vacation [vei'keiʃən]

vacation的基本解释

n.

假期,休假

• School is closed for the summer and children are on vacation.
• 学校夏天关闭，孩子们放假。

• His vacation of a good position was unwise.
• 他辞去一个好的职务是不明智的。

• I worked in a small beachside restaurant during the college vacation.
• 我在学院放假时，在一家小的海滨餐馆打工。

v.

<美>度假,休假

vacation的同义词

v. holiday

n. sabbatical · holiday · liberty · rest · recess · furlough · leave

与vacation相关的情景对话

衣食住行/Holidays and Benefits-(假期和福利)

A:

Anything else?

还有其它的吗？

B:

Yes, one last thing. How much holiday time do you give your employees every year?

是的，还有最后一件事。每年你们提供给员工的假期怎样的？

A:

Our employees receive fifteen days of paid vacation every year. If you don’t use the full fifteen days, they carry over to the following year.

员工有15天的有薪假期。如果没有休完15天的话，可以顺沿至下一年。

B:

How about sick days?

那么病假呢？

A:

You get five paid sick days.

5天有薪病假。

B:

Any other benefits?

还有没有其他的福利？

A:

Yes, we have an excellent retirement plan and medical insurance as well.

还有，我们公司还有一项极好的退休规划和医疗保险。

B:

Great. Thanks so much for your time.

谢谢您花时间给我面试。

A:

We’ll contact you soon, Ted. Thanks for coming in.

我们会尽快和你联系，特德。谢谢你能来。

休闲娱乐,旅游英语/了解海关手续

A:

You've traveled abroad a lot, Jim, so would you like to tell me something about clearing customs.

吉姆，你经常出国旅游，能向我介绍一下关于通关的情况吗？

B:

When you arrive in a country, you clear customs. A lot of countries have two channels: the green channel and the red channel. Some countries, like India, have three channels: the white channel, the green channel and the red channel.

到达一个国家时要通关。许多国家的海关有两种通道：绿色通道和红色通道。还有些国家如印度有三种通道：白色通道、绿色通道和红色通道。

A:

Then what are the differences between the green channel and red channel?

那么绿色通道和红色通道之间有什么区别呢？

B:

If you have more than the duty-free allowances or prohibited goods, you go through the red channel and declare them to a customs officer. If you otherwise have nothing to declare, you go straight through the green channel unless you are asked to stop by an officer. 如果你携带的东西超出免税的范围或属于禁带物品，你

就得从红色通道通过并向海关官员申报物品。如果你没有需要申报的物品而海关官员又没有阻拦你，你就可以直接通过绿色通道了。

A:

I see.I'm told that we'll have to state the purpose of going to a certain country, is it true?

我明白了。我听说去一个国家时需要陈述旅行的目的，是吗？

B:

That's right. People go aboard for different purposes: some for pleasure, some on vacation, some on business, and some for other purposes.

是的。人们出国都各有目的：有的为了消遣，有的出去度假，有的是因公出差，有的是为了其他目的。

A:

I'm going to New Zealand for sightseeing. What should I say if they ask about my purpose?

我要去新西兰观光，如果他们问我旅行的目的我该怎么说呢？

B:

Just saying "sightseeing" is OK.

说"观光"就行了。