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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。 ! G* v; i! ~* ~1 F& ^
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?0 a8 [! K4 s0 U
& c8 p: e/ u) g' [' L, l2 cL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?
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( R+ Q- T5 F; E5 O$ Q4 b. pM: 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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) G$ z: o8 o0 YL: 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?& O$ V- D: h( y* D; {' p" Z A, b
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.% }- a, ~. Y8 ?) Q8 Q3 c
) p$ u2 J( j5 S; hL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!1 I% ]$ k Z* L% E
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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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* {1 F+ b) {) d; g; m5 |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?7 O% T; J# D2 v3 J9 \# y }
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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.8 Q' K) v7 g4 C, h! i8 w. J! |
3 h- u2 P/ _: E! l/ DL: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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/ C' R. q4 r9 k1 @ r2 m# ~3 gM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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- A/ W- |0 C6 ]! T! k5 L+ LL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!
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! p7 u U! a$ O3 O8 M. H9 S: fM: 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?* J, ? B* X* ~9 @. b( d C
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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.4 c$ q$ ~3 A: C# [5 J j
' U V2 @& c; I6 NL: 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?+ h& l+ ]. l8 w9 B1 e
/ V$ Y. q5 n# UM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.& y d' j4 r2 f4 r4 n4 S
5 k- q5 Y: z; C3 k! T1 HL: 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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那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?3 T3 E9 n3 n% \
2 r9 w t* o) T4 l2 {* X% q* lM: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.% d5 o# d8 v' ]: ^$ Z, ~5 {) _
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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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4 w4 h' Q* c( ]$ o4 rM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.6 h& B4 B: s: i" N" J# C
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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?/ j1 I; X4 ?2 }$ X& K
6 J0 R4 m9 m: a" @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.5 s$ G3 z2 W% h& o. ^) {6 ?
; B4 j0 I- r3 P" w u7 Z# \L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.( U, u3 \) Z+ f& k% E
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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!+ c+ I% M( J" e3 U
( j$ E) h2 Q$ f8 L; KMichael 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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