如何用英文回复“邀请”

 　　您的朋友对您作出了以下邀请：would you like to go out with me for a dinner tonight?，那么你可以如何来回复这个晚餐邀请呢？

　　1．你正好很想去，也有时间：

　　Great, I'd love to, would you like to pick me up at the gate of school? 太棒了，我太想去了，你能到学校大门口来接我吗？

　　Wonderful, it's so nice of you. Shall we meet at 7 at your place?

　　好极了，你真好，我们晚上7点钟到你那儿集合好吗？

　　Sounds great, I love pizza, can we have pizza tonight?

　　听上去太好了，我喜欢比萨，我们晚上去吃比萨好吗？

　　2. 你很想去，但正好有其它事情(或其它原因)不能去：

　　That's great, but I'm afraid I won't be available tonight; can we make it some other time?

　　很好啊，但我恐怕今晚没时间，下一次吧。

　　I love to have a dinner with you, but I'm preoccupied¹ tonight, how about tomorrow night?

　　我很乐意和你一起吃晚餐，但我今晚事先有安排，明晚怎样？

　　You're so sweet, but may we fix another time, I don't feel like going out tonight.

　　你真好，能重新安排个时间吗，今晚有点不想出门。

　　3．你不太想去，但还要温婉拒绝：

　　I'd love to, but you know, I'm not feeling well today, I do need a rest. 我很想去，但你知道，我今天有点不舒服，我想休息一下。

　　I'd love to, however…I have to work extra hours tonight, you know, there's an urgent² email to deal with.

　　我很想去，但是…今晚我要加班，有个紧急的邮件要处理。

　　Well, I'd love to, but…the weather forecast says it's going to rain tonight.

　　这样啊，我真的很想去…但是…天气预报说今晚会下雨。

1 preoccupied   

adj.全神贯注的，入神的；被抢先占有的；心事重重的v.占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)

参考例句：

• He was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. 他只顾想着心事，没注意到有什么不对。
• The question of going to the Mount Tai preoccupied his mind. 去游泰山的问题盘踞在他心头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 urgent   

a.紧急的，急迫的，紧要的

参考例句：

• He asked to see the manager for something urgent. 他有急事求见经理。
• A part of this urgent task was allotted to us. 这项紧急任务的一部分分给了我们。