Invitation Card Invitation Card

Contents Your Speech 1 Lead –in 2 Revision 3 Format of Invitation Card 4 Practice 5

Your Speech

Lead-in What do you know about the festival? How do you celebrate the festival?

How to invite your friends to attend the party?

Revision 1.Purpose 用于邀请客户，同事，朋友参加各种正式的 或非正式的商务活动。 2. Types Invitation Informal invitation Invitation letter Formal invitation Invitation card

Discussion Read the invitation letter on P21 & tell me the outline as follows What should be mentioned in the invitation letter?

Outline Host : Guest: Occasion: Reason: Time: Place: Hope: How to arrange ???

Tasks

Introduction 请帖，属于一种更为正式的通知。 请贴格式相对固定，用词严谨。 邀请方一般也以第三人称指代，同时双 方均用姓名全称，姓名前须有 Mr.and Mrs. 等称呼。 有关人名，地名，时间等基本用法一定 要细致准确。表述时间一般使用英语单 词，不能用阿拉伯单词。

Format (host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel: General format

(host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel: Ms Yang Mr.& Mrs.Luo Students of Class 2

Expressions in sending an invitation 1.… request the pleasure of Mr. and Mrs. Snow ’ s company at 。敬请 … 光临 2.… request the honor of your presence at …… 敬 请阁下光临 … 3.… has / have the pleasure in inviting … to … 很高 兴邀请 … 来参加 …

(host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel: ( guest’s) company

(host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel: 晚宴 60 岁生日晚会 乔迁庆宴

(host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel: at a dinner party at the 60 th birthday party at the housewarming

(host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel: for celebrating... to celebrate… in honor of…

Events 公司开业 公司成立 10 周年 毕业 10 周年 20 周年结婚纪念 the opening of company the 10 th anniversary of the founding of the company the 10 th anniversary of graduation from the college the 20 th wedding anniversary thinking

(host) request the pleasure of the company of … ( guest) at the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: R.S.V.P Tel:

Expressions in replying an invitation 1.R.S.V.P.(by … ) 敬请于 … 之前回复 2.Please reply to … 请回复至 … 3. The favor of a reply is requested.

1.RSVP = please reply 2.Dress code: formal optional,casual 3. Contents of formal invitations are centered 4. No punctuation marks at the end of each line Notes:

Practice Task 1 : P27 Arrange

Task 2 : Mr & Mrs Dell requests the pleasure of Mr. John company at a dinner party, for celebrate their housewarming on 7:30,on Saturday in huatian hotel r.s.v.p Case Analysis Mistakes? ??

Practice Mr & Mrs Dell request the pleasure of Mr. John company at a dinner party. for celebrate their housewarming, on 7:30,on Saturday in huatian hotel r.s.v.p Mistakes ???

Practice Host : students of Business English Guest : Ms Yang Occasion : English Speech Contest Time: April 16,2013,at 7:00 p.m Place : Art Museum Room 303 Requirement: R.S.V.P Task 3

Kindly note Make your invitation card special & attractive. Pay attention to your spelling. Grasp the format of the invitation card.

Task 4 Situation : You are Ms Yang’s best friend, please help her make an invitation card for celebrating her 20 th wedding anniversary.

… (host) of Cordially invites ( guest) to the … (event) on … (date), at … (time) at … (place) Suggested dress code: RSVP Tel:

INVITATION Mr. and Mrs. Xie Jiao request the pleasure of the company of Mr. and Mrs. Chen Miao at the Grand Opening of the Company on Saturday, 3 July, at 9:00 am at the International Hall, Royal Hotel Suggested dress code: formal R.S.V.P.Tel:

Replaying format (name) thanks … (inviter) for his kind invitation to … (Event) to be held at … (place) … (address) at … (time) on … (date) and has much pleasure in accepting

ACCEPTANCE Mr. and Mrs Chen Miao accept with pleasure Mr.and Mrs. XieJiao ‘ s kind invitation at the Grand Opening of the Company on Saturday, 3 July, at 9:00 am at the International Hall, Royal Hotel

/but regrets being unable to attend due to … ( 用于婉拒回复 ) (Name) (Position) (Institute Name) 3.3. Case Study

REGRET Mr. and Mrs Chen Miao regret that a previous engagement prevents their acceptance of Mr.and Mrs. XieJiao ‘ s kind invitation at the Grand Opening of the Company on Saturday, 3 July, at 9:00 am at the International Hall, Royal Hotel

Task II P 27 Task 5