1·Alicia: Well, you wanna take sick leave?
艾丽西娅：哦，你要请病假吗？
2·I've got a fever, so I take sick leave today.
我发烧了，所以今天请了病假。
3·Those employees who never take sick leave think that they should be rewarded.
那些从来不请病假的员工认为他们应该因此受到奖励。
4·Women are more likely than men to take sick days and are happier to give an embarrassing excuse for taking unplanned leave, according to a new survey.
一项新调查显示，女性请病假的次数比男性多，而且她们更乐意为临时请假编造令人尴尬的藉口。
5·Single men, for instance, were found to experience less heart disease, while single women are less likely to take sick days and visited the doctor less frequently than married women.
比如单身男士患心脏病的几率更小，而单身女士请病假去看医生的频率比已婚女士小。
6·John has been absent from work for two days as he needs to take care of his sick mother.
约翰已经两天没上班了，因为他要照顾生病的母亲。
7·25% of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only in rainforests.
我们生病时服用的药物中有25%是由只生长在热带雨林中的植物制成的。
8·If you get sick or hurt at night, doctors can take care of you at the hospital.
如果你在晚上生病或受伤，医生可以在医院照顾你。
9·The hospital can then take extra steps to take care of that baby so he or she does not get sick.
接着医院可以采取额外的措施来照顾那个婴儿，这样他或她就不会生病了。
10·Miss Smith has asked for a sick leave, and I have to take over her work for a couple of days.
史密斯小姐请了病假，我得接替几天她的工作。