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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?( f/ M7 ]7 P& S% @' Y
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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., r! O. f9 M' d& d) j
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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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0 f7 w" ^. v$ ^# z, y1 i# m1 xL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!6 d! H* O k3 ?; G1 T# ?" T
& h V- T& d6 ]2 { G: l; Y9 M: [M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.' C! B" p' q+ K, t: q6 p
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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?6 m- B! t: d; l8 @" q7 I- y
1 _" S0 o. ~/ ?6 hM: 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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0 Z7 i& X5 ?/ D AM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.5 m8 ?" V$ k8 U: o+ V1 U9 @
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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!5 U# c: w- ]8 v2 v) o, ~. K# M
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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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, f- W$ ^& V. r0 g0 J6 DL: 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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& I* k8 ~) L% d$ }3 b. h9 JM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.8 `7 M" t% A* g
) C& O- {" v, Q, y6 QL: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。8 B" o5 [+ T2 ~
7 M% \' u) Q! x- a& ?7 f+ m那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?6 m; O V# G) {3 P' P* H) [* k
5 y) W" K$ R, R6 V) GM: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team., b3 p6 I7 v1 B# F& F/ T$ V
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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.& D& J- F' R1 a# X6 R) I8 \( E" X
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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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8 e, ?2 N# ~+ [) P* QL: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.. {1 y+ K& s( g. _7 c
. _- w( l0 l& m8 w! r5 M$ UM: 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!9 X4 b. ]$ g* J8 U: ]0 p, p
/ R6 T4 L! y! z' e5 B$ f+ U2 iMichael 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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