高中英语教学：2- a letter of invitation.docx

应用文写作系列（二） An invitation letter 一、题型特点 邀请信有正式和非正式之分。邀请朋友、熟人参加某一活动时，在语言上不一定要字字斟酌，用词太正规倒显得关系不亲密。如果与被邀请人不太熟悉时，语言要正式、婉转、礼貌、客气。 英文书信写作中有一个原则为correctness(准确)原则。它的意思是在英文书信写作过程中如果提到具体日期、地点等内容时，要准确地表达，以免发生歧义。因此，在写邀请信的时候，最好在信件的开篇就说明自己要邀请对方参加的活动内容，在信件的正文将活动的时间、地点和有可能存在的特殊要求在信件中写清楚，为收信者提供足够的信息，帮助其完成赴约前的准备。最后，在信件的结尾处还需表达需要对方给予答复。 二、范例 Dear Terrence, We cordially invite you to attend an informal dinner in honor of John Doe’s 开篇：说明邀请对方参加的活动内容。 fiftieth birthday. We will celebrate the occasion at his home at 6:30 p.m. at 648 Maple Lane. Please dress casually. We request only 正文：说明活动的时间、地点和其他 the pleasure of your company. So please, 特殊要求。 no gifts. We are looking forward to receiving your reply by telephone at 8848-5555 by 结尾：说明需要对方给予回复，并附上 February 26. 联系方式。 Truly yours, Rachel 正式文体 假如你是李华，你们学校准备邀请著名的英语老师Mike教授来给学生做学法指导，你作为代表向Mike教授发出邀请，内容要求如下： 时间：2017年8月20日下午四点； 地点：教学楼报告厅； 内容：如何速记英语单词； 提示：全校师生将会参加，我们将安排车接您。 Dear Pro. Mike, On behalf of our school, I take great pleasure to invite you to give an academic lecture about English at the lecture hall in our teaching building at 4 p.m. on August 20th. In the light of the fact that many students find it difficult to memorize the words, your professional guidance about it will definitely make a big difference and help us enhance the efficiency. All of our teachers and students will attend the lecture. We won’t miss the significant chance to benefit from you. Please inform us at your earliest convenience of your schedule so that we can pick you up on time. Yours sincerely, Li Hua 开头：说明目的 1. It’s with great pleasure that I write to cordially invite you to ...... 2. Could we take this opportunity to invite you to our school as ...... 3. We would like to extend to you an invitation to be our honorary judge / guest / speaker at ...(活动) at ... (地点) on ... (时间) 中间： As you are a well-know