



I'd like to invite you to a party. 我想邀请你参加派对。在西方国家,派对是经常举办的,得体的邀请是派对主人的基本素养。I'd like to invite sb to sp. 表示“我想邀请某人去某地”。
A: I'd like to invite you to a party. The revelries would go on all night.
B: Sleep-over party is the best! Let's have a carnival!
A:我想邀请你参加派对,狂欢活动将通宵达旦。
B:过夜派对是最棒的了!我们一起来狂欢吧!
revelry [ˈrevlrɪ] n. 狂欢;欢宴 carnival [ˈkɑ:nɪvl] n. 狂欢节;嘉年华
Would you like to join me?是邀请某人做某事的惯用表达。其中join侧重于加入某组织,如join the party(入党);而词组join in后面多接参加的活动,如join in the game(参加比赛)。
A: Hey, Steven, going out to lunch?
B: Yes, I feel kind of hungry now. Would you like to join me?
A:嘿,史蒂文,出去吃午餐吗?
B:是的,我现在觉得有点饿了。你要跟我一起去吗?
lunch [lʌntʃ] n. 午餐;午饭 kind of 有点;有几分 hungry [ˈhʌŋgrɪ] adj. 饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
plan计划;打算。这句话通常用于约会之前,询问对方有没有时间,是惯用的一句简单英语。
A: Hello, Tom! Do you have any plans for this evening?
B: Nothing special.
A:你好,汤姆。你今晚有安排吗?
B:没有什么特别的安排。
plan [plæn] n. / v. 计划;打算(plan to do sth 计划做某事)
special [ˈspeʃl] adj. 特殊的;专门的n. 特价;特约稿
Wouldyoumind...? 表示礼貌地征求对方同意或者请求对方做某事,mind作动词,后接动词的ing形式,译为:你是否介意……
A: Would you mind going shopping with me?
B: With pleasure.
A:你陪我去购物好吗?
B:乐意效劳。
go shopping去购物。 “go+doing”结构可用来表示一项活动或动作,如:go swimming(去游泳), go fishing(去钓鱼), go hiking(去远足), go sight-seeing(去观光)。
I'dloveto. 我愿意/我很乐意。用来形容自己对某事的意愿或态度,也可以用I'dliketo,但语气不如前者强烈。
A: We are preparing a martial arts show for the New Year's party. Would you llike to join us?
B: I'd love to! But I have never learned martial arts, and there is only a month left before the New Year.
A:我们在为新年晚会准备武术节目,你愿意参加吗?
B:我愿意!但是我从来没有学过武术,而且距新年只有一个月的时间了。
prepare for 为……准备;筹备 martial art 武术 New Year 新年;元旦
别人打算或正在做某事,你也想参加时,可以说Countmein,意思是“算我一个”“我也参加”。反义表达是Countmeout,意为“别把我算在里面”。
A: We are going to a movie. Are you coming or not?
B: Let me think. OK, count me in.
A:我们要去看电影,你要不要跟我们一起?
B:让我想想。好的,算我一个。
go to a movie 去看电影 let me think 让我想想
Countmeout. 别把我算在内。指的是不要把我算在你们的小组或项目中。反义表达是Countme in.
A: We're going to Boston this summer vocation. How about you, Jim?B: Count me out. I have to go camping on the Appalachian Mountains.
A:这个暑假我们要去波士顿,你呢,吉姆?
B:别把我算在内。我要去阿巴拉契亚山露营。
Boston 波士顿 go camping 去野营;去露营 Appalachian Mountains 阿巴拉契亚山脉