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Since the disease requires surgery, be sure to use it for a long vacation this winter.
而且由于这种病需要手术，你可以为今年冬天准备一个长点的假期了。
Think of evaluating the "truth" of your relationship the way you would evaluate a long vacation overseas: When you come back, what do you tell people when they ask you how it was?
评价人际关系中的“事实”，就像评价一个漫长的海外假期：当你度假归来，人们问你这个假期到底怎么样的时候，你会如何告诉人家？
So despite research documenting the health and productivity benefits of taking time off, a long vacation can be undesirable, scary, unrealistic or just plain impossible for many U.S. workers.
所以尽管描述性的研究报告表明休假对生产效率和健康的益处颇多，但一个长的假期对于美国雇员而言是不受欢迎的，他们会觉得不放心，觉得不切实际，甚至觉得是不可能的。

(THE BEACH BOYS - "ALL SUMMER LONG") However,for some teenagers, summer vacation was not all fun and games.
Imagine, if you will, that there were certain locations, certain vacation spots, where as long as you were there you couldn't die.
想象一下，如果你愿意的话，有一些特定的地点，特定的旅游景点，只要你呆在那，你就不可能死。
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These parks attract folks who want to take their kids on outings that offer entertainment and a bit of education--without having to plan a days-long vacation.
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On the sidewalk during the long vacation months we played a new game called "I Declare War, " using a cheap rubber ball and a piece of chalk.
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the three months in the summer when college and university students do not have classes

the long period of holiday in the summer during which universities, law courts, etc, are closed