中美风俗大比拼之邀请与拒绝的艺术

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　　Accepting an Invitation 接受邀请

　　You must have had the experience of giving and receiving invitations. Do you remember the last invitation from a friend? How did you settle the visit with your friend?

　　一般说来，你确定接受某个邀请之后，需要跟邀请人确认date，time和place三项，并且表达你的pleasure or gratitude。

　　在上面的flash对话中，Liu接受了去Chris家里做客的邀请。下面展示了Liu和Chris之间两个版本的对话。比较一下这两个对话有何不同。

　　版本一：

　　CHRIS: Hi, Liu! How's it going?

　　LIU: Fine, thanks. You?

　　CHRIS: Can't complain. Listen Liu, I wonder if you would like to come round and have a meal sometime?

　　LIU: Yeah, thanks a lot, that would be great!

　　CHRIS: What about Saturday evening?

　　LIU: Sure, Saturday evening would be fine. What time?

　　CHRIS: Let's make it around six. That okay?

　　LIU: Great!

　　CHRIS: You know where I live, don't you?

　　LIU: Yeah. No problem. Thanks very much. I really look forward to that.