Welcome to Repeat After Me – Lesson 13, where we practice making invitations in English! Knowing how to invite someone politely is an important skill for building connections and starting conversations. In this lesson, you’ll learn practical sentences for making friendly invitations while improving your fluency with techniques like intonation, pauses, blending, and reductions.

📘 What You’ll Learn: Essential Invitation Phrases: Practice sentences like "Do you want to come over?" and "Would you like to have dinner with me?" to invite someone confidently. Blending and Reductions: Learn how to reduce and blend phrases like "Do you" into "D’ya" and "Would you" into "Wouldya" for natural speech. Using Intonation and Pauses: Understand how to use intonation to make your invitations sound warm and inviting. Real-Life Practice: Build confidence with examples like "Let’s meet at 3 o’clock" and "Why don’t you come with us?" for everyday conversations.

👩‍🏫 Perfect For: English learners looking to improve their conversational skills. ESL students practicing polite and friendly expressions. Anyone wanting to sound more natural and fluent in English.

📘 本課重點

1. 邀約核心句型
   ▸ 輕鬆邀約："要來我家嗎？"（Do you want to come over?）
   ▸ 正式邀請："願意和我共進晚餐嗎？"（Would you like to have dinner with me?）

重點筆記：
◦ "Do you" → 連讀成 "D’ya"（/ˈdjə/，舌尖輕觸下齒齦）
◦ "Would you" → 弱讀為 "Wouldya"（/ˈwʊdjə/，雙唇微張放鬆）

2. 連讀與弱讀技巧
   ▸ 短句融合："Let’s meet at 3" → 連讀成 "Lets-mee-dat-three"（/lɛts miːd æt θriː/）
   ▸ 邀約軟化："Why don’t you" → /ˈwaɪ doʊnʧə/（"don’t you" 合併為鼻音化塞擦音）
3. 語調與停頓策略
   ▸ 熱情上揚："How about ↗ coffee tomorrow?"（強調活動時音調提高）
   ▸ 留白空間："Are you free... ■ this weekend?"（停頓0.5秒製造期待感）
4. 實用情境演練
   ▸ 時間提議："下午3點見"（Let’s meet at 3 o’clock）
   ▸ 團體邀請："和我們一起來吧！"（Why don’t you come with us?）

👩🏫 適合對象

✓ 常猶豫如何開口邀約的學習者
✓ 需籌辦跨國會議的專案經理
✓ 準備留學社交的學生