1.Yeah, my wife's maternity leave is close to an end.

是的，我妻子的产假马上就要结束了。

2.Some use them to avoid statutory obligations such as sick and maternity pay.

一些雇主用它来避免病假工资和产假工资等法定义务。

3.Oh, that's right, maternity leave's almost over.

对哦，产假都快结束了。

4.A number of states, such as California introduced paid maternity leave.

在一些州，如加利福尼亚，已经实行了带薪产假。

5.Might be time for maternity wear.

或许你该穿孕妇装了。

6.Still, some companies do provide not only paid maternity leave but paid paternity leave as well.

然，一些公司不仅提供带薪产假，甚至提供带薪陪产假。

7.Which gives Prada four years to start making maternity clothes.

Prada还有四年时间生产孕妇装。

8.Other measures in the law include longer maternity leave.

法还包括延长产假等其他措施。

9.You're not working today. You're on maternity leave.

你今天放假。你正放产假。

10.I'm not on call. I'm on maternity leave.

我并不在职，我正放产假。

11.Those on precarious part-time contracts are particularly vulnerable to being fired while on maternity leave.

至于那些没有保障的兼职合约员工极有可能在休产假期间被解雇。

12.On Tuesday, a shell hit the maternity ward of a hospital.

周二，一枚炮弹击了一家医院的产房。

13.During this period, many parents take paternity and maternity leave from work.

在此期间，许多父母会休陪产假和产假。

14.Well, I know a store that carries maternity clothes with designer labels.

我知道有一家专卖孕妇装的店是名牌的。

15.She said that there are several reasons why maternity units are closing.

她说，关闭妇产科有几个原因。

16.But that month, the only hospital maternity center near to her closed.

但就在那个月，她附近唯一一家医院的妇产科关闭了。

17.This means Finland will almost double the amount of its maternity leave and paternity leave.

这意味着芬兰的产假和陪产假将增加近一倍。

18.That's fine. Listen, sudden change of plans. My maternity leave just ended.

没关系，听着，计划改变 我的产假要结束了。

19.Sonja's mother had died in the maternity bed. Her father never remarried.

索雅的妈妈难产去世以后，爸爸没有再婚。

20.Mark Zuckerberg, fresh back from maternity leave, finds his company in rude health.

刚从产假归来的马克·扎克伯格发现公司发展颇好。