【英语翻译Ifsomeoneasksifyouarefreeatacertaintimeandinvitesyoutoanevent,youarenotrequiredtocommityourselfuntilyouknowwhattheinvitationisfor.Forexample,ifyousaythatyou’refreeandtheinvitationturnsouttobes】

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　　Ifsomeoneasksifyouarefreeatacertaintimeandinvitesyoutoanevent,youarenotrequiredtocommityourselfuntilyouknowwhattheinvitationisfor.Forexample,ifyousaythatyou’refreeandtheinvitationturnsouttobesomethingyou’dhatetodo(atriptoalocalsightyou’veseententimes),thenyouwillbeinapositiontotakebackyouracceptanceorinventanexcuselater.Ifthishappens,tellthepersonwhoinvitesyouthatyouhavetocheckandthatyou’lltellhimorherlater.Ifaninvitationmustberefused,mostpeopleexpectareason.Thefollowingsequencewouldbeappropriate:apology,reasonforrefusal,thanksfortheinvitation.

　　Whensomeoneasksyoutohisorherhome,itisveryclearwhoistheguestandwhoisthehost,butinvitationstorestaurantsforlunch,dinner,coffee,adrink,etc.,sometimespresentproblems,andthecustomsvaryindifferentpartsoftheUnitedStates.

　　Inmanyinstancesitistheinviterwhopays,asonewouldexpect,butinsomeinstanceseachonepayshisorherowncheck:You“goDutch.”Thisisoftenthecasewithfriendsininformalsituations,suchas“Let’sgoandgetabeer”or“Wantacupofcoffee?”Insomepartsofthecountry,however,somepeopleliketoentertainfriendsbytakingthemtoarestaurantfordinnerinsteadofhavingdinnerathome.Inthiscasethehostexpectstopayandtheguestmayoffertoleavethetip,whichmaybedeclinedbythehost.(Ifso,justletthematterdrop.)Iftheinvitationisexpressedinfairlycasualterms,suchas“Let’sgoto(nameofarestaurant)fordinner,”itmaybemoreofasuggestionthananinvitation,soyoushouldbepreparedtopayyourpartofthebill.

　　Ifyouwanttoinvitesomeoneforamealatarestaurant,beexplicit:“I’dliketotakeyouto…”Americansshouldbeexplicitalso,buttheyoftenassumeyouknowthelocalcustomsinthematter.Askafriend’sadviceifyouarenotsure.

　　Therearealsophrasesthatsoundlikeinvitationsbutinfactarenot.Peoplemaysaythingslike:“We’llhavetogettogethersometime”or“You’llhavetocomeoverandvisitussometime.”Youcanidentifysuchnon-invitationsbytheirgenerality——thereisnospecifictimementioned,andtheword“sometime”isoftenused.Theyareoftenritualexpressionsofparting.Ontheseoccasionsyoucouldrespond:“Yes,thatw