Online Class Notes (Tibo)

He is a manager for the other department so last week he asked me for some help like he wants me can help his group because they will go to the Germany for an exhibition.

So he wants me can help them and he wants me will go with him to Germany.

He asked me how about your English.
So maybe I can be very simple.
I don’t know because the point is not he wants me to help them. He has he has his personal assistant and she sits in front of me / we are very close everyday and she helps me emails or chat with foreigner colleagues.

She wants to go to the Germany and she asked or said something like she would like to go so many times.
She wants to go abroad like this to her boss.

And he asked me are you ok, you have to ask for my boss.
And he tells my boss he wants me to help their group with some documents or some files so my boss didn’t know we will leave.

Today I heard maybe we need 3 weeks in March.

the second problem is my boss didn’t know anything I will leave for 2 / 3 weeks.

So many problems because the cost which department spends to cover my cost. I am not his department, we are different departments and these days his assistant found out this information and these days she hasn’t been talk to me anything.
So I think in March I will go with them and it might be weird.

So I think maybe I should find an excuse to ask her boss sorry I can’t.

you know all the group and no one talks to you. I think I can’t survive for 2 – 3 weeks.

My boss asked me but it is in China and he didn’t plan when or where but he told me maybe this year I have to go on business trip to help him.

These days she told everyone except me that she wants to go to Germany.
If you will go to Germany you will take some photos for her.

Maybe this time for the visa is very difficult so his group deal with this problem everyday

I will try to find an excuse not to go 

If I will in the exhibition I don’t know how to talk about my company.
If they speak very quickly I can’t understand.

He is a manager of another department and last week he asked me for some help. He wants me to help his group because they will go to the Germany for an exhibition. / he wants me to accompany the group to an exhibition in Germany.

So he wants me to help them and he wants me to go with him to Germany.

He asked me “how about your English?”  / he asked me about my English.
I worry I can only handle simple situations 
I don’t know because the point is not that he wants me to help them.
He has his personal assistant and she sits in front of me / we face each other at the office.
We are very close everyday and she helps him with emails or chats with foreign colleagues.

She wants to go to Germany and she mentioned it so many times.
She tells her boss she wants  to go abroad everyday. / she hints that she wants to go abroad everyday

And he asked me “can you go?” / he asked me if I could go and I told him he had to ask my boss (for permission)

And he told my boss he wanted me to help their group with some documents or some files so my boss doesn’t know we will leave / didn’t realize we would leave.

Today I heard maybe we will need  to go 3 weeks in March. / we may need to stay in Germany for 3 weeks in March.

the second problem is my boss doesn’t know I will leave for 2 / 3 weeks.

There is a budget problem too because I am from a different department and his department cannot cover the cost of the trip for me / and I need to ask permission to my department manager.

these days his assistant found out this information / heard about it and she hasn’t talked to me (at all) since then.
So I think in March if I go with them and it might be weird.

So I think maybe I should find an excuse to tell her boss I can’t go / I need to find an excuse not to go 

you know when you are in group and no one talks to you. I think I can’t survive for 2 – 3 weeks. / I am really worried it will create a strange atmosphere .

My boss told me we may need to travel in China / we may need to travel domestically and he didn’t plan when or where but he told me maybe this year I have to go on business trips to help him.

These days she told everyone except me that she wants to go to Germany. / these days she keeps saying that she wants to go to Germany

She asks people who go to take pictures for her  / she asks people who go to send her pictures.

Maybe this time getting the visa is very difficult / it is very hard to get a visa right now so his group deals with this problem everyday

I will try to find an excuse not to go.

Almost all his department goes to Germany except his assistant
He moved to another company and she followed him

Vocabulary

to hit on someone / to have a crush for someone : to have feelings for someone
Tom has a crush on the new employee, he told me he wants to ask her out.
I worry he may be hitting on me
Romeo has a crush for Juliette

domestic (adj)国内的
I have to take a domestic flight tomorrow
Germany wants to develop its domestic economy
We prefer to buy domestic products

domestically (adv) 在国内
We could only travel domestically during the Covid pandemic
All our machines are made domestically

foreign (adj)
We send our equipments to many foreign countries
Foreign cars are more expensive because we pay a high tax on it

atmosphere (n) 大气 / 气氛 (mood/feeling)
It created a weird atmosphere when we heard the boss got a bonus but no one else would get one.
I like to eat with candles, it creates a romantic atmosphere

budget (n) 预算
The budget is too low
This year your department don’t have a budget

permission (n) 许可
We cannot use the company’s car without permission
I need to ask for his permission before I take a leave

to hint (v) 暗示
He hinted that they may plan a party for my birthday

hint (n) 暗示/迹象
We saw a hint that something bad was happening when many of the directors decided to resign.

to mention (v) 提到
My boss told me not to mentioned the issue to the big boss during the meeting

stressful (adj) giving stress  / pressure 压力大的
The trip might be stressful

raise (n) increase in salary
I asked my boss for a raise

Grammar

want someone to do something
I want my friend to help me with this project
I want my boss to pay me more

to keep doing something : to do something again and again
Tom keeps telling me that it is his birthday next week, he probably wants me to buy him a gift.