在人际交往中，经常会遇到邀请与应答方面的问题，我们要学会并熟练运用其英语表达。
　　在邀请别人时，可用下面一些表达法。
　　1．Would you like／love to…?你愿意……吗?
　　例：Would you like to go to the park with me?
　　2．Will you please(to do sth)?请问你能……吗?
　　例：Will you please come to dinner at my home tonight?
　　3．I hope you can…我希望你能……
　　例：I hope you can come to my birthday party tomorrow．
　　4．Could you(do sth)?你能……吗?
　　例：Could you come here right now?
　　5．Would you care for sth(or to do sth)?你愿意……吗?
　　例：Would you care for(or to play)a game of table tennis?
　　6．May I invite you to dinner tomorrow?
　　7．I’d like to ask you to dinner tomorrow．
　　8．We’d like you to come to dinner tomorrow．
　　9．We should be very happy if you could come to dinner tomorrow
　　10．Why don’t you come to dinner with us tonight?
　　11．Why not join us in the game?
　　12．Shall you play tennis together?
　　13．Let’s sing a song together．
　　14．What／How about having a game?
　　15．Won’t you join us?
　　接受邀请的一般应答多为OK．／Certainly．／That’s great．／That’s a good idea．／How nice!
　　还应会学下面一些回答方式：
　　1．Yes，I’d like／love to．
　　2．Yes，with pleasure．
　　3．Yes，glad to．
　　4．Yes，it’s very nice／kind of you．
　　5．Thank you for inviting me．
　　6．It would be nice to join you in the party．
　　7．Yes，that’ll be splendid．I’d love to．
　　当不能接受别人的邀请时，可用婉言谢绝的方式回答：
　　1．I’d love to，but…我很愿意，不过……
　　2．Thank you very much，but…谢谢，不过……
　　3．I’m sorry，I can’t．I’m going to…很抱歉，我不能。我将要……
　　4．Thank you all the same．／Thank you anyway．尽管如此，还是要感谢你。
　　5．I wish I could，but I’ve something more important to do．我希望如此，但我有更重要的事情要做。
　　6．It’s very kind of you，but I’m afraid I’m really busy today．非常感谢，不过我今天恐怕很忙。
　　7．What a pity!I’m going to be somewhere．真遗憾!我要去别的地方。