Holiday, vacation, leave, off？
Holiday, vacation, leave, off？
都是放假的說法？「片語」才是重點！
每年遇到節日有一半的人都會用錯放假的說法，
除了單字本身的意思不同，固定🔥片語和情境🔥更不能忽略喔。
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Holiday vs. Vacation
美式英文裡有兩種用法，分別為 holiday（國定假日）及 vacation（假期），英式英文有些不同比較少用 vacation。本篇文用法偏向美式喔！
In the US, the Fourth of July is a national holiday (Federal holiday). 在美國，七月四號是（全國）國定假日。
In some states in the US, Juneteenth is not a holiday. 在美國一些州，六月節不是國定假日（指當地州政府不給放假）。
🔥Jack is on vacation in Tahiti. 在大溪地度假中
🔥My family always go on a vacation to Japan in winter. 冬天去日本度假
🔥August is a vacation month in Europe so business is usually slow. 八月是歐洲的度假月，商業（生意）一般來說很慢。
💡 週末算是 holiday 還是 vacation？都不是，一般週末就是 weekend，連假是 long weekend。e.g. This Moon Festival is not a long weekend. 今年中秋沒有連假。e.g. Thanksgiving is always a 4-day long weekend. 感恩節一直都是四天連假。
Have … off 公司/政府有給假
有些日子雖然特殊但是公司或政府不一定給假，這時就可以用片語 🔥We have…off 或 The company/government gives…off。
例句延伸：In some states in the US, Juneteenth is not a holiday so they do not have it off.
冷知識：Do people in Hong Kong have the Moon Festival off? -[Actually, they do not have the Moon Festival off, but they have the next day off.] 香港中秋節有放假嗎？其實他們中秋節當天不放假，但是隔天有放假。（謝謝上課跟我分享的同學😇）
Our school has two months off during summer. 我們學校夏天放兩個月的假。
Taiwanese government does not give days off for long weekends this year, so we didn’t have this Monday off. 台灣政府今年不為了連假給（彈性）假，所以本週一我們沒放假。
💡邏輯：have…off 是有假，要做什麼事是你自己是決定，所以不一定會用 vacation 表達放假。例如我可以說：I had 4 days off for the Moon Festival but I just vegged out at home. （我中秋放四天的假但我都在家耍廢）。我也可以說：I had 4 days off for the Moon Festival and decided to go on a vacation in HK.（中秋放四天所以我決定去香港度假）。
Take a leave / Take a day off (from work) 自己主動請假
本來該工作的日子但因某種原因而主動請假。沒有工作的人不會用這個片語喔！
I had to take a sick leave last week because I got a fever. 請病假
🔥I had to call in sick last week because I got a fever. 意思基本同上，但通常為當天或臨時由電話或email通知。如果是事前預約好看醫生會直接說 take a leave for a doctor’s appointment。
Amy took a maternity leave for 5 weeks and now she is back. 請育嬰假
Eric has 12 weeks of paternity leave but he decides to take 6 weeks. 有十二週的育嬰假，但是只決定用了六週
媽媽的育嬰假叫做 maternity leave，爸爸的稱為 paternity leave。
🔥He wants to take a day off on Friday to drive to see his parents. 他想週五請假開車去看他父母
🔥Don’t be silly! I’m not gonna take a week off to go to Disney! -[Why not? Just think of it as a vacation!] 別傻了我才不會請一週的假去迪士尼呢！為何不？把它當成假期啊！