Invitation
adalah text yang berupa ajakan atau undangan, sehingga semua text yang di
dalamnya terdapat ungkapan ajakan dapat disebut “invitation”.
Invitation dapat muncul dalam teks
“announcement”, “short message’, “letters’, dsb.
Ungkapan-ungakapan
ajakan tersebut adalah:
a. I
invite you to come………
Contoh: I invite you to come to my
birthday party, this afternoon ( 2.00 pm) in my house, jl. Pemuda no.67
Klaten.
b. Come to ………..
Contoh: Come to the
class-meeting on Friday, November 23th 2007 in our school
at 4.00 pm. Come on time!
c. I would like you to participate….
Contoh: I would like you to
participate the English contest that will be held next Monday, November, 26th 2007 in SMP 1
Surakarta.
d. I thank /hope for coming…..
Contoh: I
hope for coming in the next study club of class IX that will be held every
Sunday in our school, at 9.00 am-12.00 a.m. Thank you.
e. I hope you could come to….
Contoh: I hope you could come
to the meeting in order to prepare our schools’ program, today, in the OSIS
room.
f. Join us….
Contoh: Join
us to see the biggest music show in JEC, on Sunday, December 25th 2007,
9.00 am – 2.00 p.m.
g. Would you please come and join to…
Contoh: Would you please come and
join to the configuration of the students of our school tonight.
h. I’ll be glad if you could take part
to….
Contoh: I’ll be glad if you
could take part to to have dinner
together with my family tonight.
i. Would you please come to….
Contoh: Would you please come
to school to support Our basketball team
this afternoon.
j. Do you fancy
coming to……
Contoh: Do you fancy coming to
my engagement party at July 13th 2010 at my house?
Undangan/Ajakan
memerlukan jawaban/balasan, baik menerima ajakan atau menolak ajakan. Berikut ini adalah ungkapan
menerima dan menolak ajakan;
A. Ungkapan
untuk menerima ajakan atau undangan ( accepting invitation ).
a. Yes, I am very glad to receive your invitation.
b. Ok. I will
come to your party.
c. Your
invitation is very interesting. I like it.
d. That’s good
idea to go there. I agree with you.
e. I hope I
could come there.
f. It’s fantastic. Good idea!
B. Ungkapan
untuk menolak ajakan ( refusing/ ignoring/ rejecting/ declining)
invitation.
a. I’ve received
your letter, but I am sorry I can’t.
b. It’s good
idea, but I can’t go there. I am very busy.
c. What a pity.
I have a lot of works, so I can’t receive your nice invitation.
d. It’s very
sorry that I can’t go to your party.
e. Well, your
invitation to go to Mount Bromo in very nice, but It’s too cold for me.
I can’t stand it.
f. I am not sure
I can go there. Maybe next time.
g. I disagree
with your idea to go to the beach. Any other idea?
h. I am afraid I
can’t. Your hose is too far, so I can’t go there alone at night.
i. Oh, I’ll go
to somewhere else by the time you will be having a party.
j. I don’t think
I can. No one can fetch me to go there. I don’t know the place.
Soal yang biasanya muncul dalam
invitation/undangan/ajakan.
1. Pertanyaan
informasi tersurat
-
Inviter and Invitee : Pengundang dan yang diundang (Terkadang termasuk informasi
tersirat jika pengundang atau yang diundang harus kita simpulkan dari text yang
ada)
Perhatikan pertanyaan berikut. Bedakan
dan amati pertanyaan yang digaris bawah.
- Who invited the party? (Siapa yang
mengundang ke pesta?)
- Who
is the inviter? (Siapa pengundangnya?)
- Who are invited to the party? (Siapa
yang diundang ke pesta?)
- Who
is the invitee? (Siapa yang diundang?)
Pahamilah pertanyaan
tersebut, lalu amati siapa pengundang dan siapa yang diundang dalam undangan
tersebut. Dengan memahami soal dengan benar, maka kalian bisa menjawab dengan
tepat.
-
The kind of invitation: Undangan untuk peristiwa apa (Bisa juga muncul sebagai informasi
tersirat jika peristiwanya tidak tersurat jelas dalam text dan harus kita
simpulkan sendiri)
- The
invitation is about…….
- What
is the kind of the invitation?
- The
text is to invite someone to come to………
