二 邀请信

Directions: In order to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in June, your class is going to hold a celebration that day. Supposing you are the monitor of the class, write a letter to the foreign students in your university to invite them to attend the celebration.

You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.

Do not sign your own name at the end of the email. Use “Li Ming” instead.

Do not write the address.

（一）预测范文

Dear Friends,

On behalf of Class 3, I warmly welcome you to attend the Dragon Boat Festival celebration.

The Dragon Boat Festival, falling on the 5th of May in the Chinese lunar calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday for family members to gather together. Aside from enjoying the dragon boat racing, Chinese people will also eat the traditional food of the festival—Zongzi. Considering that our fellow foreign students haven’t experienced the pleasure of celebrating the festival, our class decides to hold this celebration to make everyone feel the love and friendship on this special day.

If you are interested in participating in this celebration, please fill your personal information on our school website. The activity will be held in the Summer Palace from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on June 12th.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

（二）参考译文

亲爱的朋友们：

我代表3班热烈欢迎你们参加端午节的庆祝活动。

农历五月初五的端午节是中国的一个传统节日，家人们会在这一天团聚。除了欣赏赛龙舟，中国人也会吃端午节的传统食物——粽子。考虑到一些外国留学生没有体验过庆祝端午节的乐趣，我们班决定举行此次庆祝活动，让每位同学都在这个特别的日子里感受到爱和友谊。

如果你对参与这项活动感兴趣，请登录学校的网站填写个人信息。节庆活动将于6月12日上午10:00至下午4:00在颐和园举行。

您真诚的，

李明

（三）亮点词汇

on behalf of 代表

warmly 热烈地

attend 参加

the Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

celebration 庆祝

fall on 适逢（某日）

Chinese lunar calendar 农历

gather together 相聚

aside from 除了

Zongzi 粽子

considering 考虑到

participate in 参与

personal information 个人信息

the Summer Palace 颐和园

（四）“道长”点评

邀请信包括邀请参加宴会、午餐、晚餐、聚会、舞会、婚礼等等。邀请信的格式分两种：正规格式，即请柬；非正规格式，即一般邀请信。邀请信的信息务必具体、明确、完整，不可留任何疑问使对方捉摸不定，写明场合、地点及具体时间。

（五）经典句型

① I am counting the days to my weekend with you in Rome. 我盼望着和你在罗马共度周末。

② I am delighted that you have invited me, and I certainly won’t let anything prevent me from coming. 我非常高兴能收到你的邀请，我一定会排除一切阻力赴约。

③ Please remember me to your family, and tell them how sorry I am for failing to join them for the weekend. 请代我向您的家人问好，并告诉他们我很遗憾无法同他们共度周末。