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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。
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L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?
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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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! ~$ s: ]) Z# n2 R( a: o3 O1 xL: 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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5 g6 P2 U; [4 E1 V! c& H0 o6 DM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office. G) b8 ]! d7 g! m$ X. c
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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!' }) @& t. h5 }. S5 u
/ q: S+ O+ B: OM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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6 _, M% Z. t/ d% t1 c4 UL: 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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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.
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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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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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?
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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.+ {& P6 l8 A6 W' f1 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.# l$ z1 X! o" B) D' F+ o2 Z
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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。, g/ f3 p: l: }! E2 }! B% M
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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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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.: ]3 @% A/ H' ?& X) \1 z: b
, b1 q3 ]7 E3 F$ m- [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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. K$ E" @7 F5 A. U3 b. QM: 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.3 ?6 h2 m0 P& V: _1 _) o5 z
0 [ b% p- m4 d5 d, A3 p0 ML: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.
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t2 x% Q- u3 G9 k* jM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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+ \/ |# D' k1 a) K* C2 kL: 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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