Invitations And Responses

王秀鳳

在社交活動中，邀請和被邀請是經常遇到的事。真正的邀請所表達的內容很明確，需確定目的、時間、地點、請求回復等事宜。而日常口語中那些隨口說出的話，你千萬別當真，這些話只是結束交談的信號，而并非向你發出邀請。如果拒絕邀請，千萬要把握好拒絕的語氣和方式，不要傷了對方的感情。

[典型表達]

發出邀請時用語：

Would you like to...？ 你愿意做……嗎？

Will you come to...？你愿意來……嗎？

May I invite you to dinner ？我可以請你吃晚飯嗎？

What / How about going swimming？ 去游泳怎么樣？

What do you think of going out for a meal at the weekend？

周末一起出去吃頓飯怎樣？

Are you doing anything tonight？今晚你有事嗎？

接受邀請時用語：

Yes， I’d love to. 是的，我愿意。

Yes， it’s very kind / nice of you . 愿意，你真是太好了。

That sounds great （fun）. 聽起來棒極了/很有意思。

I’d like to. Thanks.我愿意，謝謝。

That would be nice.那太好了。

Thank you. I’d love to very much.謝謝，我非常想去。

拒絕邀請時用語：

I’d love to， but... ?我愿意，但我……

No， thank you. 我不想，謝謝你。

It’s very nice of you， but... 你真是太好了，可是……

I’m sorry that I can’t.What about another day？

對不起，我不能。改日怎么樣？

[情景體驗]

A： Hello！ This is Miss Smith.你好，我是史密斯小姐。

B： Hi！ This is Mr. Gao. ?Are you free on Wednesday night？ ? I’d like to invite you to dinner.

你好，我是高先生。星期三晚上你有空嗎？我想邀請你共進晚餐。

A： I’m terribly sorry， but I’ve already made arrangements for Wednesday.真抱歉，周三我已有安排。

B： That’s a pity. How about Thursday？ 有點遺憾，周四怎么樣？

A： That would be fine.那太好了。

B： Great. What time would you like to meet？ 好極了，你想啥時候相聚？

A： Whenever is suitable for you. I have no plans for that day.只要適合你，那天我沒有事情。

B： OK， let’s see 6：30 p.m. I can pick you up at the gate of your company. Also， what kind of food do you like？那好，咱們晚上6點半見吧。我可以在你公司門口接你，你想吃什么？

A： I’m not very familiar with Chinese dish. What can you recommend？

我對中國菜不熟悉，你推薦什么？

B： Well， have you heard of Peking Duck？ It’s a local specialty.

嗯，你聽說過北京烤鴨嗎？它是地方特產。

A： Of course！ Peking Duck is world-famous. I would love to try it.

當然聽說過。北京烤鴨聞名世界，我想吃。

B： OK， let’s have that then.好，那咱們就吃烤鴨吧。

[模擬演練]

從方框內選擇適當的句子填在空白處，使對話意思完整通順，有兩個多余的選項。

A： Hello， may I speak to Jim？

B： Hello， this is Jim speaking. 1

A： Bob speaking. Are you available this weekend？

B： Yes. I’ll stay at home. 2

A： Alice and I are going to have a surprise party in my house for our foreign teacher， Mrs. Green. She is going back to the UK.

B： Really？ She is my favorite teacher I’ll miss her.

A： 3

B： Sure. I’d like to. 4

A： At 6：00 p.m. this Saturday.

B： Great！ Let’s buy her a gift tomorrow.

A： 5 I can’t wait！ See you！

B： See you！

A. Would you like to come to the party？

B. Who’s that？

C. Here you are.

D. Good idea！

E. What are you going to do？

F. When will the party begin？

G. I don’t think so.