“请事假”在英语口语里能怎么说？

普通口语：take a day off
地道口语：take a personal day

【影视实例】

素材来源：《爱情无限谱》
剧情简介：
在音乐方面颇有造诣的尼克被风骚的女友在生日那天甩了，他从此一蹶不振，窝在家里不肯出门，执意地为念念不忘的前女友做手工碟，但显然对方不领情。这天他又电话给她留言......

Nick: Hey,Tris,it's Nick. How are you? It's about 3 in the afternoon. I think you're probably still at school. I stayed home today. I took a personal day. I just wanted to finish up some creative projects and stuff that I've been working on around here. Nothing to do with you or anything. So I'm sorry, real sorry I missed you. I was hoping to get you on the phone. Haven't talked to you in a while and I just kind of wanted to speak to you at some point. You know,I think last time we spoke we both kind of said some really nasty things that neither of us meant. You know, just, like... when you broke up with me, you know and everything, on my b-day.

【台词翻译】

尼克：嘿，Tris。我是尼克。你好么？现在差不多是下午三点。我想你大概还在学校吧。我今儿呆家里。我请了天事假。要做点最近突发奇想的事情。不是因为你啦。真对不起，很抱歉，我很想你。我希望你能接到这通电话。好久没和你说话了，我很想跟你谈谈。上一会我们对彼此都说了难听的话，我知道我们都不想的。那天......正好是我生日，你却跟我分手了......

【口语讲解】

personal day

personal day有别于holiday放假和sick leave day病假，就是假期和疾病以外的缺席请假。蛮实用的办公室口语，要会活学活用哦，别再老是说take a day off咯。