时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:生活英语情景口语


英语课

P: have you finished going through the contract?

K: yes, but I have a few questions for you.

P: Ok. Ask away.

K: first, I’d like to know if you offer employees sick leave.

P: yes, employees can take up to 10 days of sick leave per year. However, in order to get paid, you’ll have to bring in a note from the doctor’s.

K: even if I’m only sick for one day?

P: that’s correct.

K: that’s pretty strict, if you ask me.

P: well, we’ve had to add that to the contract because we found that many of our employees were taking almost one sick day a monty, even though they weren’t sick.

K: I see. I guess that makes sense.

P: do you have any other questions?

K: yes. Maternity 1 leave is mentioned in the contract, but there’s nothing in the contract alout paternity leave. Do you offer anything to fathers?

P: we do actually. We can add that as an amendment 2 to your contract.

K: how many days of paternity leave do you offer?

P: men are allowed to take 10 days of paternity leave for their first child.

K: why are women allowed so much more time for materniry leave?

P: qwll, women are the ones giving birth. I think it’s fair to give them more time, don’t you?

K: I guess so. I don’t have any other questions. Should I sign here then?

P: yes, please.

你看完合同了吗?

看完了,不过我有几个问题要问你.

好,问吧.

首先我想知道你们这里有没有为员工提供病假?

有,员工每年有10天病假.不过,如果不想扣工资的话最好交医生开的假条.

即使我只生病一天也要开吗?

没错.

如果你问我意见的话,我觉得这条规定太苛刻了.

嗯,我们必须把这一条写进合同,因为以前我们这儿很多员工即使没病,也几乎每月都要休一次病假.

我懂了.你们这样做确实有道理.

你还有其它什么问题吗?

有.合同里涉及了产假,可是没有提到父亲假.公司没有为新父亲们提供假期?

有的.我们可以把这一条作为补充条款写进你的合同.

那公司能给几天的父亲假呢?

头一胎的话,男性员工有10天假期.

为什么女性的产假比男性的多得多?

嗯,女性要经历生产过程,我觉得给他们更多时间休息很合理,你不觉的吗?

合理,我没有其他问题了.是在这里签字吗?

是的,签字吧.

Sick leave: permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work 病假

to be on sick leave 休病假


maternity leave: a period of time when a woman temporarily leaves her job to have a baby 产假


amendment: a small change or improvement that is made to a law or a document; the process of changing a law or a document (法律、文件的)改动,修正案,修改,修订

to introduce/propose/table an amendment(= to suggest it)

提出一项修正案

She made several minor 3 amendments 4 to her essay.

她对自己的论文作了几处小的修改.

Parliament passed the bill without further amendment.

议会未作进一步修改便通过了法案.


 



1 maternity
n.母性,母道,妇产科病房;adj.孕妇的,母性的
  • Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
  • Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。
2 amendment
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
3 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
4 amendments
(法律、文件的)改动( amendment的名词复数 ); 修正案; 修改; (美国宪法的)修正案
  • The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
  • Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。