己未能参加的会议或者活动能够顺利进行。

下面是一封谢绝邀请的信，与上面的正式邀请信相对应：

24 June, 2012

Dear Mr. Luford,

Many thanks for your letter dated 24 June , inviting me to attend this year’s conference to be held at the University of Nottingham, from 20 to 24 August.

Much to my regret, I shall not be able to honor the invitation because I have been suffering from a disease since this summer. I am firmly advised that it would be unwise to undertake any distant and long travel in the near future.

I feel very sad to miss the opportunity of meeting you and many others in the field of Computer Science. I wish the conference a complete success.

Faithfully yours,

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H. Bool

1.5邀请短信常用句型

发出邀请

●I would be very glad if you would come to dinner with me at...

●Would you and Jane be able to join us for lunch at the Angel restaurant at 12∶ 30 next Friday?

●We are having a Christmas party for a few friends at...on Wednesday, December 25th.Could you come? We would be delighted if you could. It will probably finish at 8∶00 p.m.

●Could you come round for a drink next Saturday at about 7∶30 p.m.? Don’t bother to answer if you can. We look forward to seeing you.

●Would you care to come for a picnic with us next Sunday? We could meet you at your house at 11∶30 p. m. and then all go off together.

●It would be very nice if you and your wife could come and spend the weekend with us. ●Would you like to go and see a football match with me next Monday afternoon? I could pick you up at your house if you would.

●We are pleased to invite you to participate in …

● … would like to extend to you an invitation to be our guest speaker at … ● I am delighted to invite you to attend …

● I would like to invite you to visit … for a period of … (days, weeks or months), beginning on or about … (mm/dd /yy of appointment start).

● It is a great honor for me to invite you to …

要求确认

●Your early confirmation will be much appreciated.

●I shall be much obliged if you will confirm it as soon as possible.

●If the date and time suggested above is not convenient to you, please suggest an alternative.

●It would be helpful if you could indicate a preference for two of these days so that a final choice can be made.

●We should be pleased to know whether the evening would be convenient to you.

●As promised, to reciprocate your hospitality, I would like to invite you and your wife to dinner.

●I wonder whether you can spare some time to have morning tea with me. 回复邀请

●Thank you very much for your kind invitation to dinner.

●Nothing would give us greater pleasure than accepting your kind invitation. ●Unfortunately it will be impossible for us to...

●Nothing would please me more than to join you for lunch on Tuesday, but unfortunately...

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●Please accept my sincere regrets for not being able to join...

1.6 邀请信参考词汇

arrange 安排 free 有空的 convenient 方便的 call on sb. 拜访某人 delighted 高兴的 cordially 真挚的 presence 出席 banquet 宴会 honor / pleasure 荣幸 welcome 欢迎 agenda 会议议程 schedule 日程表 subject 会议主题 informal 非正式的 formal 正式的 party 聚会，派对 ball 舞会 seminar 研讨会 picnic 野餐 invite 邀请（v.） get-together 聚会 entertain 款待 invitation 邀请（n.） participation 参与

invite sb. over 请某人到家中做客 in honor of 为了表示对……的崇敬

on behalf of 代表 extend one’s invitation 发出邀请

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