「英语」in the hospital和in hospital有什么区别？你分得清吗？

请事假 Leave Due to Private Affair

• A：我想提前一个小时下班。
• I want toknock off an hour earlier.
• B：你完成你的工作了吗?
• Have you finished your work?
• A：你想要有多久?
• How long did you have in mind?
• B：我想休两周的假。
• I would like totake my two-week vacation time.

• Victor：苏珊，经理在他办公室吗？
• Susan, is the managerin his office?
• Susan：在，但他在见一个客户。
• Yes. But he is meeting a client.
• Victor：哦，那太糟糕了。我刚接到一个电话，说我妻子现在在医院。她要生孩子了。
• Oh, that’s too bad. I just got a phone call saying that my wife is now in the hospital. She is going to deliver a baby.
• “in hospital”指的是“在医院接受治疗”；而“in the hospital”指的是“在医院，但不一定是去看病的”。

• Victor：我必须请一天假去医院。我能和他谈请假吗?
• I must take the day offto go to the hospital. May I talk to him toask for leave?
• “take the day off”的意思是“请一天假”； “ask for leave” 的意思是“请假”。
• Susan：恐怕不能。但我想我可以转达你的请假在客户走后。
• I’m afraid not. But I think I could convey your leave to him after the client goes.
• Victor：哦，你真是太好了。谢谢你。我得走了。
• Oh, that’s very kind of you.Thank you very much. I’ve got to go.

【名言】忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。(卢梭)

• Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. (Rousseau)