英文邀請(qǐng)函。

邀請(qǐng)函的使用也是對(duì)活動(dòng)的重視，通常邀請(qǐng)人會(huì)盡早發(fā)送已編寫好的活動(dòng)邀請(qǐng)函。而大家在撰寫邀請(qǐng)函時(shí)，多加一些心思總是沒有錯(cuò)的。幼兒教師教育網(wǎng)特意收集并整理了“英文邀請(qǐng)函”，如果您對(duì)我們的內(nèi)容感興趣，歡迎您收藏并關(guān)注我們的網(wǎng)站！

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇1

Dear Petty,

I hope you didn’t make any plane for this weekend.You know I am moving into the new house, and I sincerely invite you to come to my new house.I will hold a celebration party on Saturday night.

The scenery here is fantastic that I am sure you will like it.On Saturday, you can walk around my house after you get here.The party will begin at 7:00.You can live in my house that night.

On Sunday, we can go fishing or play table tennis.So please do some preparation for them.You can drive here and you will see a board “Kelly’s Home” near the road.It only takes you one hour to get here.I hope there will be nothing stopping you to come.

Yours affectionately,

Kelly

親愛的貝蒂：

希望你這個(gè)周末沒有什么安排!你知道我就要搬到新房了，我真誠的邀請(qǐng)你來我的新房。星期六晚上我會(huì)舉行一個(gè)慶祝晚會(huì)。星期六到這里后你可以在我家到處看看。晚會(huì)將在7點(diǎn)開始，到時(shí)候你可以住在我家。你可以開車過來，然后你會(huì)看見路邊的一塊板上寫著“凱麗家”。你到這里只需一個(gè)小時(shí)，我希望你不會(huì)有什么事情而不能來?？炀腿ッ绹耍覀儗樗e行一次歡送會(huì)，時(shí)間是星期五晚上六點(diǎn)到七點(diǎn)半，地點(diǎn)是學(xué)校俱樂部我很高興邀請(qǐng)你來參加歡送會(huì)。我們還邀請(qǐng)了你認(rèn)識(shí)的另外兩位外教Frazer和Gree。希望你能和我們一起送別懷特老師。希望你5點(diǎn)50能到這。

期待那天能看到你。

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇2

結(jié)構(gòu)要點(diǎn):

邀請(qǐng)信是邀請(qǐng)收信人參加某項(xiàng)活動(dòng)的書信，包含三個(gè)方面：

1.邀請(qǐng)對(duì)方參加活動(dòng)的內(nèi)容、時(shí)間和地點(diǎn);

2. 與該活動(dòng)有關(guān)的注意事項(xiàng);

3.期待對(duì)方接受邀請(qǐng)，并可表示感謝。

英文邀請(qǐng)函格式范文1

Dear Linda,

We haven’t seen each other for six years after graduation. I am so glad to hear that you have graduated from UCLA and come back to work in Suzhou. If you are free this Saturday, please come to Shanghai and have a good time with me.

We can first go to the Century Park, where the flowers are all in blossom. Let’s go boating on the lake —isn’t it pleasant in the cool breeze? Then I will treat you to dinner at a western restaurant on Huaihai Road—it is small but really nice—I’m sure you will enjoy it. After dinner, let’s go to a concert—you are a music lover, aren’t you?

If you couldn’t come, please notify me before Friday. If you can, please tell me which train you will take and I will meet you at the railway station.

I am looking forward to meeting you.

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

英文邀請(qǐng)函格式范文2

Write a letter to invite a famous professor to give a lecture to the English postgraduate students in your university. Some necessary details must be included. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter, using “Li Ming” instead.

Sample:

Dear Professor Michael Hutchison,

We are very glad to hear that you are attending an international conference in Beijing. We are writing this letter to inquiry the possibility of inviting you to deliver a lecture on American literature for our postgraduate students on the evening of June 16.

We have long been noticed that you have done a lot of substantial and creative work in this field. Two of your books have become textbooks for our students for several years. So all of us believe your lecture will benefit our students and teaching staff alike.

If you can manage to come, please tell us the number of your flight and we will meet you at the airport. If you can’t make it, please also let us know.

We are looking forward to your coming.

