Dear Mrs. Benton,
Wang Yi and I will be delighted to dine with you on Tuesday, the fifth of May, at seven o’clock. How nice of you to ask us!
We are both looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and Dr. Benton again.
Very sincerely yours,
Zhang ning
接受邀請（Acceptance）Dear Mrs. Benton,
Wang Yi and I will be delighted to dine with you on Tuesday, the fifth of May, at seven o’clock. How nice of you to ask us!
We are both looking forward with great pleasure to seeing you and Dr. Benton again.
Very sincerely yours,
Zhang Ning
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親愛的本頓夫人，
王義和我將在五月五日（星期二）下午七時愉快地與您們***進晚餐，承蒙您們邀請，非常高興！
我們將以極其愉快的心情，盼望著再壹次和您以及本頓醫生見面。
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親愛的本頓夫人，
王義和我將在五月五日（星期二）下午七時愉快地與您們***進晚餐，承蒙您們邀請，非常高興！
我們將以極其愉快的心情，盼望著再壹次和您以及本頓醫生見面。
您們非常真摯的
張寧
不能赴約 （Regret）
Dear Mrs. Benton,
I’ve been putting off this note until the last possible moment, hoping and hoping Wang Yi would get back from Shanghai in time for your dinner party. But now I must regretfully write that he’ll still be out of town on Tuesday, the fifth; and we therefore cannot accept your kind invitation for dinner on that day.
It was sweet of you to ask us; and I know Wang Yi will be as sorry as I am to miss an evening with you and Dr. Benton. We know how delightful such evenings at your house usually are!
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親愛的本頓夫人，
我壹直盼望著王義能從上海及時趕回來參加您們的宴會，以致遲遲未寫回信。據悉，在五日（星期二）以前，他不能返回本市，因此，我們不能參加您們的宴會。為此我們深表遺憾，特此告知。
感謝您們的盛情邀請，我們不能同您及本頓醫生***度那個夜晚，我想王義壹定和我壹樣感到遺憾，因為在您家中度過這樣的夜晚總是令人十分愉快的。
您真摯的
張寧