外头满大街都在传要取消晚婚晚育假，许许多多单身人士都一边加班一边哭晕在办公室。而民政局里，估计也都是一对一对急着领证的小情侣在排长队。

如果说许三多那是士兵突击，那么现在这一刻就是晚婚突击。



然而，想要加入“晚婚突击队”可不是那么简单的事情。首先你要有一个结婚对象，还不能是同性还得是异性；其次你要知道晚婚假怎么请，你知道相关的词汇怎么说吗？

我们先从请假开始吧。

如果有一天，一个满脸胡渣神情忧郁的大叔同事对你说，

I need to talk to boss and ask for leave.

你可千万别以为他是要辞职了，然后去办公室各个角落传八卦。搞得最后人家明明只是想请假，却被八卦流言给逼得辞了职。



话说回来，英语里请假的最普遍说法是“Leave”。如果要组织句子，你可以这么说：

I want to ask for leave.

Can I take annual leave next week?

I’d like to have three days off.

Can I take one day off?

学会了请假的句子，我们来看看晚婚怎么说。

那么晚婚就是：late marriage leave

那么同理，晚育就是：late maternity leave

不过，对女士们来说婚嫁福利假期可不只是这些，因为还有：

lactation leave（哺乳假）

paternity leave（陪产假）

如果你觉得一两句话不够，要写请假信，可以看看这两个例子。

1请婚假：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.

2请产假：I am writing to inform you that my baby is nearing due date of January 10th according to doctor's notice, and I need leave for 8 weeks starting from tomorrow. In addition, I would like to take my late-maternity leave under the allowance.



好了，请假的句子说了，单词说了，连请假信都有了，华生已经为晚婚突击队们准备好了一切。今天是2015年12月29日，距离2016年“和晚婚说Bye Bye”只剩下明后两天了。一天用来领证，一天用来请假，晚婚突击队冲锋的时候到了。