Day 27:Englishpod(Asking for Time Off)

Hey, guys,

I am Carla.

不好意思，我昨天居然忘记更新了OMG和我的小伙伴们去玩了，嘿到忘记打卡（真的是）大家要好好监督我的学习哦，以后绝不能这样。

来吧，又是美好的一天，星期六，打卡第27，快要一个月了Here we go.

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Englishpod第二十七期（听力音频）

A: Mr. McKenna, do you have a second? I need to talk to you about something. 

B: Sure, Liv, what can I do for you? 

A: Well, I was just wondering. . . you see, I know I’ve used up all my vacation days this year, but my sister is getting married, and the wedding is overseas, and, well. . . 

B: You wanna take some time off, is that right? 

A: Well, sir, I was just hoping that I might be able to take some unpaid leave this year. 

B: What dates are you planning on taking off? I’ll need at least two months notice, so that I can plan for your absence. 

A: I was thinking of taking off from September first until the thirtieth . Would you be okay with that? 

B: Well, I guess so. 

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Okay,next part is 重点单词，句型讲解

1.have a second 有空吗

e.g. Open your mouth whenever youhave a second!

一有空就张开嘴巴！

2.used up  用光，用完

e.g. Spare capacity has been used up. Where it can, foreign capital is pouring in. 

但剩余产已被用尽，接着外国资本涌入。

3.take some unpaid leave  事假（无薪假）

e.g. I would like to take some unpaid leave if it's possible.

如果可以的话，我想请事假。

4. Would you be okay with that? 你不介意吧？感觉可以吧？

e.g. Would it be okay with your husband to have a trip?

和你丈夫去旅游可以吧？

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今天的内容就到这里了，Thanks for your reading.

See u next week.