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Chapter 5 Late Or Absent

Lesson 25 Holiday
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Expressions Discussion Further Reading
Useful expressions under Questions for you to discuss An article for you to read
this topic for your reference. freely with your teacher. after class.

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8mins

Expressions
1 Useful expressions about holidays.
You can refer to them to provoke your
thoughts in the Discussion part.

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 1 Expressions Glossary
(suggested time: 8mins)
souvenir 纪念品 resort 胜地
Do you know what the next public holiday is? on/off duty 值班/休息
In this part, you are going to study and practice some double/triple pay 双薪/三薪
expressions and sentences about holidays. make holiday plans for ... 做假期计划
make up the time for a holiday 节假日调休补班

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In Sentences
• I bring home some souvenirs from Hong Kong.
• If you are required to work on a public holiday, you will
get double pay as compensation*.
• My father is a police officer, and he is always on duty
even on public holidays.
• Hi Lucy, could you please take over my shift* on Friday?
I have a date with my girlfriend on that day.
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compensation: 补偿 take over one's shift: 替某人值班
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15mins

Discussion
2 Discuss questions about holidays.
Use your experience and imagination to
talk about them with your teacher.

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 2 Discussion Discuss these questions in detail with your
teacher. Give reasons and explanations for your
(suggested time: 15mins)
opinion and speak as much as possible. You can
use words you learnt in Expressions to help you.
Q1. Do you remember your last holiday? When&What was that?
How did you spend it? Give as many details as you can.

Q2. Have you ever worked on a public holiday? Why did you need
to do so? What's your company rule about that? Can you get
double pay, extra* days-off, or anything else?

Q3. People of some jobs are required to work on public holidays.

Give some examples of these jobs. Why do you think they need
to work when others are enjoying the holiday? (Hints: restaurant,
hospital, media, emergency service, delivery, etc.)

Q4. Role play: It's a public holiday and you have an important date, but
it's your turn to be on duty. Call your co-worker and ask if he/she could help to take over your shift.

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After
class

Further Reading
3 An article about Chinese national holidays.
You can read it after class if you are
interested.

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 3 Further Reading

• Chinese government requires employers to observe the following holidays:

Chinese New Year’s Day: 1 day
National Labor Day: 1 day
National Day: 3 days
Holidays Spring Festival: 3 days
Tomb Sweeping Day: 1 day
• government /ˈɡʌvɚnmənt/ Dragon Boat Festival: 1 day
n. 政府 Mid-Autumn Festival: 1 day
• observe /əbˈzɝːv/ Women’s Day: ½ day (for female employees only)
v. 遵守
• labor /ˈleɪbɚ/ • If you’ve ever been in China during one of the “Golden Week” periods (National Day
v. 劳动 and Spring Festival), you know that China makes its three-day holidays into seven-
• festival /ˈfestəvəl/
day national vacation periods by reshuffling days and requiring employees to work
n. 节日
• female /ˈfiːmeɪl/ weekend days on either side of the holiday.
adj. 女性的
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