Online Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Italy chamber in China had this chance to organize a flight from Italy to china but the problem is to get visa and only people who cover some important positions can get that visa otherwise simple people like me cannot get it.
My company asked me if I want to remain in Italy and go to Milan so what I did in the last 2 weeks I contacted moving companies and so they went to my apartment took all the stuff and put them in a storage room now I don’t have anymore even an apartment in China.
There is still my e-bike. I asked some friends to manage the moving. to check what those people did.

Milan is a big city I can find a place similar but it is not the same. the mentality I am far from it after my experience living in HK and Shanghai.
I have lots of things that can keep me here but I am worried I continue the need to go away.
There are more opportunities for your career. Probably Europe could be a good balance. In Italy the mentality is too old and things are going really slow.

I was discussing with friends and in some cases they must wear the mask only because you take the phone, when you talk then you have to sanitize. I thought it was something like this.

in my region they decide to close the border only from several countries -> they only close the border with high risk countries

in Beijing there were new cases  / a second wave of infection.
the government postponed this new policy  that company cannot fire people but they are using a lot of welfare support . the social system is paying salary from 50 to 80% and they can ask for this support for a few months. They decide to put on hold the payment of mortgage.

we have more people receiving a pension than people that are working
The unemployment rate for young people is very high
I don’t know how they can fund the pensions in the future.

the Italian chamber of commerce in China had this chance to organize a flight from Italy to China but the problem is to get a visa and only people who occupy some important positions can get that visa otherwise simple people like me cannot get it./ only the business elite can go back to china

My company asked me if I wanted to remain in Italy and go to Milan so what I did in the last 2 weeks I contacted moving companies and so they went to my apartment took all the stuff and put them in a storage facility now I don’t have anything anymore, not even an apartment in China./ I don’t even have an apartment in China anymore.
There is still my e-bike. I asked some friends to manage the moving. to monitor the staff / to make sure they didn’t do anything funny
Milan is a big city I can find a place similar but it wouldn’t be the same. the mentality I am far from it after my experience living in HK and Shanghai.

I have lots of things that can keep me here but I am worried I continue to feel the need to go away.
There are more opportunities for your career. Probably Europe could be a good balance. In Italy the mentality is outdated and things are going really slowly.

I was discussing with friends and in some cases they must wear the mask only because you take the phone / to prevent infections from touch, when you talk then you have to sanitize everything.  I thought it was something like this.

they only close the border with high risk countries

in Beijing there were new cases  / a second wave of infection.
the government postponed this new policy  which prevents company from  firing people but they are using a lot of welfare support . the social system is paying salary from 50 to 80% and they can ask for this support for a few months. They decide to put on hold the payment of mortgage.

we have more people receiving a pension than people that are working
The unemployment rate for young people is very high
I don’t know how they can fund the pensions in the future.

Vocabulary

to fire (v) lay off because of a mistake / professional fault
John did something illegal and was fired

to resign (v)  to quit on your own decision
He resigned from his position

to retire (v) stop working because of old age or because you just don’t want to / need to work anymore
People in Italy retire at 65.

funny (adj) : making one laugh / not normal/ not expected
The policeman told us not to try anything funny

average Joe (n) : normal guy (casual)
Buying is house in Shanghai is too expensive for the average Joe

outdated (adj) : not modern enough
My computer is already outdated

to cover : to talk about responsibilities / subjects that were mentioned
The conference will cover all these topics
I cover purchasing and trading decision

to occupy (v) : be at a place
the building was occupied by some gangsters.
he occupies the highest position in the company

tenant (n): person renting an apartment
Having a clean tenant is very important

Pronunciation

virus(ai)

Grammar

prevent somebody from doing something
The prevented the companies from laying off their employees