Invitations in English: What to Say and How to Reply · Learn English with Harry
学习如何用自然英语表达邀请、接受和婉拒。适合练习日常交流中的礼貌用语和情境对话。
in our particular lesson today, our advanced English lesson.
在今天这节特别的课程中——也就是我们的高级英语课程里……
Today, we're looking at ways in which you can deal with an invitation.
今天，我们将探讨如何应对收到的邀请。
So great ways in which you can respond to an invitation.
这些都是很好的回应邀请的方式。
So we're going to look How do we accept an invitation and how do we refuse an invitation?
那么，我们就来看看：如何接受邀请，以及如何拒绝邀请？
Or indeed, if we're not quite sure, how do we sort of strike a neutral balance before you say yes or no?
或者，如果我们还不太确定的话，在做出“是”或“否”的决定之前，我们该如何找到一个中立的立场（或者说，如何保持一种中立的、不偏不倚的态度）呢？
We've all been in that situation before.
我们都曾经遇到过那样的情况。
You get two invitations, if you're lucky, two invitations for a party.
如果你运气好的话，会收到两张邀请函——两张参加同一场派对的邀请函。
Who do you accept and who do you reject?
你接纳谁，又拒绝谁？
Or you get an invitation somewhere and
或者你会收到某个地方的邀请函……
you don't really want to go either because you don't know the people so well or you just can't be bothered.
其实你也不太想去，要么是因为你对那些人了解得还不够深入，要么就是干脆懒得去。
And so you need a way, a nice way in which you can turn down that particular invitation.
因此，你需要一种恰当的方式来拒绝那份特定的邀请。
So these are all very helpful.
所以，这些都非常有帮助。
Yeah.
是的。
How to accept and how to decline invitations.
如何接受邀请，以及如何拒绝邀请。
Okay.
好的。
So let's go through them I broke them down into a few categories.
那么，让我们逐一来看这些内容吧。我把它们分成了几个类别。
First one we'll focus on the positive.
首先，我们来看看积极的一面。
So you want to find different ways in which you can give a positive response.
那么，你想要找到不同的方式来给出积极的回应。
So the first one might be great.
所以，第一个选项可能会非常不错。
I'll see you there.
我们在那里见吧。
So that could be just a nice, friendly invitation from your friend to his birthday party.
这可能只是你的朋友发来的一份友好、诚挚的邀请函，邀请你参加他的生日派对而已。
It's nothing special.
这没什么特别的。
It's not a 30th or a 40th or a 50th, but you just get an invitation either by mobile phone,
这既不是第30次、也不是第40次、更不是第50次了；你只是会通过手机收到邀请而已。
by text, by email, whatever it is, and how you're going to say it's not just thank you,
无论是通过短信、电子邮件，还是其他任何方式；而且你表达的内容也不仅仅只是“谢谢”而已。
it's just.
就是……
Oh, great.
哦，太好了。
I'll see you there.
我们在那里见吧。
Meaning?
是什么意思？
Yeah, that's the date.
是的，那就是那个日期。
It's in my diary.
这件事记录在我的日记里。
And I'd be there in the pub and the restaurant at your home, wherever the party is going to take place.
无论聚会在哪里举行——无论是酒吧、餐厅，还是你家中的任何场所——我都会在那里。
Second.
第二。
Oh, I'm looking forward to it.
哦，我非常期待这件事的发生。
So there's a nice positive way to give somebody a positive response.
因此，确实有一种很好的、积极的方式，可以向某人给出积极的回应。
Yeah.
是的。
I'd like to invite you to my birthday party, or we're having a bit of a gathering of the the family and friends,
我想邀请您参加我的生日派对。其实这只是一次家庭和朋友的聚会而已。
and we'd love it if you could come are great.
如果我们能邀请您来参加，那将非常棒。
I'm looking forward to it already.
我已经迫不及待地期待这一刻了。
Yeah, I'll be there.
是的，我会去的。
I'll put it in my diary.
我会把它记在我的日记本里。