2. I was invited to give a talk at the meeting. 昨天我应邀在会上发言．

e. cost, take, pay, spend

　 cost　 v. 花费金钱,时间,劳力, 事物作主语

n. (u. c.)作名词时表示‘成本’、‘价钱”、“费用’，用作可数或不可数名词．

　 living costs生活费用

　 the cost of a book一本书的成本

　 What's the cost of the car? 那辆汽车得花多少钱？

　take　 花费时间, 事物作主语

1．　 We shall invite one of our friends to dinner tonight.

　　 今晚我们将邀请一位朋友吃饭．

14.The soldier received (=suffered) a bad wound in the head. 那士兵头部受伤严重．

d. invite sb. to a place　 表示“邀请某人去某处”，to是介词，后面可接表示活动或聚会地点的名词．

　 invite，b．to do sth　 表示·邀请某人做某事”．to为不定式符号．

13.She went to the door to receive (=welcome) her visitors. 她走到门前迎接客人。

12.He received (= welcomed) his guests with a smile. 他向来宾微笑表示欢迎．

11.You will receive (=get) a warm welcome when you get here. 你到时会受到热烈欢迎．

10.She received (=got) a doctor's degree at the age of twenty-eight.

她在二十八岁时获得博士学位．

9. He received (=got)　 a good education. 他受到过良好的教育．

8. The young man was accepted/received (=admitted) into the organization.

这位男青年被吸收加入这个组织．

[注]如果不强调主观．而把某事作为一种客观情况来叙述．则receive 也可用来表示“吸收”或“承认”．

　receive 自然获得 (= get), 接待 (= welcome), 遭受 (= suffer) 瞬间动词,

accept不能这样用．

　　　　 It's five days since I received your letter. = I received your letter five days ago

　　　　 (不能用： I have received your letter for five days. )

7. His new theory was widely accepted/received (= recognized).

　　 他的新理论被广泛地承认和肯定．