Реферат: Accepting and Declining Invitation to Scientific Conference
Letter 2
(Accepting an invitation)
February 15, 2008
Ref.: PGE
Professor Martin Potvin
Co-Chairman of Power-Gen Europe 2008
Spanish Power Center
15, Upshire Street
Barcelona FB9 3SP
Spain
Dear Professor Potvin,
Thank you very much for your kind invitation to participate in the International Conference Power-Gen Europe 2008 on Power Generation and Information Technologies to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 25-27 September, 2008.
I accept your invitation with great pleasure and submit you my Abstract of the paper entitled “New Ways of Utilizing Waste Heat.”
I hope to receive a positive response from you in the very near future.
Again, many thanks and best wishes,
Andrei V. Pavlov
Professor
Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics
Letter 3
(Declining an invitation)
February 18, 2008
Ref.: PGE
Professor Martin Potvin
Co-Chairman of Power-Gen Europe 2008
Spanish Power Center
15, Upshire Street
Barcelona FB9 3SP
Spain
Dear Professor Potvin,
Let me express my sincere gratitude to you for your kind invitation to participate in the International Conference Power-Gen Europe 2008 on Power Generation and Information Technologies to be held in Barcelona, Spain, 25–27 September, 2008.
Much to my regret, I have to decline your invitation since I can’t cancel my commitment to deliver a course of lectures at Wisconsin University.
My best wishes for a successful Conference and apologies for any inconvenience I may have caused.
Best regards,
Ray Robinson
Professor
New York University
TASK 8. Study the following extracts from the letters of invitation paying attention to the use of verb forms and prepositions.
1. On behalf of the Organizing Committee let me invite you to participate in the work of the International Symposiumon Nanotechnologies to be heldin Paris, France, 15–19 November, 2008.
2. Therefore, we would be most grateful if you could takea little time to complete the attached Registration Form.
3. I hope you will wish to be among the scientific elite at our Conference.
4. Please let me know if you require further information. I would be glad to assist!
5. Your participation in the Organizing Committee is critical to the success of the Conference itself, and we have made it convenient and easy for you to take part!
6. We look forward to cooperating withyou in the very near future.
7. We are anxious to draw up the Program of the Conference as complete as possible, therefore, don’t hesitate to express your critical remarks or other proposals.
8. I trust you found the Conference on High-Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology as informative as we in the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey, US did.
9. We are delighted to correspond withyou again and urge you to register forthe 25thSilver Jubilee International Congress onControl Theory to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30th August to 6th September, 2008.
10. As soon as your Registration Form is received, you will be sent more details about the Congress, including information onthe fabulous tours we have planned for the week.
11. We are arrangingsomeexcellent seminars and plenary sessionsbased on suggestions from delegates.
12. We truly want you to join usfor the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Congress since we are sure this will be a remarkable opportunity for you to be with the elite group of scientists who enjoy making friends and professional contacts, who appreciate scientific discussions and presentations, and who relish new cultural experiences.