Are you referring to E! Entertainment Channel's slogan? This is not a common expression, but it seemed to me that "pop" was used here in the same context as e.g. "pop" of colour. Pop of colour means that a patch of colour really stands out from the background e.g. a pop of red on an otherwise dull grey dress. Therefore, "pop of culture" is probably supposed to give the impression that E! provides entertainment that really stands out from other channels?

我是老师 means I am a teacher, whereas 我的老师 means My teacher. 她是好美 means She is indeed/really pretty, whereas 好美的她 means (the) really pretty her.

Cover for him?

Why do I have to cover for him? He always passes the buck although it’s his own duty. What’s the worse ? I must accept additional work which he commands. And something that is beyond my ability. Low-paying , no responsible care, extra work, unreasonable (to add a noun here e.g. expectations/demands). Backseat (to add a noun here e.g. supervision/dictatorship),that is all he brings. When troubles comes, we should save his skin at the first time. When an error occurs,he uses us as a convenient scapegoats. This is my boss. Sadly, for some reasons, not that any of this will keep me from jumping ship.

 

 

Sorry to hear about your work situation. It must be challenging in your shoes. Be careful to always start the first word in a sentence with a capital letter. Your last sentence "...not that any of this will keep me from jumping ship" does not seem to match the rest of your passage. "Keep me from jumping ship" means to "give you reasons not to switch jobs", whereas your boss is behaving in a way that would give you many reasons to jump ship/leave. Therefore, it seems like the ending should have read "not that any of this would keep me from staying on in my job/under him."

Basic Phrases

yes, maybe not, not at all, thanks, please,

A nobleman and a python

Once upon a time, a nobleman was walking along a mountain path, when he found a giant python was about to catch and eat baby magpies. At that moment, he killed the python by shooting an arrow and saved the baby magpies.
After a long walk, he found a place to rest. It was a small house where there was only a woman. He went into the house and asked her if he could stay one night. He thought it strange that she was alone at home deep in the mountain, but he went to bed and fell into a deep sleep in his room. Suddenly a strange feeling woke him up. He felt himself being wrapped by something. He jumped out of bed when he saw a python coiling around him. This female python was married to the python which had aimed for the baby magpies. She had disguised herself as a woman to take revenge.
“You must be the one who killed my husband, so now it's your turn to die.” The python said to him.
“This is not fair. Am I so guilty that I deserve to be killed? I was just trying to save the poor little magpies. Anyone would do the same.” He replied.
“How did you know they were pathetic? You’d never seen them before, had you?”
“What do you mean? No need to say that they were weak, while your husband was much bigger and stronger. It is obviously fair to stand by the weak.”
“There’s nothing obviously fair. My husband and I were just about to starve and to be to make things worse, I’m pregnant. He couldn’t help looking for some food. I was there near him waiting desperately for food. The mother magpie just got snatched by a hawk when you found her babies. And they also got caught as soon as you left. Your hasty judgment killed not only my husband, but also them, and now us…” she breathed her last and couldn’t continue to talk. The gentleman stood still for a while staring at the dead python.

*This story was adapted from a Korean fairy tale, 'A magpie returning the favor'.

 

Beautifully translated! And what an interesting fairy tale! Would love to read it in Korean one day :-).