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Dear Jack,

I am sorry to have to write you this letter. Although I told you I could accept your kind invitation to dinner on Saturday, January 4th, I can't make it after all.

I have just been given notice to go on a business trip. Though I tried very hard to postpone the trip until after the dinner, I failed at last.

It was nice of you to invite me and I regret to miss a delightful evening with you. I am sure you will understand and excuse me for the last-minute change in plans.

Yours faithfully,

Li Ming

亲爱的杰克：

很抱歉不得不给你写这封信。虽然我告诉过你能接受1月4日周六的宴会邀请，终究还是无法赴宴。

我刚接到通知，得去出差。虽然我努力想把出差的时间延至宴会以后，但最后还是没有成功。

你能邀请我真好。很遗憾不能同你共度那个令人愉快的夜晚。我相信你一定能理解并原谅我在最后时刻改变了原计划。

你忠实的，

李明

道长点评

拒绝信的措辞应十分谨慎，语气务必真诚。应表示非常遗憾，同时说明拒绝的具体原因。接受信则应礼貌地表达自己的感激之情，强调收到邀请很高兴，并期待届时参加。

be given notice 接到通知

business 差事

miss 错过

delightful 愉快的

understand 理解

excuse 原谅

last-minute 最后一刻的

plan 计划

1　I have been putting off this email until the last possible moment, hoping I would get back from Shanghai in time for your dinner party.

我一直等到最后一刻才发邮件，希望能及时从上海赶回来参加你的宴会。

2　Now I must regretfully write that I will still be out of town, and I therefore cannot accept your kind invitation to dinner on that day.

现在我不得不遗憾地写信告诉你，我还没回到城里，因此无法接受你的邀请参加那天的宴会了。

3　Thank you for inviting me and I hope you will give me the opportunity to say "yes" some other time.

感谢你的邀请，希望下次有机会应邀参加。

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