10 Patpong Road, Bangkok Thailand

June 16, 20__

Mr. T. Hakka

Yashima Life Assurance Company

Yo Tsui Chome Tokyo

Japan

Dear Mr. Hakka,

A friend of mine, Mr. Smarnchit Kamthon, would very much like to meet you. He is a student of Economics at the Chulaiongkorn University, Bangkok (School of Applied Economics and Business Studies), and plans to enter the insurance business in a few months' time. Meanwhile he is making a study trip to Japan, in order to contribute towards a book which is in preparation entitled «Social Insurance Abroad».

You were kind enough, when you were here, to offer me your assistance. I would very much appreciate it if you could find time to see Mr. Kamthon, or to give him an introduction to someone on your staff. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Saxer

Anglo-Thai Insurance

TASKS:

1. Find the Russian equivalents for the following words and word-combinations:

1. We have the pleasure to invite you to visit our company.

2. We appreciate your invitation.

3. We thank you for your invitation.

4. Let us invite you to visit our company.

5. We will be sincerely happy to join you.

6. Many thanks for your invitation.

7. Unfortunately we are unable to accept your invitation.

8. We are pleased to accept the invitation.

9. We are happy to join you.

10. We regret we cannot accept the invitation.

11. We have the honour to invite you to the party on the occasion of …

12. Allow us to invite you to …

13. We can’t accept your invitation owing to a previous engagement.

a) Позвольте пригласить вас посетить нашу компанию.

b) Большое спасибо за ваше приглашение.

c) Нам приятно принять ваше приглашение.

d) Мы будем искренне рады встрече с вами

e) Мы ценим ваше приглашение.

f) С удовольствием встретимся с вами.

g) Имеем удовольствие пригласить вас посетить нашу компанию.

h) Мы благодарим вас за приглашение.

i) Разрешите пригласить вас на …

j) К сожалению мы не сможем принять ваше приглашение.

k) Мы сожалеем, что не можем принять приглашение.

l) Имеем честь пригласить вас на вечер по случаю …

2. Restore the original sentences:

1. the, wife, and, join, are, dinner, delighted, to, My, you, at, I, party.

2. I, personal circumstances, regret, thank, attending, you, for, from, the invitation, I, that, but, prevent, the seminar, me.

3. conference, I, pleased, your, the invitation, and, I, am, looking, to accept, forward, to, participating, in, am.

4. invitation, I, thank, should, like, to, you, again, your, for.

5. in the future, I, cannot, regret, I, kind, accept, your, but, invitation, I, visit, hope, I’ll, be able, to, you.

6. invitation, Participation, in, only, the, is, symposium, by.

7. representatives, for, arrive, We, the, expecting, talks, are, your, to.

8. to, welcome, and, matter, the, We, you, discuss, opportunity, meet, this.