286 邀请

 

A will you have/would you like+ 名词:

Will you have a drink

您想喝点什么吗?(有时缩略为 Have a drink。)

Would you like a coffee

您想喝杯咖啡吗?

注意:do you want不含有邀请的意思。

(关于 want would like,参见第 296节。)

在间接引语中用offer+ 间接宾语(=被邀请者)+ 名词结构:

She offered me a drink/a coffee

她请我喝了一杯/咖啡。

B will/would/could you?及 would you like to?形式Will you have lunch with me tomorrow?(明天同我一起吃午饭好吗?)是一种非正式邀请,但Would/Could you have lunchwith me/Would you like to have lunch with me?(能和我一起吃午饭吗?/愿意和我一起吃午饭吗?)这种邀请既可用于正式场合,也可用于非正式场合。

转述这种邀请时用 invite/ask+ 间接宾语 +to+ 名词结构,或 invite/ask+ 间接宾语+ 不定式结构:

He invited me to lunch/to have lunch with him

他邀请我同他一起吃午饭。

C 对邀请的回答

对请喝一杯/请抽一支烟等邀请的答语:

Yesplease

好吧。

Nothank you

不,谢谢。

would you/could you/would you like等表示的邀请的答语:

Id like to very much/Id love to

我非常愿意。

Id like to very much but Im afraid I cant

我非常愿意,但是恐怕不行。

这里当然不能说 wouldnt like

邀请及答语可以用间接引语来转述。一般用下列方法:

He invited us to dinner/to a party/to spend the weekend with him and weaccepted/but we refused/but we had to refuse because

他邀请我们和他一起吃晚饭/参加聚会/度周末,我们答应了/我们谢绝了/我们不得不谢绝因为……

D 当邀请人并不真指望他的邀请会被接受时,可以说:

You wouldnt like another drinkwould you

你不想再喝一杯了吧?(大概说话人自己还想喝一杯,因此想找个借口,然而并不指望他的朋友会接受他的邀请。)

You wouldnt like to come with mewould you

你不会和我一起去吧?(同样,他不指望他的邀请会被接受。)