A: Chris, do you have a few minutes? I want to ask you about vacation time.

A: Chris，你有时间吗？我想和你谈谈度假的时间。

B: Sure, have a seat.

B: 行啊，坐吧。

A: Well as you know I’ve been here for a year now and I haven’t taken any time off. And to be truthful, I’m a bit frightened to ask Mr. Thompson for time off, that’s why I came to you first.

A: 嗯，你知道的，我来这儿已经一年了，从没请过假。而且说老实话，我有点不敢向Thompson先生请假，这就是为什 么我先来问你的原因。

B: I’m guessing you’ve heard the rumors that if you ask him for anything he’ll fire you on the spot. B: 我猜你听说了那个不管你向他要求任何事他都会立刻炒了你的传闻。

A: Yes, I have. Are they true?

A: 是啊，是真的吗？

B: No, not at all! Rumors are just that, rumors! Now, let’s look at how many vacation days you have…Okay, looks like you have 10 vacation days. And you haven’t used up any of your sick days, correct?

B: 当然是假的！谣言就是谣言！现在，我们看看你还剩多少假期…好，看起来你还有10天假期，而且你的病假也一天都 没用过，是这样吗？

A: Correct.

A: 是这样的。

B: So that’s 5 sick days. Well, it definitely looks like you’re due for a vacation. If you want to request time off, you’ll need to fill out some forms. Let me just print them out for you…Here you go.

B: 我是5天病假，嗯，看起来你肯定要度个假了。如果你想申请休假，你要填一些表格。我帮你打印出来吧…诺，给 你。

A: Can I return these to you whenever?

A: 我随便什么时候还给你都行吗？

B: The earlier you hand them in, the better. But our policy states that you must give us at least one month’s notice.

B: 越早提交越好。但是我们的政策规定是你至少要提前一个月申请休假。