Lesson 4 Letters of Invitation
　　邀请函
　　I Written Invitation and reply for Social Occasions
　　社交场合的书面邀请与答复
　　Key Sentences (重点句子）
　　61.We are giving a small dinner-dance for a few friends at 5 p.m. on Thursday to celebrate Xiao Ming's twentieth birthday.
　　为庆祝小明20岁生日，我们打算邀几位朋友于星期四下午5点来参加小型宴会。
　　62.We would be very pleased if you would come.
　　如果您参加，我们将会很高兴。
　　63.I would be very glad if you would come to dinner with me at my home at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.1st.
　　如您在10月1日（星期六）晚6时来我家吃晚发，我将非常高兴。
　　64.It would be very nice if you and your wife could com and spend the weekend 5-6th May with us.
　　如您和您的夫人能来这里与我们共度周末（5月5日到6日），那就太好了。
　　65.Could you come round for a drink next Saturday at about 6:30 p.m.?
　　请您下星期下午6点半左右来我家共饮一杯。
　　66.We look forward to seeing you.
　　我们期待着与您见面。
　　67.Thank you very much for your kind invitation to dinner on Oct. lst.
　　承蒙邀请参加10月1日的晚宴，不胜感激。
　　68.I would be delighted to come.
　　我将乐意前往。
　　69.Many thanks for your kind invitation to the party at the Xinhua Restauranton Saturday. I accept with pleasure.
　　非常感谢您盛情邀请我出席星期六在新华饭店举行的就会。我愉快地接受这一邀请。
　　70.Thank you very much for the invitation to your tea party on May 1st. We would love to come.
　　非常感谢您邀请我们参加5月1日举行的茶会，我们将非常高兴前去参加。
　　71.We would be delighted to join you for a picnic next Sunday and will exect you at 9 a.m. at our house.
　　我们很高兴与你们一起于下星期日去野餐，上午9点我们将在家等候。
　　72.I very much regret that my wife and I will be unable come to your Christmas Party. We are going away on business on the 23rd and won't be back until the 28th.
　　非常遗憾，我和我夫人都不能参加你们的圣诞节聚会。我们23日要出差到外地去，28日才能回来。
　　73.Please tell your wife how sorry we are to miss such a joyful occasion.
　　请转告您的夫人，我们感到十分遗憾，不能参加这样一个欢乐的聚会。
　　74.Mr.Smith thanks Mr.Zhou for his kind invitation to the concert on Sunday, Dec. 25th, but very much regrets that he is unable to aceept owing to a previous engagement.
　　史密斯先生感谢周先生盛情邀请他于12月25日（星期天）去听音乐会，但由于早有安排，恕不能应邀，对此深表歉意。
　　75.I'm sorry I can't accept your very kind invitation to tea party next Monday because I have another engagement on that day.
　　由于下星期一我已另有安排，不能应邀参加茶会。谢谢您的盛情邀请，并表示歉意。