We can never afford to take time off from work to enjoy the things in life that we really want to, because our bills are so high.

我们无法从工作中抽出时间去享受生活中我们真正想要的东西，因为我们的账单额太高了。

Learn to switch off from work by leaving the office, switch off the BlackBerry, and do not take any calls at a certain time after work.

学会离开办公室停止工作，关掉黑莓，下班后的某个特定的时间不接任何电话。

If you can, take a day off from work.

如果可能，休息一天不要工作。

A man had just been laid off from work.

有个男人刚刚丢了工作。

You need a break. Why not take a week off from work?

你需要休息。为什么不歇一个星期呢？

I'm off from work today, because I'm not feeling well.

我今天不上班，因为我感觉不舒服。

Martin: I'm finally getting a day off from work next week.

马丁：我终于在下周得到一天休假。

Yes, it's a holiday, with most Americans enjoying a day off from work.

是的，这是一个假日，大多数美国人在这天享受休假。

To enter even the smallest wood is to cut yourself off from work and home.

仅仅是一个很小的树林子，就足以把你和工作家庭隔绝起来。

Mothers now have eight weeks off from work to nurse their new-born babies.

现在母亲有八周假期给新生婴儿喂奶。

Lily: you don't look too well. Maybe you should take the day off from work.

你看起来气色不太好。也许你应该请一天假。

Jay: Yes, I use public transportation everyday, even on my days off from work.

杰伊：是的，我每天都乘公共交通，甚至我不工作的时候。

Their father couldn't take time off from work to visit his son in the hospital.

他们的父亲又不能请假到医院探望。

My husband was enjoying the day off from work and watched me scurry about the house.

丈夫美美地享受着他的休息日，看着我在房子里忙来忙去。

People who step out for coffee or a smoke are, by definition, taking time off from work.

这些人总是在上班的时间，要么去泡杯咖啡，要么就去吸口烟。

New York man was forced to take a day off from work to appear for a minor traffic summons.

一个纽约人因为一场小的交通事故案，不得不请了一天假出庭。

A saved personal day off from work, so when the mood strikes, you can just stay in and get jobs in bed.

要有一天属于自己的时间。这样当不想上班时就可以赖在床上。

Workers should be permitted to exit and re-enter the dormitory freely during their personal time off from work.

工人在下班后的私人时间内可以自由离开和返回宿舍。

Then again, there are those who don't care except that they get time off from work and have to buy people gifts.

但也有一些人对圣诞节毫不在乎（除非自己能够放假），而且还不得不给别人买礼物。

In India, employees get 16 federal holidays off from work and employers are only required to offer 12 vacation days.

印度一年有16天的全国性假期，雇主每年只需要提供12天的假期。

He was black, and an Arkansan through and through-he always wanted to take the first day of deer season off from work.

他是黑人，地地道道的阿肯色州人——他总是在猎鹿季的第一天请假。

Indeed, the next time you feel guilty about enjoying a lazy Sunday, or taking a day off from work for the heck of it, think again.

的确，当你下次享受懒散的周日而有负罪感，或者丢开该死的工作请假一天时，再想一想。

Ironically, a few weeks later he called to tell me that he had fallen ill from exhaustion and had to take a week off from work.

可笑的是，几周后他打电话给我说，因为劳累过度，他已经生病了，还请了一周的假。