週末脫逃計畫
It’s time to start planning your weekend escapes: the 2019 calendar is in!
計劃你週末脫逃的時間到了：2019年行事曆出爐了！
plan(v.)計劃、規劃escape(n.)逃脫、逃離in(adv.)呈上、遞交
On July 2nd, the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration (DGPA) announced that Taiwanese workers would get 115 days off in 2019. That includes five long weekends and a whole nine days off for Chinese New Year.
行政院人事行政總處於七月二日宣布，2019年台灣勞工共有115天假；包含了五個連假以及一個總共九天假期的新年。
directorate(n.)專門機構general(adj.)總的、全體的personnel(n.)人事部門administration(n.)行政、管理announce(v.)宣佈
The 115 days off is the same number as 2018, but there’ll be fewer breaks than in previous years. In 2017 there were a total of 116 holidays, and in 2016 there were 119.
115天的假期與今年相同，但比前幾年少；2017年有總共116天假，而2016年有119天。
break(n.)休息時間、假期previous(adj.)以前的、先前的total(n.)總額、總數
As with previous years, officials said that whenever a public holiday is on a Tuesday or Thursday, they will turn it into an extended holiday.
一如以往，官員表示每當國定假日適逢週二或週四時，則會變成連續假期；
official(n.)官員whenever(conj.)每當public(adj.)公立的、公共的turn(v.)變得、成為extended(adj.)延伸的、延長的
People will have to work the Saturday before to make up for the extra day.
人們必須在前一個週六上班，以彌補多出來的一天假。
make up for sth.彌補某事
For example, Thursday February 28 is a public holiday, so Friday March 1 will be a public holiday too. You’ll have to show up to the office on Saturday February 23 though.
舉例來說，2月28日週四為國定假日，故3月1日週五也將為國定假日；但你必須於2月23日週六進公司上班。
show up到達、露面though(adv.)儘管
For the same reason, the Chinese New Year break will be extended to a full nine days off compared to just six days in 2018.
以相同理由，相較於今年的六天年假，明年農曆春節也將延長為整整九天假。
extend(v.)延長、使延期compare(v.)對照、比較just(adv.)僅僅、只是