In the summer of 1947, a 2-year-old boy, the child of a Boston shipyard worker, fell sick.

1947年夏天，波士顿造船厂一名工人两岁的儿子生病了。

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But a spokesman for the plant said the boy was not related to a plant worker, that none of its workers were sick and that its hogs were vaccinated against flu.

但是养殖场的发言人说，该男孩和养殖场工人没有任何关联，该场的没有工人得流感，该场的所有猪已注射抗流感疫苗。

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The boss called the foreman on the carpet for granting sick leave to a worker without first asking for permission.

老板训斥那个工头未经事先请示就擅自批准一个工人的病假。

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The authority currently has a target of 12 days sick leave per worker.

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GPs tend to give their own patients the benefit of the doubt, and a worker who feigns illness and gets a sick-note to wave under the boss's nose is harder to manage than one who has been tackled at an earlier stage.

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One worker said her dog was having a nervous breakdown, while another claimed he got sick from reading too much.

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