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇3

The Spring Festival is coming and students are going to take a holiday.During this period, transportation departments nationwide will see a total passenger flow of more than 1.93bn.An estimated over 145 million persons will travel by train in China.It will bring increased pressure to handling this huge number of passengers.

Known as the Spring Travel Season, the peak travel times will occur immediately before and after the Spring Festival.

春節(jié)來臨，學(xué)生們正在放假。在此期間、全國交通主管部門（包括飛機(jī)、火車、公路）上的所有乘客超過1.93億。其中有超過1.45億的人乘坐火車。這么龐大數(shù)量的旅客給有關(guān)部門帶來了越來越多的壓力。

春運(yùn)高峰會(huì)出現(xiàn)在春節(jié)前后，這被稱為“春運(yùn)季節(jié)”。

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇4

英語商務(wù)邀請(qǐng)函

Dear sir/madam:

We would like to invite you to an exclusive presentation of our new [product]。 The presentation will take place at [location]， at [time] on [date]。 There will also be a reception at [time]。 We hope you and your colleagues will be able to attend。

[pany] is a leading producer of high-quality 。 As you well know， recent technological advances have made increasingly affordable to the public。 Our new models offer superb quality and sophistication with economy， and their new features give them distinct advantages over similar products from other manufacturers。

We look forward to seeing you on [date]。 Just call our office at [phone number] and we will be glad to secure a place for you。

Sincerely yours，

[name]

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇5

6. 邀請(qǐng)參加新廠開工典禮

Invitation to opening ceremony of new factory

Dear [Mr. Harrison]:

Our new factory will be commencing production on [April 10] and we should like to invite [you and your wife] to be present at a celebration to mark the occasion.

As you will appreciate this is an important milestone for this organization, and is the result of continued demand for our products, both at home and overseas. We are inviting all those individuals and trust that you will pay us the compliments of accepting.

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.

Yours faithfully,

親愛的[哈里森先生]:

本公司新廠將于[4月10日]開始投產(chǎn)，希望能邀請(qǐng)[賢伉儷]來參加新廠開工典禮。 如您所知，新廠的設(shè)立是本公司的一個(gè)里程碑，而這正是海內(nèi)外對(duì)本公司產(chǎn)品不斷需求的結(jié)果。我們邀請(qǐng)了所有對(duì)本公司的成功貢獻(xiàn)一切力量的個(gè)人，我們相信，您一定會(huì)賞光。

如您確能參加，請(qǐng)來函告知您抵達(dá)的時(shí)間 —— 以便我們?yōu)槟才艜?huì)晤。當(dāng)然，所有安排您在[10日晚間]夜宿的費(fèi)用，皆將由公司代您支付。

邀請(qǐng)信的回復(fù)

邀請(qǐng)信的復(fù)信要求簡明扼要，在書寫時(shí)應(yīng)注意以下幾點(diǎn):

1. 接受邀請(qǐng)的復(fù)信中應(yīng)重復(fù)寫上邀請(qǐng)信中的某些內(nèi)容，如邀請(qǐng)年、月、日，星期幾、幾點(diǎn)鐘等，如 “I’ll be delighted to attend your luncheon next Friday, May the fifth, at twelve o’clock”。

2. 邀請(qǐng)信的復(fù)信中應(yīng)明確表明接受邀請(qǐng)還是不接受邀請(qǐng)，不能含乎其

詞，如不能寫 “I’ll come if I’m in town”。這類的話，以使得對(duì)方無法作出安排。在接受邀請(qǐng)的復(fù)信中，應(yīng)對(duì)受到邀請(qǐng)表示高興。謝卻的復(fù)信中應(yīng)闡明不能應(yīng)邀的原由。

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇6

凡文網(wǎng)為您推薦更多英文邀請(qǐng)！

尊敬的先生/女士：

當(dāng)天，我們將舉辦一個(gè)慶祝晚會(huì)，以紀(jì)念 總統(tǒng)的退休。 誠摯邀請(qǐng)您參加在 , , 從 到 p 的慶?；顒?dòng)。 米。

一直擔(dān)任總裁至今。 在此期間，其業(yè)務(wù)從 . 現(xiàn)在是我們感謝他多年模范領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的機(jī)會(huì)，并祝愿他退休愉快。 請(qǐng)加入我們，說再見。

