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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。 3 h# }8 `7 G; B
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?. U4 O* i7 _! I2 n( S' u
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L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?' }8 C5 [% k! M9 L# i
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M: 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.
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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?
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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L: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!+ A, t. h" b. F, |6 g% l
9 Q% h G' i8 B% w0 ^* U& GM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.) ?$ N. Y# a* G$ R. n0 g; \
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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?
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6 E9 g* ]5 k( c$ s; g$ a% BM: 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.
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L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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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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6 C2 x, \9 O, p) b* \; _M: This is the conference room. We had a meeting here yesterday on our plan for a new building. The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
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) d0 b0 d+ i! T/ h: o* K5 uL: 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?
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, a# ]0 ?2 k( X' P1 f% U' Q% b2 }8 D- TM: 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.5 V: ]7 n6 Z; g, r w
9 x0 q9 d& c+ d6 Z" wL: 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?0 z) j6 U' F# L7 V6 z2 O
5 ]4 r1 K; ^! n; D) m8 L. e7 W% k' qM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.5 Y C7 v- ^1 y6 F A
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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。; y5 \+ Z* m6 U# N5 X4 r3 z! U. @' J1 ~
( H, v; Z# k4 a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.
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$ {% g/ \6 U! V. w, W( F9 C# AL: 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?! D5 E- A& h% @' S; [6 d
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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.. j# p# ~7 E) E! ^) |" I5 L/ {' ~9 h
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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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M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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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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