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流行美语 Lesson 3:big gun; to quarterback

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Michael是纽约大学的美国学生,他同时也在一家建筑公司实习。他的中国同学李华今天要去他的公司看他。Michael听得懂中文,但是说还有点困难。Michael和李华在今天的对话里会用两个常用语,一个是:big gun; 另一个是to quarterback。Michael现在在办公室门口和李华打招呼。 ' C4 z+ D5 W1 @3 `& u; y
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?! X- ]4 \5 h; `- F1 w2 G& D

5 `' [' K! Y) \L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?7 m/ g1 I8 }* K

* m4 F1 e' S: ^. Y% tM: Ah, I’ve got a meeting with the big guns this afternoon. They want to talk to me about continuing to work here after graduation.! {( D/ J& z9 }( U& n* t
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L: 我听懂了你后面的一句话,他们要跟你谈关于毕业后回来工作的 事。那真是太好了。可是,你刚才说今天下午要跟谁开会?2 ^% Q" s& m9 P
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.5 e) q0 r' o$ t/ K9 h; H" f% s

0 n# o- r0 M4 @7 `3 _L: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!6 r: H1 `& Z. `) L5 p8 Y

2 C& u) j( _) T* G. a+ P+ MM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.# o8 ]+ U- _* a3 I+ E" r
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L: 噢, 那是指权力很大的人, 也就是大人物。那么,总统的顾问能 称为big guns吗?* y  y! G2 X: V+ Z
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M: Yes, a president’s advisors are big guns. But it can also be used in sports. In soccer the stars of a team are the big guns.- {$ S2 i* g8 f, \5 ]/ `

2 ], S& i$ v  U6 D0 ~L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。& C0 T" x' ^4 g0 v6 e0 ?

7 B! x: u" E" W! @% n4 T& w6 G) ~M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.3 d: q) k  {% }
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L: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!
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2 f9 @  k* P3 G: z; sM: This is the conference room. We had a meeting here yesterday on our plan for a new building. The project leader quarterbacked the meeting., G2 z# `9 l9 |1 |! H, V0 T3 g. U3 A

8 T0 w5 X( T, Z8 x' {L: 等等,你说这是会议室,你们昨天在这里开了一个会, 讨论盖 一 栋新楼的计划。可是,你还说那项目主任是踢美式足球的,是quarterback,四分卫,对不对?4 r# N. x6 r! L
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M: No, no, no! Quarterback here is a verb, meaning to lead. The word quarterback is borrowed from American football, where the quarterback leads the team.: m' m* Q# x, ?& T$ O8 F" O% j
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L: 噢,quarterback 在这里是动词,意思是领导。你说这里的 quarterback 是从美式足球里借来用的,因为quarterback在球队里是 主力。你刚才是怎么说的?
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M: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
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L: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。
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4 e% A' e* r2 H那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?
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M: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.2 T% C. V: W3 `" T$ n' z
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L: 知道了,to quarterback 是用在商业方面的。要是某人负责一个新 项目,这个人就是在领导这个项目的小组。要是某人在一个法律事务所主持会议,那该怎么说呢?
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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.
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L: 你们公司的一位重要领导主持会议,讨论公司的收入报告,这又 该怎么说?
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M: The company’s big gun quarterbacked the meeting about their revenue report. Hey, I need to get back to work. I’ll call you later.
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.
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$ C$ o3 y( X. U8 t# Q. ZM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.2 n. v$ b% m  k% j

" g4 T; D* J% I3 k% @9 C3 h7 J- `L: 你真的当真呐! 还想主持所有会议,总管所有项目。得啦,再 见吧!
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Michael 和李华在对话中用了两个常用语, 一个是:the big guns, 意思是大人物,对决策有重大影响的人;另一个是:to quarterback,意思是主持会议,或总管项目。
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