Invitations And Responses

王秀凤

在社交活動中，邀请和被邀请是经常遇到的事。真正的邀请所表达的内容很明确，需确定目的、时间、地点、请求回复等事宜。而日常口语中那些随口说出的话，你千万别当真，这些话只是结束交谈的信号，而并非向你发出邀请。如果拒绝邀请，千万要把握好拒绝的语气和方式，不要伤了对方的感情。

[典型表达]

发出邀请时用语：

Would you like to...？ 你愿意做……吗？

Will you come to...？你愿意来……吗？

May I invite you to dinner ？我可以请你吃晚饭吗？

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

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

周末一起出去吃顿饭怎样？

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

接受邀请时用语：

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）. 听起来棒极了/很有意思。

I’d like to. Thanks.我愿意，谢谢。

That would be nice.那太好了。

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

拒绝邀请时用语：

I’d love to， but...  我愿意，但我……

No， thank you. 我不想，谢谢你。

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？

对不起，我不能。改日怎么样？

[情景体验]

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。星期三晚上你有空吗？我想邀请你共进晚餐。

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？ 有点遗憾，周四怎么样？

A： That would be fine.那太好了。

B： Great. What time would you like to meet？ 好极了，你想啥时候相聚？

A： Whenever is suitable for you. I have no plans for that day.只要适合你，那天我没有事情。

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，咱们晚上6点半见吧。我可以在你公司门口接你，你想吃什么？

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

我对中国菜不熟悉，你推荐什么？

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

嗯，你听说过北京烤鸭吗？它是地方特产。

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

当然听说过。北京烤鸭闻名世界，我想吃。

B： OK， let’s have that then.好，那咱们就吃烤鸭吧。

[模拟演练]

从方框内选择适当的句子填在空白处，使对话意思完整通顺，有两个多余的选项。

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.