Dear Professor Gordon,

On behalf of all the students at Beijing Foreign Studies University who share a love for English, I cordially invite you to give a lecture to us at our university.

As you are one of the leading experts in English language teaching in the world, I believe that the students will not only learn from you, but also be inspired by you. We are hoping that you will be available for a lecture at 10:00 a.m. this Saturday. 45 minutes is allocated for your lecture and 15 minutes for the Question-and-Answer session.

I hope you are interested. Your acceptance of this invitation will be greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

尊敬的戈登教授：

我谨代表北京外国语大学全体热爱英语的学生，诚邀您来校给我们做一场讲座。

因为您是世界知名的英语语言教学专家，我相信学生们从您身上不仅能学到知识，而且还能受到启发。我们希望您本周六上午10点能有空做一场讲座，演讲时间为45分钟，还有15分钟的问答环节。

我希望您感兴趣。如果您能接受我们的邀请，我们将不胜感激。

您真诚的，

李明

道长点评

邀请信包括邀请参加宴会、聚会、舞会、婚礼等。邀请信分两种：正式的请柬和非正式的一般邀请信。内容务必明确、完整，写明场合、地点、年月日及具体时间，不可留下任何疑问使对方一头雾水。

lecture 讲座

expert 专家

language 语言

inspire 启发

session 一段时间

acceptance 接受

1　I am pleased to invite you to participate in an English activity to be held from January 4th to 7th in Beijing.

我很高兴邀请您参加1月4日至7日在北京举行的一场英语活动。

2　It is a pleasure to extend an invitation to you to take part in our annual English debating competition.

我很荣幸地邀请您参加我们一年一度的英语辩论赛。

3　I hope that you will be able to attend our annual English speaking contest as a judge.

我希望您能为我们一年一度的英语演讲大赛担任评委。