dear [dr, rodger]:[the english department of nankai university] would like to extend to you an invitation to be our guest speaker at the [annual conference] to be held at the [meeting room] at [eight] o’clock,[saturday morning,december the thirtieth,1993]。as you know,the department is interested in [the 20th century english literature] since you are familiar with the field,we know your views will be extremely interesting to us。
it would give [me/us] great pleasure to have your presence at a reception in honor of the chinese delegation。
the reception will be held in the [the city hall],on [tuesday,october the fourth]。 cocktails will be served promptly at [six] to be followed b dinner at [eight]。
[i/we] sincerely hope you can attend。 let [me/us] know。
please confirm that you will be able to attend by advising us of your time —— we can arrange for you to be met。 all arrangements for your stay [overnight on april 10] will,of course,be made by us at our expense。