English Reading Practice #22 - Long Weekend
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Don't use the word 'holiday'
Check the conversation below:
日本人 : I had a holiday today!
ネイティブ : Where did you go?
日本人 : What do you mean?
ネイティブ : Did you take a daytrip?
What happened in this conversation? The native speaker things that the Japanese person is taking a 旅行. In English 'holiday' means the same as 'trip'.
For 休み・有給・年休 native speakers call this a 'day off'.
Let's try the conversation again.
日本人 : I had a day off today!
ネイティブ : Cool! What did you do?
日本人 : I had lunch at a cafe and went to the park.
ネイティブ : Nice!
Day Off
A day off can be any day you aren't working.
- Weekends (週末) are days off.
- Paid leave (有給・年休) are days off.
- Public holidays (祝日) are days off.
連休
For many days off in a row (ずらり), English speakers feel like the weekend has been extended (延長された).
So when there are many days off in a row, it is called a long weekend.
For example, this week! Friday Februrary 11 is a public holiday, so the weekend is longer. This weekend is a long weekend.
Tell us about your days off
How many days off do you get a week? What do you like to do on your day off?
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