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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。
  ~2 F0 t, p7 Y& K7 n. P3 zM: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?
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L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?( h% ^+ \9 f/ `  \" d4 o& u2 o
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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?; p% _0 a" r$ e3 f5 {
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.5 b! h- U+ G# u: m2 x4 w
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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!
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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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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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; c8 L8 M- S# [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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L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。8 w# S9 S( b4 q' O. d
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.( p. _# O+ ?; B, T" f% A

2 i$ w' U6 l( J5 D/ ?- mL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!9 M+ \. z; [' _- V# H

4 C4 V+ @* ~! L3 W: {- _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.: d4 ]% U' h+ b
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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?- {3 L% Q7 a2 i9 k8 _+ H8 |% z; h

. I! O3 W# h* d2 h2 b- `( ZM: 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.0 B5 `3 H4 D6 C: O
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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?' Y3 [' a" C3 q/ u

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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。, R- W$ o: ^7 x2 c! I6 u

+ [" }+ q" u/ Z% C) O6 j+ n* T& D) r那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?! s, i: ~- P+ b8 m6 U. A

' v0 j! G9 j0 b! z+ ZM: 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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1 J/ P6 M/ m" s, RM: 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?) Y( N- T# d& j( a# O
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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.2 P8 p  S' m- a- i$ ]
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.6 E4 f. _6 b- Y# s2 U$ r4 Q# M

" E* i  h2 Q( C3 J5 \( f+ ~M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.7 l( q; h; ?9 x% `0 Q
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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!8 L) b! J$ @: q0 ?! F9 B: B. {$ r

: ?. {7 b: Z: |& N  u6 m6 O$ }* {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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