再見。

此致

英文邀請(qǐng)函（共3封）如仍達(dá)不到要求，請(qǐng)?jiān)诜参木W(wǎng)搜索其他英文邀請(qǐng)函 邀請(qǐng)函樣本。

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英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇7

親愛的六年級(jí)同學(xué)們：

你們好！

為了進(jìn)一步加強(qiáng)校園文化建設(shè)，激發(fā)廣大學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)英語的興趣，營造濃烈的英語學(xué)習(xí)氛圍，我校于20xx年3月17日（星期日）上午8：00——11：30舉行“x才育中學(xué)第三屆英語節(jié)暨‘陽光英語’（Sunny Zone）”活動(dòng)。屆時(shí)有著名英語教育專家和眾多外籍教師參與，活動(dòng)集知識(shí)性、趣味性于一體。豐富多彩的有獎(jiǎng)游戲讓我們每個(gè)同學(xué)從輕松愉快的活動(dòng)中感受英語、應(yīng)用英語、體驗(yàn)學(xué)習(xí)英語的快樂；與老外零距離接觸讓你想說、敢說、大膽說英語；而專家學(xué)習(xí)方法的指導(dǎo)更會(huì)使你信心倍增、獲益匪淺。我們相信：你來參與，你就會(huì)快樂，你就一定有收獲！

我們的主題是：

Enjoy English！Enjoy life！快樂英語！快樂生活！

我們的口號(hào)是：

I believe I can！我相信我能行！

竭誠邀請(qǐng)你們屆時(shí)參加。

學(xué)校地址：xx區(qū)xx灣xx號(hào)（原三高中）

聯(lián)系電話：xxxxxxxx

學(xué)校網(wǎng)址：xxxxxxxx

交通方式：xxxxxxxxxxxx

xxx才育中學(xué)

xxxx年xx月xx日

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇8

October 9, 200xx

尊敬的 ：

本人欣喜地通知閣下 ，xxxx大酒店已于20xxx年10月6日開始試業(yè)，本人誠意邀請(qǐng) 閣下 于即日起至20xxx年10月31日期間蒞臨本酒店參觀指導(dǎo)。

本人并誠邀 閣下 于蒞臨當(dāng)天在本酒店之xxx餐廳享用國際美食自助晚餐，率先體驗(yàn)全城至IN至豪的HIP HOP潮流餐廳之飲食潮流。

熱忱期待 閣下光臨!

總經(jīng)理

確認(rèn)回復(fù)：請(qǐng)與本酒店公關(guān)銷售部 xx 小姐聯(lián)系，電話：8888 8888轉(zhuǎn)8888。

LETTER OF INVITATION

Dear ,

We take pleasure in informing you that xxxxxxx Hotel has commenced business on October 6, 20xxx, and welcome you to visit us during our “open house” days from October 9 to 31, 20xxx, an opportunity for you to examine the professional finishing and efficiency of a present day business hotel.

I would be most honored if you can be my guest at dinner at the xxxxx Café on the day of your visit, and experience our international cuisine and the superb dinning ambience of modern day Guangzhou.

Looking forward to your presence,

Yours truly,

General Manager

R.S.V.P.: Please contact Ms. xxxxxx, Public Relations at 8888 88888 ext. 88889.

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇9

Dear Tom Cruise,

First of all, thank you for inviting me to attend your birthday party to be held on Jan 20, 20xx. I would like to accept your warm invitation but I can not due to an earlier appointment.

Two weeks ago, I made an appointment with one of my high-school classmates. He will accompany his mother who suffers from cancer to Beijing to see a doctor. Since he is a stranger in Beijing, he asks me for help and I have consented.

Anyway I feel sorry for disappointing you. However please wait to receive my surprising gift for you by EMS on your birthday. Many Happiness returns of the day!

