Reply to a Friend's Invitation TASK DESCRIPTION: You have a friend in Australia who has recently invited you to spend a vacation with him/her. However, you are unable to go due to personal reasons.

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Reply to a Friend's Invitation TASK DESCRIPTION: You have a friend in Australia who has recently invited you to spend a vacation with him/her. However, you are unable to go due to personal reasons. Write a letter to your friend. Thank him/her for inviting you and explain your reasons. MY LETTER: Dear John, I’ve received your letter, suggesting I spend a holiday together with you in Thailand. Thank you very much for the invitation, and I think this is really a great idea because I’ve long heard about the beautiful architectures in Thailand. But I’m sorry to say due to my busy work, I’ll not be able to go on this trip with you. As I’ve mentioned to you before, my company, China Mobile, has planned to build the new-generation mobile network this year and at the beginning of this project, my department needs to collect a massive amount of data concerning the network status so that they’ll be able to improve its quality in the next stage of the project. As a result, my colleagues and I have to devote the first half of this year’s time into it. So I’m afraid we’ll have to travel together next time. Anyway, many thanks for your great idea and I wish you a wonderful journey. Perhaps, you can go with Tom, who, I believe, is quite free these days, and has been longing for a trip to Thailand. By the way, I hope you can come to Shanghai soon in the future to enjoy the local dishes. Take care, Nelson

Feb 12, 2014 12:51 PM

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Reply to a Friend's Invitation

TASK DESCRIPTION:

You have a friend in Australia who has recently invited you to spend a vacation with him/her. However, you are unable to go due to personal reasons.

Write a letter to your friend. Thank him/her for inviting you and explain your reasons.

MY LETTER:

Dear John,

I’ve received your letter, inviting me to spend a holiday together with you in Thailand. Thank you very much for the invitation. I think this is really a great idea because I’ve long heard about the beautiful architectures in Thailand. But I’m sorry to say that due to my busy work, I’ll not be able to go on this trip with you.

As I’ve mentioned to you before, my company, China Mobile, has planned to build the new-generation mobile network this year. To begine this project, my department needs to collect a massive amount of data concerning the network status so that they’ll be able to improve its quality for the next stage. As a result, my colleagues and I have to devote the first half of this year’s time into it. I’m afraid we’ll have to travel together next time.

Anyway (I don't think that 'anyway' is wrong, but, I would probably put down 'anyways'), many thanks for your invatation and I wish you a wonderful journey. Perhaps, you can go with Tom, who, I believe, is quite free these days. He has been longing for a trip to Thailand. By the way, I hope you can come to Shanghai soon in the future to enjoy the local dishes.

Take care,
Nelson