晚餐邀請函

inviting friends to supper with the strangers dear [susan]: i know you are interested in [oil painting], so i’m sure you’ll be interested in [mr. and mrs. lin dun]! they are coming here to supper [next sunday night, october the twelfth], and we’d like you and [walter] to come, too. [mr. and mrs. lin dun] are that very charming couple we met in [london] last summer. they have a wonderful collection of [oil paintings of various stages]; and i understand that mr. lin dun is quite an authority on [oil painting]. i’m sure you and walter will thoroughly enjoy and evening in their company. we’re planning supper at six; that will give us a nice long evening to talk. if i don’t hear from you before then, i’ll be expecting you on the [twelfth]! affectionately yours,

親愛的[蘇珊]: 我知道您對[油畫]是有興趣的，所以我相信您對林頓夫婦也會感興趣。他們將在[10 月 12 日(下星期日)]來吃飯，我們很希望您和瓦爾特也能同來。 [林頓夫婦]是那麼好的一對夫妻。我們是去年夏天在[倫敦]認識的。他們集有[各個不同 時期精美的油畫作品]。我知道，林頓先生在研究[油畫]方面是頗有權威的。我深信，那天晚 上您和瓦爾特同他們在一起，一定會很愉快。 我們準備在 6 點鐘吃晚飯，這樣就能有較長的時間閒談。如果事前接不到您的回信，我 就指望你們那天到來。