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

親愛的湯姆·克魯斯，

首先，感謝您邀請(qǐng)我參加20xx年1月20日的生日晚會(huì)。我想接受你的盛情邀請(qǐng)，但我不能提前預(yù)約。

兩周前，我和一個(gè)高中同學(xué)約好了。他將陪著身患癌癥的母親去北京看醫(yī)生。由于他是北京的一個(gè)陌生人，他向我求助，我也同意了。

不管怎樣，我很抱歉讓你失望了。不過，請(qǐng)等一下，在你生日的時(shí)候收到我給你的`驚喜禮物。生日快樂！

謹(jǐn)致問候，

李明

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇10

4. 謝絕不相識(shí)的人的.邀請(qǐng)

Apologizing for being unable to accept an invitation

Dear [Mrs. Brown]:

I have heard so much about [Lambert] from [Jane] that I almost feel as though I knew him. I would certainly enjoy meeting his mother!

But unfortunately I expect guests myself on [Friday, the seventh of May]; and therefore cannot accept your invitation for luncheon on that day.

It was thoughtful of you to invite me, and I am extremely sorry I cannot accept, I do hope you will ask me again some time!

Sincerely yours,

親愛的[布朗]:

我已經(jīng)從[簡]那里知道了許多關(guān)于[蘭伯特]的事，我好像已經(jīng)認(rèn)識(shí)他似的，能夠去見他母親我當(dāng)然覺得十分榮幸!

但是很不湊巧:在[5月7日(星期五)]我自己要招待客人， 因此就不能接受您在那天的午宴邀請(qǐng)了。

承您如此熱情地相約，恰巧因事不能前往，深表歉意，但愿以后能再次榮獲您的邀請(qǐng)。

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇11

準(zhǔn)備晚會(huì)是一個(gè)繁瑣而開心的過程，當(dāng)你訂好菜單，重新布置了客廳，購置了全新的餐具，還差什么呢？邀請(qǐng)朋友們來晚會(huì)！打電話當(dāng)然簡單可取，但寫一封誠懇的英文邀請(qǐng)函會(huì)顯得更加隆重。

Hosting a dinner party can involve a lot of preparation, depending on how many people it is for and how elaborate the proceedings will be. One of the first jobs of hosting a dinner is to write the invitations for each of your guests. These invitations should contain all the important information about the dinner party that your guests need to know. How formal your invitation is ultimately depends on the type of dinner party you intend on having.

一封完整的邀請(qǐng)函要包括晚會(huì)的所有重要信息，包括時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、人員、著裝要求（有些晚會(huì)主人會(huì)確定dressing code，通常是一個(gè)主題元素，比如polka dots波點(diǎn)，大家的身上都要有一個(gè)波點(diǎn)的元素）。邀請(qǐng)函要多正式是根據(jù)晚會(huì)的正式程度定的。下面就向大家介紹寫作晚會(huì)邀請(qǐng)函的步驟。

1 State the request and the purpose of the dinner in your first line. For example, "James and Natalie invite you to join them for dinner to celebrate their first wedding anniversary." A more formal invitation might read, "Mr and Mrs Smith request the pleasure of your company at a dinner to celebrate their first wedding anniversary."

在文章的第一行寫上邀請(qǐng)對(duì)方來晚會(huì)的`初衷和目的。比如“James和Natalie邀請(qǐng)你來參加一周年結(jié)婚紀(jì)念日晚會(huì)?！备降膶懛ū热纭癝mith夫婦希望能有幸邀請(qǐng)您共同見證他們的結(jié)婚一周年紀(jì)念日晚會(huì)?！?/p>

2 Write the date and time that the dinner party will be held. For example, "Tuesday, 5th July 2011, 7:30 p.m."

接下來寫上晚會(huì)的時(shí)間。比如“2011年7月5日（周二），晚上7：30”

3 Inform your guests where the dinner is taking place. For example, "At Home," or "At Two Chefs Restaurant." Be sure to include the address of the venue.

