[00:08.18]A Letter Declining An Invitation
[00:11.98]Dear Mickey,
[00:14.40]I'm very glad that you invited me
[00:17.16]to travel to Shangri-la
[00:18.83]together with you this summer vacation.
[00:21.44]However, I'm afraid that I will not be able to go with you.
[00:26.05]The main reason
[00:27.82]is that I have been invited to attend
[00:30.31]an international conference
[00:32.18]as the student representative of our university this August,
[00:36.72]so I'll have to spend a lot of time making preparation
[00:40.89]for the speech at the conference beforehand.
[00:43.69]Besides, my thesis, which is merely half done,
[00:48.60]is due at the beginning of next semester.
[00:51.46]A pile of documents and several surveys remain
[00:55.44]to be done during the summer vacation.
[00:58.49]What's more, the traveling expense is also a problem
[01:03.30]since I'm saving money to buy a new laptop.
[01:06.23]It is a great pity that I cannot travel with you this time.
[01:10.71]I hope we will have the chance to travel together in the next vacation.
[01:15.50]Wish you a nice trip!
[01:17.36]Yours,
[01:18.61]Li Ming
[01:19.67]
