wild weekend

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast Number 176, "Time Off From Work."

This is English as a Second Language Podcast Episode 176. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California. Remember to visit our website at complete transcript, definitions, sample sentences, additional cultural information - everything you want in the Learning Guide. Today's podcast is called, "Time Off from Work." Let's get started.

My buddy from college, Jack, was getting married and our friend Rob was planning a bachelor party for him in Vegas. It was going to be the last weekend of the month and I wanted to go. The trouble was, I was scheduled to work that weekend. I needed to get the time off from work or I was going to miss out on all the fun.

I have some vacation leave, but company policy requires that my boss sign off on any leave we take.