1·The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-feeding support.
在这方面，美国远远落后于所有富裕国家和许多发展中国家。这些国家的工作政策都有利于家庭生活，包括带薪育婴假、带薪病假和母乳喂养支持等。
2·A: You get five paid sick days.
5天有薪病假。
3·W: You get 5 paid sick days.
W： 5天带薪病假。
4·Who's going to decide how many sick days there will be?
谁来决定带薪病假的天数？
5·I didn't want to miss a single day, not even for sick days.
我不想错过任何一天，即使生病也一样。
6·There are almost never any sick days in the restaurant business.
餐饮业几乎没有请病假一说。
7·The proposed system also penalizes workers who have taken legitimate sick days.
这项提议的制度也对正当休病假的劳工不利。
8·A study found that 57% of salaried employees took sick days when they were not sick.
调查显示，57%的带薪员工曾在没病时请过病假。
9·The workers used less than half as many sick days as did 87 employees who took a placebo.
发现饮用乳酸菌的87名员工的发病率比以前少了一半有多。
10·Listen, you can't afford another day off. You've three sick days in the last three weeks.
听着，你一天假也不能再请了。这三个星期里你请过五次病假了。
1·The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-feeding support.
在这方面，美国远远落后于所有富裕国家和许多发展中国家。这些国家的工作政策都有利于家庭生活，包括带薪育婴假、带薪病假和母乳喂养支持等。
2·The associated costs of earlier treatment may be offset by decreased hospital costs, increased productivity due to fewer sick days, fewer children orphaned by AIDS and a drop in HIV infections.
提前治疗的相关费用可能因多种因素而抵销，如住院费用降低，因减少病假而提高生产力，艾滋病孤儿人数减少以及艾滋病毒感染人数下降。
3·I'm being selfish, too, because if I can get my employees healthier, we cut down on sick days and gain more productivity.
这也有私心的成分，因为如果我能让员工健康，就能减少休病假而提高生产力。
4·In another study of call centre workers, specific goals reduced sick days and increased safety and performance.
在另一个针对呼叫中心员工的试验中，制定具体的目标减少了员工请病假的次数，工作安全性和效率都得到了提升。
5·Ryan employees no longer need to account for their time — as with MeetingMatrix, staffers can take unlimited paid vacation and sick days.
跟MeetingMatrix一样，Ryan公司的员工再也不需要卡点上下班，而且，他们可以获得不受限制的带薪假期和病假。