双语趣听精彩世界 第154期:请假的理由越来越奇葩

 　　哥伦比亚广播公司:员工请假本来是件很正常的事情.但是一项调查显示,如今员工请假的理由越来越"奇葩".

　　请假的理由越来越奇葩

　　CBS News: a new survey from CareerBuilder shows employers¹ hear plenty of dumb² excuses for missing³ work nowadays. The company interviewed workers and human resource professionals across the country recently to get more details about how and why people call in sick.

　　The survey showed that plenty of people are faking it. Some 28 percent of workers called in sick over the last year when they were feeling just fine. That's down from 32 percent the previous year.

　　Why are they playing hooky? Nearly a third just didn't feel like going in. Some 29 percent said they wanted to relax for the day, 21 percent had a doctor's appointment and 19 percent wanted to get more sleep. About 11 percent said bad weather kept them home.

1 employers   

雇主( employer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• The onus is on employers to follow health and safety laws. 雇主有义务遵行健康安全法。

2 dumb   

adj.哑的；不会说话的；笨的；愚蠢的

参考例句：

• She is very kind to the dumb children.她对哑童非常好。
• It was dumb of you to say that.你说这种话太愚蠢了。

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。