UNIT 12 :An Invitation Card

Integrated Skills Development

Dialogues
A. A Dinner Invitation

Wang Hong is studying for her PhD in America. She is working in the same lab with her friend Carl Cooper.
Cooper: Hey, Wang. I hear you just had a paper published. I'd like to take you out tomorrow evening to dinner to celebrate. How about it?
Wang: Oh, no. That's really not necessary. Why don't you come over and have dinner with me?
Cooper: I wouldn't hear of it. On my birthday you made me the best Chinese dinner I've ever had. I'm not much of a cook myself, but it would give me great pleasure to take you out to eat. You may choose any kind of food you'd like.

B. How About Some American Food?

Wang: What do you mean "any kind of food"?
Cooper: Our country's made up of people from all over the world, so we have great cooking from all over the world. We can eat Italian, French, German, Japanese — you name it, and we've got it. Or we can even go down to Chinatown for a good Chinese dinner if you'd like.
Wang: How about some American food? But not too expensive. An expensive place would make me uncomfortable.
Cooper: OK. We'll go to a nice little place I know where you can get some plain, old-fashioned American cooking.
Wang: Great. I will pick you up at your office about 5. OK?
Cooper: Good. See you tomorrow at 5.

Passage Can We Have You Join Us?

880 Orman Drive
Boulder, CO 80303
May 2,1998
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Olson,

We are having an informal dinner at our home on Saturday, May 21st, at 6 p.m., and would love to have you join us. As you know, Prof. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor have just returned from China, and they will be sharing some of their experiences with us then. Since you knew the Taylors before they left Boulder, we thought you might enjoy visiting with them again.
My husband and I have heard of your work of finding host families for international students at the University, and would like to get to know you better. We hope it will be possible for you to be with us.
Sincerely yours,
Susan and David McGuthrie

776 Valley Drive
Boulder, CO 80301
May 7,1998
Dear Mrs. McGuthrie,

Thank you so much for inviting us to dinner on the 21st. Carl and I will be there by 6. We haven't had a chance to talk with the Taylors since they got back from China, so this will be a real treat. Thank you for including us.
Thank you, too, for your interest in our host family program for the overseas students in Boulder.
Sincerely,
Linda Olson

New Words and Expressions

celebrate
v. 庆祝

hey
int. 嗨！（表示惊讶、疑问、喜悦等）

husband
n. 丈夫

Italian
a. 意大利（人）的，意大利语的

lab
n. 试验室

mean
v. 表示…意思，作…解释

old-fashioned
a. 过时的，老式的

plain
a. 简单的，朴素的，明白的

publish
v. 出版，发行

treat
n. 乐事（尤指意想不到的或难得的）；款待，请客

uncomfortable
a. 不舒服的，不自在的

valley
n. 山谷，溪谷

come over
到来，过来

be not much of a
不太好的…

take out to eat
带…出去吃饭

pick up
用车接…

return from
从…归来

share with
和…分享/交流

visit with
与…闲聊，聊天

hear of
听说

get back from
从…归来

Merry Learning

A Saying

Travel east and west, a man's home is still the best.

Phonetics

不发音的字母：
answer bomb half honest
hour knee knock know
knowledge listen which who
whole why wrong

Pronunciation and Intonation

A: Excuse me. Which is the way to East Park, please?
B: Let me see. Er, walk along this road and turn right. Go on until you reach the end. You'll find the park in front of you.
A: Thank you very much.
B: You are welcome. Miss.