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• Hey, did you decide to go on a company trip?
• I think it will be difficult for me to join the trip since I have a business meeting at the customer site.
• Hmm... Jon in sales division 1 also said he's going to have a business trip to Oriental Electric.
• What? Jon is also going to Oriental?
• I guess so. When I asked him at lunch he mentioned he is not able to join the trip because of another business trip.
• Mm-hm. I've been having a little trouble with the section chief. So if I were to go on the company trip, we would have a drink and if I were to get drunk I might say something that would make our relationship much worse. Of course, I wouldn't want that to happen. That's why I scheduled another meeting on the same day on purpose.
• Oooh, I've noticed that things haven't been going well with you guys lately.
• To tell you the truth, I have already submitted a request for a personnel change.
• Are you kidding? Things between you two have gotten that bad?
• Yeah, that's right. But the general manager said it will be difficult to approve.
• You bet! Every area is having problems, so I don't think they can hire any extra staff. Maybe I should go to Oriental, instead of going on the company trip...
• What are you talking about? You don't have any business trips to Oriental Electric scheduled, do you? You are working as a business assistant.
• To be frank with you, Jon's trip to Oriental is both for business and private reasons.
• I don't understand.
• Well, Jon also has a serious problem with his boss, so Jon consulted with me... You know what? My uncle is working at Oriental Electric as a personnel manager and he said they might accept an application for a recruit at his sales division because of the recent economic boom. That's the reason I'm introducing him.
• That's bullshit!
• So... I am telling you I might have an interview at Oriental with my uncle.
• That means you also have problems with your supervisor?
• I need to resign from my position because I am going to marry someone from the same company.
• Is that person...Jon?
• BINGO! You might able to work at Oriental if you could show that kind of sixth sense.

Grammar Check

【1】

Mm-hm. / Uh-huh.

 

【2】

if … were to do …,

if … should do …,

 

○ If the sun were to rise in the west
× If the sun should rise in the west

 

【3】

that's why ～

= that' the reason ～

 

Bill is very talkative. That's why I don't like him.
I don't like Bill. That's because he is very talkative.

 

【4】

go well with ～

Things are going well with me.

 

【5】

You don't have any business trips … scheduled