语音测试，请关注微信公众号：英语主播Emily，在公众号里回复”节目“即可。He took Monday off.他星期一休息。He is on annual leave. 他休年假去了。I'm taking a few days off next week, the kids are off school. 下周我要请几天假，孩子们放假了。Why don't you take a day of sick leave?你为什么不请一天病假呢？I'm asking for a three-day personal leave, because my wife is giving birth. 因为我太太要生了，我要请三天假。You may have one month of paid-holiday every year. 你每年有一个月的带薪假期。经典对话：A: Have you finished going through the contract?你看完合同了吗？go through表示“浏览”B: Yes, but I have a few questions for you.看完了，不过我有几个问题要问你。A: Okay, ask anyway.好，你问。B: First, I'd like to know if you offer employees sick leave?首先，我想知道你们这里有没有为员工提供病假？A: Employees can take up to 10 days of sick leave per year. However, in order to get paid, you will have to bring in a note from the doctors.有，员工每年有十天病假。不过如果不想扣工资的话，最好找医生开假条。B: Even if I'm only sick for one day?即使我只生病一天也要开吗？A: That's correct.没错。B: That's pretty strict, if you ask me. 如果你问我意见的话，我觉得这条规定太严苛了。A: Well, we've had to add that to the contract because we found that many of our employees were taking almost one day a month, even though they weren't sick. 嗯，我们必须要把这条写进合同。因为以前我们这儿有很多员工即使没有生病，也几乎每月都要修一次病假。B: I see. I guess that makes sense.我懂了，你们这样做确实有道理。make sense表示“有道理；讲得通”A: Do you have any other questions?你还有其他问题吗？B:Yes. Maternity leave is mentioned in the contract, but there's nothing in the contract about paternity leave. Do you offer anything to fathers?有，合同里涉及了产假，可是没有提到父亲假，公司有没有为新父亲们提供假期？be mentioned in...表示“有在...被涉及/提到”A: We do actually. We can add that as an amendment to your contract.有的。我们可以把这一条作为补充条款写进你的合同。amendment表示“修正案；修改”B: How many days of paternity leave do you offer?你们提供多少天的父亲假期？A: Men are allowed to take ten days of paternity leave for their first child.男性员工有十天假期。be allowed to...表示“被允许...”比如“你被允许吃完饭抽根烟”翻译为“You are allowed to smoke after the meal”。那“不被允许做”就是“be not allowed to”B: Why are women allowed so much more time for maternity leave?为什么女性的产假比这要多的多呢？A: Well, women are the ones giving birth. I think it's fair to give them more time, don't you?女性要经历生产过程，我觉得给她们更多时间休息很合理，你不觉得吗？B: I guess so. I don't have any other questions. Should I sign here then?合理，我没有其他问题了，是在这儿签字吗？A: Yes, please. 是的，请签吧。

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