晚餐邀请函

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,

亲爱的[苏珊]: 我知道您对[油画]是有兴趣的，所以我相信您对林顿夫妇也会感兴趣。他们将在[10 月 12 日(下星期日)]来吃饭，我们很希望您和瓦尔特也能同来。 [林顿夫妇]是那么好的一对夫妻。我们是去年夏天在[伦敦]认识的。他们集有[各个不同 时期精美的油画作品]。我知道，林顿先生在研究[油画]方面是颇有权威的。我深信，那天晚 上您和瓦尔特同他们在一起，一定会很愉快。 我们准备在 6 点钟吃晚饭，这样就能有较长的时间闲谈。如果事前接不到您的回信，我 就指望你们那天到来。