A letter of invitation
一、文本特征
邀请信是邀请收信人参加某项活动的书信，包含以下几个方面：
1. (自我介绍) 邀请对方参加活动的内容、时间和地点；
2. 与该活动有关的注意事项；
3. 期待对方接受邀请，并可表示感谢。

二、好词秒句
三、常用套语
1. on behalf of... 代表某人
①On behalf of the entire class, I would like to thank you for all your hard work.
我代表全班同学感谢你们的辛勤工作。

②On behalf of our school, I would like to express our warm welcome to you. 我代表我们学
校向你们表示热烈的欢迎。

③It is a great honor for me to deliver a graduation speech on behalf of my classmates.我很荣
3. 段尾常用语：
1.用at your earliest convenience 代替as soon as possible
①Please call me back at your earliest convenience. 请尽快给我回个电话。

②We should be grateful if you would reply at your earliest convenience. 如果您能尽快回复，我们将不胜感激。

③Please telephone at your earliest convenience. 请尽早打电话来。

2. call sb. at + 电话号码拨打号码……联系某人
①Please call me at 637-2335. 请拨打电话6372335联系我。

五、高考链接【2010•全国卷Ⅰ】
假如你是育才中学学生会主席李华，你校将举办一次英语演讲比赛，希望附近某大学外籍教师Smith女士来做评委。

请参照以下比赛通知给她写一封信。

Dear Ms. Smith,
I’m Li Hua, Chairman of the Student Union of Yucai Middle School, which is close to your university. I’m writing to invite you to be a judge at our English speech contest to be held in our school on June 15th. It will start at 2:00 pm and last for about three hours. Ten students will deliver their speeches on the given topic “Man and the Nature”. We hope you will accept our invitation if it is convenient for you. Please call me at 44876655, if you have any questions.
I am looking forward to your reply.
With best wishes,
Li Hua。