【必备表达】

1、邀请目的

On behalf of…, I have the honor to invite you to…

It is with the great pleasure that I write to cordially invite you to…

It gives me the greatest pleasure to invite you to…

We should be very grateful if you could…

2、活动安排

There will be a dinner party to be held at the Beijing Hotel on Sunday, October 10th, at eight o’clock. Will you and Mrs. Smith come and join us?

I hope that you have no previous engagement and can join us for the English Evening at 7:00 p.m. on February 1st.

3、期盼回复

We are looking forward to seeing you.

I do hope that you will be able to come.

We should be very pleased if you could honor us with your company.

【高分热文】

Dear Mr. Williams,

I am writing on behalf of(代表) the English Department to invite you to give a lecture in our college.

We know that you are an expert on American literature. As English majors, our students would like to know something about American literature. We would be very grateful(感激、感谢) if you could give a talk on “Contemporary American Literature” to students of the English Department on Saturday, June 4. If this subject does not suit(适合) you, any other similar topic would be welcomed as well.

We have already had several very interesting talks from somedistinguished(尊贵的，知名的) visitors from various countries and we look forward early to the opportunity to benefit from your experience and wisdom.

Yours truly,

Li Ming

【精彩译文】

尊敬的威廉先生，

我代表英语系给您写信，邀请您来我校开一次讲座。

我们知道您是美国文学方面的专家。作为英语专业的学生，我们想了解一些美国文学知识。如果您能在6月4日，星期六，为英语系学生做一场“当代美国文学”的讲座，我们将非常感激。如果这个主题不适合您，任何其他类似的主题同样受到欢迎。

我们已经同各国到访的贵宾有了几次非常有趣的交谈，期待着早日有机会受教于您的经验和智慧。

谨致问候，

李明