Dear Gregory,

Thank you for your wonderful offer of spending the summer with you in Norway. Unfortunately, I have to say no.

The problem lies with my studies. I have almost completed my bachelor thesis, but my supervisor wanted me to rewrite the final three chapters. This isn't a big problem, except that my scholarship ends in September. Therefore, if I don't complete my thesis before then, I will be faced with a lot of expenses. I applied to extend my scholarship, but the university politely refused.

Drop me a line and let me know what your work schedule is. Thus I can visit you on your next vacation. I am looking forward to seeing you.

Yours,

Li Ming

亲爱的格雷戈里：

感谢你邀请我去挪威与你一起过夏天。遗憾的是，我不得不拒绝。

问题在于我的学习。我的本科论文几乎要完成了，但我的导师要求我重写最后三章。这不是个大问题，只是我的奖学金9月即将到期。因此，如果在那之前我完不成论文，我将不得不负担大量费用。我已申请延长奖学金的时限，但学校婉言拒绝了。

请写封短信给我，告诉我你的工作安排。这样我就能在你下次休假时去看你了。期待见到你。

你真诚的，

李明

道长点评

别人邀请你是出于对你的尊重，应给予及时、礼貌的答复。回信时应明确说明接受还是谢绝，以便收信人早做安排;不要模棱两可。婉言谢绝时应表达失望和遗憾之情，并具体说明无法接受的原因。

offer 提供

Norway 挪威

almost 几乎

thesis 论文

supervisor 导师

rewrite 重写

chapter 章

except 除了

extend 延长

refuse 拒绝

schedule 日程，安排

1　If only I had received your invitation earlier I would have said yes but unfortunately I have already agreed to do an internship with Microsoft.

要是我早点收到你的邀请我就会接受了，但遗憾的是，我已经答应去微软公司实习了。

2　I would love to visit you in Norway but my family are expecting me home for summer so I will have to give it a miss.

我想去挪威看你，但我的家人希望我回家过夏天，所以我决定不去挪威了。

3　I would love to see the sights of Norway with you but unfortunately I cannot get a visa in time.

我想跟你一起参观挪威的景点，但遗憾的是我无法及时拿到签证。