Hours and holidays

工作时间和工休

A: How many hours do you work a week?

A:你们一周要工作多少小时？

B: I do a forty-hour week. I’m on flexi-time. I usually start work at 8 a.m. and finish at 4:30 and have half an hour for lunch. But I can start and finish earlier or later if I want.

B:我一周工作四十小时。我上班时间比较灵活。我通常上午八点上班下午四点三十下班，中午有半个小时午餐时间。但是我可以根据自己的情况决定提前还是拖后上下班时间。

A: And how many weeks holiday do you get a year?

A:你们一年有多少周的假期？

B: Four - plus public holidays. I usually take two weeks off in the summer and the rest at New Year.

B:是个周加上公假。我通常在夏季休两个周的假，剩下的在新年休。

A: Do you do overtime?

A:你加班吗？

B: Yes, if we're busy I'm paid double-time if I work at weekends.

B:是。如果我们忙的话。如果我在周末上班我的薪金是双倍的。