【Business Conversation-32】Extending Maternity Leave ( 申請延展產假 )

Extending Maternity Leave ( 申請延展產假 )
A : did Katherine have her baby?
B : yes she's on maternity leave right now
A : how long will she be gone?
B : three months
A : that's all? that's so short
B : I know. she's sad about it
A : is it paid maternity leave?
B : yes
A : that's good
B : Katherine wants to take an extra month of maternity leave
【Biz Vocab】商用英文單字 ( 點擊左邊箭頭打開釋義+例句 ) extend /ɪkˈstend/ v. 延長 to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer : We have plans to extend our house (= to make it bigger ).
The government has produced a series of leaflets designed to extend (= increase ) public awareness of the dangers of AIDS .
We're planning to extend our publishing of children's books (= increase it).
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to increase
increase We need to increase production to meet demand. grow The number of people living alone grows each year. rise Prices rose by 10 per cent. go up House prices keep going up. escalate Crime in the city has escalated in recent weeks. gone /ɡɑːn/ a. 離開的 If something is gone, there is none of it left :
All my money is gone and I have nothing to buy food with. paid /peɪd/ a. 付費的 being given money for something:
Are you looking for paid work or voluntary work ?
paid employment
UK paid holiday
US paid vacation
paid leave
used in combination to refer to the amount of money that someone is given for their work :
low- paid workers
a well- paid job