記得寫明地點(diǎn)。比如“在我家”，或者“在雙主廚餐廳”。記得要寫明具體的地址。

4 Provide details concerning the dress code. Black tie or smart casual are typical dinner party choices.

提供具體的著裝要求。黑領(lǐng)帶，或者休閑正裝是常見的晚會(huì)著裝。

5 Place an RSVP at the base of the invitation with contact details such as a phone number or email address. The RSVP requests that recipients

inform you whether they will attend or not. With a more formal invitation, you can include a reply card and a self-addressed envelope for responses. ?在邀請(qǐng)函下方附上回執(zhí)。（RSVP是回執(zhí)的意思，來自法語 répondez s'il vous pla?t, 意思是 "Respond, if you please.”）回執(zhí)可以通過電話或者郵箱回復(fù)。回執(zhí)是讓對(duì)方告知你愿不愿意出席。更正式的回執(zhí)通常會(huì)有一張卡片和一個(gè)用來答復(fù)的信封，方便客人回復(fù)。

其實(shí)寫清楚一封英語的晚會(huì)邀請(qǐng)函也不是那么難，對(duì)不對(duì)？只要掌握要點(diǎn)，飽含誠意，記得要回執(zhí)，這個(gè)過程就可以簡單有序地完成啦！

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇12

Dear,

We hereby sincerely invite you and your company representatives to visit our booth at The Canton Fair Center from Oct 31th to Nov 4th 20xx. We’re one of the manufacturers specialized in men's PU and Leather shoes,

inconcluding sandals & leisure shoes and children's shoes. Our products are both in high quality and reasonable price.

It would be a great pleasure to meet you at the exhibition. We expect to

establish long-term business relations with your company in future. Welcome to our booth :

Exhibition Center: The Pazhou Exhibition Center

Booth Number: 10.1 I35-36, J13-14

Date: Oct 31th to Nov 4th 20xx

We are looking forward to your coming!

Sincerely Yours,

2. 給打樣過但未曾下單的客戶：

Dear,

We got your name and address from the 109 Period Canton Fair. We also sent you some shoes samples .Hereby we sincerely invite you and your

company representatives to visit our booth at the Canton Fair from Oct 31th to Nov 4th 20xx.

We will display our latest best shoes samples at the fair, and I am sure there must be some kinds attracting your attention.

Enclosed our booth information as below:

Exhibition Center: The Pazhou Exhibition Center Booth Number: 10.1 I35-36, J13-14

Date: Oct 31th to Nov 4th 20xx

Welcome to Guangzhou Fair, we will treasure every opportunity to meet with you, our valued customer.

We are looking forward to your coming!

Thanks with Best Regards,

Jacky

3. 寫給108屆廣交會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)的客戶

Dear,

We got your name and address from the 108 Period Canton Fair. We hereby sincerely invite you and your company representatives to visit our booth at the Canton Fair from Oct 31th to Nov 4th 20xx. We will display our latest best shoes samples at the fair, and I am sure there must be some kinds attracting your attention.

Enclosed our booth information as below:

Exhibition Center: The Pazhou Exhibition Center

Booth Number: 10.1 I35-36, J13-14

Date: Oct 31th to Nov 4th 20xx

Welcome to Guangzhou Fair. We are looking forward to your coming!

Thanks with Best Regards,

Jacky

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇13

英文邀請(qǐng)函格式的范文篇一

Dear sir/madam:

Im delighted you have accepted our invitation to speak at the Conference in [city] on [date].

As we agreed, youll be speaking on the topic XX from [time] to [time]. There will be an additional minutes for questions.

Would you please tell me what kind of audio-visual equipment youll need. If you could let me know your specific requirements by [date], Ill have plenty of time to make sure that the hotel provides you with what you need.

Thank you again for agreeing to speak. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely yours,

[name]

[title]

英文邀請(qǐng)函格式的范文篇二

Dear Sir or Madam:

We are very pleased to invite Mr. ****** come to our company for visiting and business negotiation. The business trip will start from 30th Oct. 2006 . And because the long business co-operation in future between ****** company. and us, they will come to China for many times. Please note, however, that we dont assume any legal or financial responsibility whatever regarding the presence of ****** in China. All expenses of ******Sjourney to/from China, their stay in China as well as health insurance will be borne by their employers. We send you our kindest regards and best wishes for a pleasant trip.

英文邀請(qǐng)函格式的范文篇三cnsjbj.cn

May 5,201X

Dear Mike,

This Saturday is my birthday and my parents will hold a simple celebrating party for me. I am glad to invite you to come to the party. Blair, Emma and Roan will also be invited. I am sure we will have a good time. We will have dinner at 18:30 so that you are wished to come at 18:15. My mother is a good cook and you will enjoy the dishes. After the dinner, we will play some small games and then eat the cake. My parents and I sincerely expect you to come and hope to see you then.

