打工、實習難免需要「請假」、找人「代班」,對上班族來說「加班」更是常態,偶爾還需要「出差」,想去海外實習或到外商公司上班的朋友們,這些工作上超級實用的英文不能不會啊!
在開始之前,先和大家分享一部相關影片,其中談到許多道地的講法和等等會教的句型哦!
請假
take…leave / take…day(s) off 請假
請假最普遍的說法是take….day(s) off或take…leave,字面上的意思就是「沒有來(上班/上課…)」,像是:
take a leave或take a day off請一天假;take a 3-day leave或take 3 days off請三天假
I have 3 days off.
我有三天的假。I'm going to take a day off.
我將要請一天假。
請假原因百百種,帶大家認識最常見的幾個假期名稱:
personal leave 事假
sick leave 病假
annual leave 特休
official leave 公假
marriage leave 婚假
funeral/bereavement leave 喪假
maternity leave 產假
paternity leave 陪產假
menstruation leave 生理假
I was on leave for three days for personal reasons.
= I was on personal leave for three days.
我請了三天事假。
接下來再跟大家介紹幾個和請假有關的常用單字與片語:
ask for leave 向…請假/grant leave 准假/on leave 告假中/leave request form 假單
A:I'm not feeling well. I'd like to ask for a sick leave this afternoon.
我有點不舒服,今天下午想要請病假。
B:Sure. Remember to fill out the leave request form and I will approve it later.
好,那你記得要填好假單,我等等會簽。
call in sick 打電話到公司請病假
辦公室內常會用到這個片語,如果接到某個同事請病假的電話,要轉告其他同事,就可以說call in sick。