a sore throat and blocked nose 嗓子疼、鼻塞

　　take the day off work请假

　　Have you ever woken up with a sore throat and blocked nose and wondered if you should take the day off work?你曾经醒来时嗓子疼、鼻塞，寻思着自己是否应该请病假吗？

　　soldier on 坚持着干；迎着困难干

　　banter with work colleagues 和同事打趣

　　perk us up 让我们精神振作

　　Some of us just soldier on, hoping the office environment and banter with work colleagues will perk us up.

　　我们中的一些人就坚持干活，希望办公室的环境以及和同事打趣将让我们精神振作。

　　return to bed回到被窝里

　　Others will make a hot drink, return to bed and have a ‘duvet day’.

　　其他人给自己做一杯热饮，回到被窝里，开启“休假日”。

　　have a sick day 请病假

　　a light sniffle有点流鼻涕

　　feeling at death’s door 病入膏肓

　　Reasons for having a sick day range from a light sniffle to feeling at death’s door.请病假的原因五花八门，从有点流鼻涕到病入膏肓。

　　take a sickie 请病假

　　And when you have no genuine excuse but just can’t face going into work, it might be time to take a sickie.当你没有真正的借口，只是觉得无法面对去工作，也许就是时候称病缺勤了。

　　make up an illness to get a day off假称生病以休假

　　use a migraine/ˈmaɪɡreɪn; ˈmiːɡreɪn/ as their excuse 以偏头痛为借口

　　15% of workers who admitted making up an illness to get a day off used a migraine as their excuse.15%的工作者承认自己假称生病以休假，他们以偏头痛为借口。

　　be productive 高效工作

　　to go off sick 请病假

　　If you are really not well and your symptoms mean you are not going to be productive, it's better to go off sick.

　　如果你真的身体不舒服，你的症状意味着你将不能高效工作，那你最好请病假。

　　spread your germs around the workplace 在工作场所传播病菌

　　You're also not spreading your germs around the workplace.这样你也不会在工作场所传播病菌。

　　help build up your immune system 帮助增强你的免疫系统

　　be good for long-term health 对长期健康有益

　　Catching a cold from someone could help build up your immune system and be good for long-term health.从某人那里被传染感冒，能够帮助增强你的免疫系统，对长期健康有益。

　　recuperate /rɪˈkuːpəreɪt/from a cold 从感冒中恢复

　　Of course, deciding whether to take time off to recuperate from a cold may depend on where you work.当然，决定是否请假以便从感冒中恢复，也许取决于你在哪里工作。

　　feel obliged to work不得不工作

　　fear the mountain of work will just keep piling upfor when they return 害怕回到工作岗位时如山般的工作只会不断堆积

　　Sometimes members of staff feel obliged to work when they are sick because they fear the mountain of work will just keep piling up  for when they return.有时员工在生病时会被迫工作，因为他们害怕回到工作岗位时如山般的工作只会不断堆积。

　　feel under the weather 略有不适

　　to work from home 在家办公

　　But if an employee is feeling under the weather but well enough to work, a solution could be to work from home.

　　但是如果雇员略有不适，但足够健康，还能工作，一个解决办法就是在家办公。

　　have this lurgy as an excuse for a day off work 用这个小病作为请假的借口

　　is not to be sneezed at 是不可轻视的

　　As a cure for a common cold is still a long way off, having this lurgy as an excuse for a day off work is not to be sneezed at!

　　由于感冒的治疗方法尚需很多时日，用这个小病作为请假的借口是不可轻视的！