★    Katharine wants to take a day off to visit with her parents.

凱薩琳想休一天假去見父母。

Dear Jacob,

As I might have mentioned, my family will be coming for a visit next weekend. They are flying in from Montana and will be arriving at the airport late Friday morning. I would really appreciate it if I could take a personal day on Friday to pick them up at the airport and get them settled in at my apartment. This will be their first visit to Virginia and our first visit in a year, so I want to spend as much time with them as possible.

Of course, I don't want to disrupt our work or the progress of any projects. Please let me know if there is anything you would like me to finish before Friday, or if there is anything I can do to make sure things go smoothly without me.

Thank you,

Katharine

親愛的雅各：

我或許之前有提過，下週末我的家人要來看我。他們從蒙大拿搭飛機過來，會在下星期五早上抵達。如果星期五能請事假去機場接他們回我家，我會很感謝您的。這將是他們第一次來維吉尼亞州，也是我們今年首度見面，所以希望能儘量與他們多相處些時間。

當然我也不希望影響到工作或案子的進度，所以，若您有任何事務需在星期五前完成的，請一定要跟我說；或請告訴我為確保我不在的時候一切順利，是否有任何事是我能先做的。

謝謝您。

凱薩琳

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