Answer Key
Invitations – Practice 1
Fill in the missing words and expressions. The first letter prompt will help you fill in the right word or expression.
Dear Mr. Moriarity:
The [purpose] of this letter is to [formally] invite you, on [behalf] of the Board of Directors, to be the Closing Keynote Speaker at the upcoming 2006 IDCRI Conference.
The theme of this conference is "Disabling the Disability – Looking It Straight In the Eye".It will be [held] at the Mountainview Conference Facility, in Montpelier, Vermont from December 3 to 5, 2006.
For your information, Susan Crutchlow of Taming the Environment will be the opening Keynote Speaker. The provisional title of her presentation is "The Disabled Environment – Can We Help It?". We will [forward] a complete draft speaker program to you in a couple of weeks to give you an idea of the specific subjects that will be covered by the other speakers.
We expect attendance this year to be the highest ever; in the area of 2,000 delegates and 150 speakers. This includes a large contingent from our new European Chapter that is based in Geneva. You may have heard that Dr. Walton Everinson will be presenting a major paper on his latest research into "Genetic ReEngineering". We are already receiving inquiries from all over the world about Dr. Everinson's presentation.
In [closing] , we would be [pleased] and [honored] if you would [consent] to be our closing speaker at the 2006 ICDRI Conference.
I will call you in a week or so to [follow] up on this.
Yours sincerely,
Richard Bagnall
Executive Director
International Disabled Children Research Institute