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备战2020年高考 外刊精读与练习专题 11 （教案） When should I have a sick day? 什么时候该请病假？ 语篇导读 如果你得了感冒，应该请病假吗？这是许多人面临的困境。打电话请病假是软弱的表现， 还是防止细菌传播的有效方法？伤风感冒、肠胃不适，是否该请病假？本文展开讨论。 Step 1Vocabulary 词汇表 illness疾病 publichealth 公共卫生 a sorethroat 嗓子疼 symptom 症状 blockednose 鼻塞 germ 病菌 soldier on 坚持干活 catch acold 患感冒 perk somebodyup 使某人精神振作 immunesystem 免疫系统 duvet day 休假日 recuperate 恢复，康复 sniffle 流鼻涕，吸鼻子 undertheweather 生病 at death’sdoor 病入膏肓 cure 治疗方法 sickie 假病假，称病缺勤 lurgy 小病 migraine 偏头疼 nottobesneezed at 不可轻视的 common cold 感冒 Step 2Readingandunderstanding Have you ever woken up with a sore throat and blocked nose and wondered if you should take the day off work? Some of us just soldier on, hoping the office environment and banter with work colleagueswill perk usup.Others will make a hot drink,return tobed and have a ‘duvet day’.But what istheright approachtotake? People’s attitude to illness and when to take time offwork varies.Reasons for having a sick day range from a light sniffle to feeling at death’s door.And when you have no genuine excusebutjust can’t face going intowork,it mightbetimetotake a sickie.Asurvey ofBritish workersbyYouGov found 15% of workerswho admitted making up an illness to get a day off used a migraine as their excuse.But what about acommon cold– ishavingoneagenuineenoughreason formissingwork? This is something Ian Shoesmith explored for the BBC.He looked into “themurky moral maze” that brought together employment law, ethics and public health. He spoke to Rachel Suff, senior policy adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development,who said If you arereally not well and your symptoms mean you are not goin