[00:00.00] Unit 12 An Invitation Card

[00:30.90]Integrated Skills Development

[00:36.55]Dialogues

[00:40.02]A. A Dinner Invitation

[00:45.30]Wang Hong is studying for her PhD in America.

[00:52.24]She is working in the same lab with her friend Carl Cooper.

[00:59.72]Cooper: Hey,Wang. I hear you just had a paper published.

[01:06.77]I'd like to take you out tomorrow evening to dinner to cel-ebrate.

[01:12.41]How about it?

[01:15.65]Wang: Oh,no. That's really not necessary.

[01:20.93]Why don't you come over and have dinner with me?

[01:25.97]Cooper: I wouldn't hear of it.

[01:29.73]On my birthday you made me the best Chinese dinner l've ever had.

[01:35.90]I'm not much of a cook myself,

[01:40.02]but it would give me great pleasure to take you out to eat.

[01:45.48]You may choose any kind of food you'd like.

[01:50.13]B. How About Some American Food?

[01:57.39]Wang: What do you mean by "any kind of food"?

[02:04.06]Cooper: Our country's made up of people from all over the world,

[02:09.62]so we have great cooking from alll over the world.

[02:14.95]We can eat ltalian,French,German,Japanese-you name it,and we've got it.

[02:22.39]Or we can even go down to Chinatown for a good Chinese dinner if you'd like.

[02:29.24]Wang: How about some American food? But not too expensive.

[02:35.30]An expensive place would make me uncomfortable.

[02:40.65]Cooper: OK.We'll go to a nice little place I know

[02:45.83]where you can get some plain,old-fashioned American cooking.

[02:51.57]Wang: Great. I will pick you up at your office about 5.OK?

[02:57.63]Cooper: Good. See you tomorrow at 5.

[03:02.20]Passage Can We Have you join Us?

[03:10.56]880 orman Drive

[03:16.13]Boulder,CO 80303

[03:22.89]May 2,1998

[03:28.67]Dear Mr. and Mrs.Olson,

[03:33.63]We are having an informal dinner at our home on Saturday,May 21st,at 6 p.m.,

[03:42.48]and would love to have you join us.

[03:46.85]As you know,Prof.and Mrs. Harvey Taylor have just returned from China,

[03:54.50]and they will be sharing some of their experiences with us then.

[04:00.43]Since you knew the Taylors before they left Boulder,

[04:06.18]we thought you might enjoy visiting with them again.

[04:11.04]My husband and I have heard of your work

[04:16.81]of finding host families for inter-national students at the University,

[04:23.58]and would like to get to know you better.

[04:28.12]We hope it will be possible for you to be with us.

[04:33.97]Sincerely yours,

[04:37.73]776 Valley Drive

[04:41.10]Boulder,CO 80301

[04:52.86]May 7,1998

[04:58.19]Dear Mrs.McGuthrie,

[05:03.36]Thank you so much for inviting us to dinner on the 21st.

[05:10.02]Carl and will be there by 6.

[05:15.06]We haven't had a chance to talk with the Taylors since they got back from China,

[05:21.72]so this will be a real treat. Thank you for including us.

[05:28.10]Thank you,too,

[05:31.76]for your interest in our host family program for the overseas students in Boulder.

[05:38.52]Sincerely,

[05:42.18]Linda olsan