Section C

Practical Writing

Letters of Acceptance

or Declination

Letters of Acceptance or Declination

Sample Reading

Useful Patterns

Exercises

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Letters of Acceptance or Declination

受邀请人在收到请柬后应尽快答复，回复方式一般没有请柬那么严格，但也分正式与非正式两种。如果是严肃场合 , 应该用回柬 。其格式与请柬相类似。对一般的请柬，可以写一封短信表示接受邀请或者遗憾 。如果非常要好的朋友，打电话表示接受或拒绝也是可以的。 不管你是否接受邀请，都应该表示感谢。如接受邀请 , 就该提一下你是多么盼望去参加；如果你不得已需要谢绝邀请，就应该以适当的理由表示歉意。回复的格式和措词都应与邀请信一致。

Sample Reading

Sample 1

Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Beameraccept with pleasure

Mr. and Mrs. Black Smith’skind invitation to be present

at the marriage of their daughterSusan Anna

toMr. Robert Christ

on Saturday, the eighth of Decemberat five o’clock.

Sample Reading

Mr. and Mrs. George Smithregret that a previous engagement

prevents their acceptance ofMr. and Mrs. Harry King’s kind invitation

to dinneron Tuesday, July 1stat five o’clock pm,at the Lotus Hotel.

Sample 2

Sample Reading

Dear Mr. Brown, Thank you very much for your kindness in asking us to attend your opening ceremony, but we regret very much that we will not be able to go there as we already have an important previous engagement that day. We send our congratulations and best wishes to you and will be together with you in spirit on this happy event.

Sincerely,Mark

Sample 3

Useful Patterns

The following are some sentence patterns commonly used in invitation cards or invitation letters.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Lin accept with pleasure

Mr. and Mrs. Bryn Adams’ invitation to

dinner on the fifth of May 7:00 pm, at the

Peace Hotel.

The following are some sentence patterns commonly used in invitation cards or invitation letters.

1. Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Lin accept with pleasure

Mr. and Mrs. Bryn Adams’ invitation to

dinner on the fifth of May 7:00 pm, at the

Peace Hotel.

Useful Patterns

2. It was very kind of you to invite me to spend

next weekend with you, but unfortunately, I

can’t come because I shall be away for a

conference in Beijing.

3. I can’t tell you how sorry I am not to be able

to accept your invitation to the party next

Friday. I’m going away on Monday and won’t

be back

until next Saturday. Thank you all

the

same.

2. It was very kind of you to invite me to spend

next weekend with you, but unfortunately, I

can’t come because I shall be away for a

conference in Beijing.

3. I can’t tell you how sorry I am not to be able

to accept your invitation to the party next

Friday. I’m going away on Monday and won’t

be back

until next Saturday. Thank you all

the

same.

1. Fill in the following invitation card according to the information given below in Chinese.

The receiver of the letter is Mrs. Marks. The sender is Liu Ying, who accepted theinvitation to have dinner and to see the play Hamlet on Monday evening, February 11th.The date is January 25th, 2008.

Exercises

_______________________________ Thank you for your invitation. I shall be delighted to come to dinner on ________________________________ (2 月 11 日星期一晚上 ). I know that Hamlet is a wonderful play and ____________________________________ ( 我期待着看演出 ). ___________ _______

January 25th, 2008Dear Mrs. Marks

Monday evening, February 10thI am looking forward to the performance

Sincerely yours,

Liu Ying

Exercises

2. Fill in the following invitation card according to the information given below in Chinese.

福斯特先生（ Mr. Foster ）因为要参加重要的商业谈判（ business negotiation ）而无法出席贵公司 2008 年 12月 26 日周五下午 3 点在大饭店（ Grand Hotel ）举行的鸡尾酒会（ Cocktail Party ）。

Exercises

Exercises

___________________regrets that _____________________________

prevents his acceptance ofyour company’s invitation to

_____________________on __________________________,

3:00 pm,at the _________________.

Mr. Foster

an important business negotiation

the Cocktail Party

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Grand Hotel

THANK YOU

The End