True yours,

Daniel

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇14

Dear Petty,

I hope you didn’t make any plane for this weekend. You know I am moving into the new house, and I sincerely invite you to come to my new house. I will hold a celebration party on Saturday night. The scenery here is fantastic that I am sure you will like it. On Saturday, you can walk around my house after you get here. The party will begin at 7:00. You can live in my house that night. On Sunday, we can go fishing or play table tennis. So please do some preparation for them. You can drive here and you will see a board “Kelly’s Home” near the road. It only takes you one hour to get here. I hope there will be nothing stopping you to come.

Yours affectionately,

Kelly

親愛的貝蒂：

希望你這個(gè)周末沒有什么安排!你知道我就要搬到新房了，我真誠的邀請(qǐng)你來我的新房。星期六晚上我會(huì)舉行一個(gè)慶祝晚會(huì)。那里的景色漂亮迷人，我相信你一定會(huì)喜歡的。星期六到這里后你可以在我家到處看看。晚會(huì)將在7點(diǎn)開始，到時(shí)候你可以住在我家。你可以開車過來，然后你會(huì)看見路邊的一塊板上寫著“凱麗家”。你到這里只需一個(gè)小時(shí)，我希望你不會(huì)有什么事情而不能來。

英文邀請(qǐng)函 篇15

“20xx年6月5日是哈佛大學(xué)的畢業(yè)典禮，請(qǐng)來的演講嘉賓是《哈利波特》的作者J.K.羅琳女士。她的演講題目是《失敗的好處和想象的重要性》（The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination）。她幾乎沒有談到哈里波特，而是說了年輕時(shí)的一些經(jīng)歷。雖然J·K·羅琳現(xiàn)在很有錢，是英國僅次于女皇的最富有的女人，但是她曾經(jīng)有一段非常艱辛的日子，30歲了，還差點(diǎn)流落街頭。她主要談的是，自己從這段經(jīng)歷中學(xué)到的東西?！?/p>

以下是英文文稿和中文翻譯：

Text as delivered follows.

Copyright of JK Rowling, June 20xx

President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates,

The first thing I would like to say is thank you.Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the worlds largest Gryffindor reunion.

Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I

thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I cant remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.

You seeIf all you remember in years to come is the gay wizardjoke, Ive come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals: the first step to self improvement.

acked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to you today. I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation, and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that have expired between that day and this.

I have come up with two answers. On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure. And as you stand on the threshold of what is sometimes called real life, I want to extol the crucial importance of imagination.

These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but please bear with me.

Looking back at the 21-year-old that I was at graduation, is a slightly uncomfortable experience for the 42-year-old that she has become. Half my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between the ambition I had for myself, and what those closest to me expected of me. I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do, ever, was to write novels. However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension. I know that the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil, now.

So they hoped that I would take a vocational degree; I wanted to study English Literature. A compromise was reached that in retrospect satisfied nobody, and I went up to study Modern Languages. Hardly had my parentscar rounded the corner at the end of the road than I ditched German and scuttled off down the Classics corridor.

I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the keys to an executive bathroom.

I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiry date on blaming your

parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. What is more, I cannot criticise my parents for hoping that I would never experience poverty. They had been poor themselves, and I have since been poor, and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.

What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty, but failure. At your age, in spite of a distinct lack of motivation at university, where I had spent far too long in the coffee bar writing stories, and far too little time at lectures, I had a knack for passing examinations, and that, for years, had been the measure of success in my life and that of my peers.

I am not dull enough to suppose that because you are young, gifted and well-educated, you have never known hardship or heartbreak. Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the Fates, and I do not for a moment suppose that everyone here has enjoyed an existence of uuffled privilege and contentment.

However, the fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you are not very well-acquainted with failure. You might be driven by

a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success. Indeed, your conception of failure might not be too far from the average persons idea of success, so high have you already flown.

Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you a set of criteria if you let it. So I think it fair to say that by any conventional measure, a mere seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.

Now, I am not going to stand here and tell you that failure is fun. That period of my life was a dark one, and I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution. I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality. So why do I talk about the benefits of failureSimply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the

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