茶話會第437期:如何申請請假？
大家好，歡迎來到《可可茶話會》。今天爲大家分享一則請假申請：This letter is to inform you that I will require 10 days late-marriage leave in January 2016 for my wedding. I shall be off to Italy for my honeymoon from 4th January to 14th January. I would, therefore, be highly grateful if you could kindly grant my leave for the above stated period.這一段話剛好分爲三句，那麼我們依次來解析：
1. This letter is to inform you that I will require 10 days late-marriage leave in January 2016 for my wedding.
第一句話開門見山，說要請假。英語裏請假的最普遍說法是“Leave”。Leave本身是離開的意思，工作中離開就是“請假”。你可以說ask for leave/take leave。比如：I want to ask for leave.
我想請假。Can I take annual leave next week?我下星期能休年假嗎？年假是annual leave。這則申請裏請的是late-marriage leave-晚婚假。我國現行計劃生育政策鼓勵晚婚，男年滿二十五週歲、女年滿二十三週歲的初婚爲晚婚。符合晚婚年齡的夫婦，可以在法定三天婚假的基礎上增加婚假天數。但是2015年12月，全國人大常委會審議《人口與計劃生育法修正案（草案）》，草案中刪除了對晚婚晚育夫妻、獨生子女父母進行獎勵的規定。來回顧一下這個句子：This letter is to inform you that I will require 10 days late-marriage leave in January 2016 for my wedding.這封信呢是通知您我要求2016年1月休10天晚婚假。
2. I shall be off to Italy for my honeymoon from 4th January to 14th January.
那這句話呢說明了請假期間將去幹嘛。要做的事情就是to Italy for my honeymoon-去意大利度蜜月。蜜月就是honeymoon。這句話中還出現了關於請假的另外一個表達，be off，在這句話中表示“離開”，請假還可以說成take+時間+off。I’d like to have three days off.我想請三天假。Can I take one day off?我能請一天假嗎？ I shall be off to Italy for my honeymoon from 4th January to 14th January. 我將去意大利度蜜月，時間是從1月4日到1月14日。
3. I would, therefore, be highly grateful if you could kindly grant my leave for the above stated period.
如果您能准假的話我將會非常感謝您。I would ... If...是一個固定句型——如果...就會...，最簡單的例句就是I would if I could.我要是能辦，我就會辦的。Grateful就是“感激的”，感激某人是be grateful to sb.，爲...而感謝是be grateful for sth.。例如：I'm very grateful to you for your help. 我非常感謝你的幫助。Ok，grant leave是准假。the above stated period就是說上面所說到的時間段。那麼這句話的意思是：如果您能准假的話我將會非常感謝您: I would, therefore, be highly grateful if you could kindly grant my leave for the above stated period.
在今天的節目中，我們學習瞭如何申請請假，先說明請假的意圖，然後表明緣由，最後呢記得要感謝上級。再來回顧一下這則請假條：This letter is to inform you that I will require 10 days late-marriage leave in January 2016 for my wedding. I shall be off to Italy for my honeymoon from 4th January to 14th January. I would, therefore, be highly grateful if you could kindly grant my leave for the above stated period.好了，今天的節目就到這裏，感謝收聽，再見！
