Directions:

Write an email to invite a famous professorto give a lecture to the students who love English in your university.

（一）预测范文

Dear Professor Alexander,

On behalf of all the students at myuniversity who share a love for the English language, I cordially invite you togive a lecture to at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

As you are one of the leading experts inthe English language in the world, I believe that the students will not only beable to learn from you, but to be inspired by you as well. We are hoping thatyou will be available for a lecture on our campus on January 4 at 10:00 am.There has been 45 minutes allocated for your lecture and 15 minutes for aquestion and answer session.

If you are interested in coming to ouruniversity for the lecture, you can email me at the address below. We arelooking forward to meeting you.

                                              Yours sincerely,

                                                      Li Ming

（二）参考译文

尊敬的先生或女士：

谨代表本校全体热爱英语语言的学生的名义，我想诚挚地邀请您给北京外国语大学学生做一场演讲。

由于您是中国英语语言研究方面杰出的专家之一，我相信学生们不仅能从您身上学到很多知识，而且也能够获得很大的启发。我们期待您能抽出时间在1月4日上午10点来学校做一个演讲，其中45分钟是您的演讲时间，另外15分钟则是问答环节。随后会有一个简单的招待晚宴。

如果您对来我校演讲感兴趣，可以通过以下的地址和我进行邮件联系。盼复。

                                               您真诚的，

                                               李明

【亮点词汇】

on behalf of  代表 ；share a love 热爱 ；language 语言； cordially 诚挚地； invite 邀请；lecture 讲座； studies 研究； leading 杰出的； expert 专家； inspire 启发； beavailable for 能够； lecture 讲座； campus 校园； January 一月； allocate 分配； question and answer 问答 ；session 单元； be interested in 对······感兴趣； email 发电子邮件； address 地址； look forward to 期待

（三）道长点评

    邀请信包括邀请参加宴会、午餐、晚餐、聚会、舞会、婚礼等等。邀请信分两种：正规格式即请柬，非正规格式即一般邀请信。邀请信务必具体明确完整，不可留任何疑问使对方捉摸不定，写明场合、地点、年月日及具体时间。

（四）佳句拓展：

1、I am pleased toinvite you to participate in an activity to be held from January 4 to 7 inBeijing.

我很高兴邀请您参加从1月4日到7日在北京举行的一场活动。

2、It is my pleasure toextend an invitation to you to take part in an evening party for purpose ofcelebrating my birthday.

为了庆祝我的生日，我很高兴邀请你来参加一场晚会。

3、I hope that you havenot any plan for the coming Sunday, as I would like you to spend it with us atour home.

我希望你下星期天没有什么安排，因为我想邀请你到我家玩。

来源：新东方在线四六级