bank holidays

The two bank holidays are quite close together in may .

5月份的两个银行假日离得很近。

Do bank holidays count as part of annual leave ?

银行假日算年假的一部分吗？

In Britain , official public holidays are also called " bank holidays " .

在英国，官方公假也称作“银行假日”。

What happens when bank holidays fall on a weekend ?

如果银行假日恰好是周末会怎么样呢？

We tried bank holidays a few times in the great depression and it only made things worse .

我们在大萧条时期曾尝试过几次银行临时歇业，结果情况变得更糟糕了。

Bank holidays have a fun sounding name , but they are really quite harmful .

银行临时歇业听上去好像是个办法，但事实上很有害。

There are4 bank holidays and4 other public holidays each year .

英国一年有4个“周一假”和4个其它公共假期。

But what is the origin of our bank holidays and what do they tell us about the UK ?

但是，我们的银行假日的缘由是什么，而在这个假日里，英国的人民又是怎样过的呢？

Not much help , say employers , who are pressing to cut bank holidays and annual leave instead .

然而雇主却认为这不会有多大的成效，而要求减少法定假日以及年假。

Estate agents think the bank holidays will deter viewings , delaying the traditional Easter start of the house hunting season .

房地产中介认为，公共假日会让人们推迟看房计划，让通常从复活节开始的看房旺季延后到来。

While Bank Holidays were traditionally a time when people looked to get on with home improvements , a study indicates that people would rather employ someone else to do the work .

传统上银行假日是人们用来改善家居的时间，一项研究显示，人们正倾向于雇佣其他人来完成这项工作。

Anyone who works on Bank Holidays usually gets paid extra " timeandahalf " or even " double time ," negotiated for them by the Trades Unions .

在银行假日工作的人，一般会得到额外的报酬&“原工资一倍半”或甚至“双工资”，这是工会为他们争取来的。

While there was probably some disruption caused by the bank holidays , there is little doubt that the UK economy is fairly anemic at this stage of the recovery .

虽然可能是受银行假期的影响，但毫无疑问英国经济处于复苏乏力的状态。

Nissan , the biggest car producer in the UK , is shutting its Sunderland plant for 10 days as a shortage of parts owing to the Japan tsunami combines with the bank holidays .

由于日本海啸以及英国公共假日造成零部件供货短缺，英国境内最大的汽车生产商日产（nissan）将把位于森德兰的工厂关闭十天。

Of the 71 cities included in the UBS survey - which measures the average annual working hours , including paid vacation and bank holidays , using a basket of 14 professions - European locations account for the top 18 cities that work the fewest hours each year .

瑞银的此项调查统计了71个城市14种职业每年平均的工作时长，带薪假期和公共假期也被考虑在内——欧洲包揽了前18个年工作时长最短的城市。

If you plan to visit Sweden , don 't forget to consider the dates of the Swedish public , bank & national holidays .

如果您计划访问瑞典，不要忘记考虑的日期瑞典公众，银行及国定假日。