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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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; Q l% N# @$ GL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?' }+ G) C" r2 n( P7 z) x
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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., J* B( q/ n* n4 J4 o
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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?+ _# C6 k- H9 k1 ]$ Y8 h
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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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/ U6 p' q. a& g# B# {0 h: y1 dL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!/ B; M6 q2 ~9 u* b4 u
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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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. Z: }% ?8 _. z0 E+ [8 H( w I7 {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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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。
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/ {. ~! @8 g6 wM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.- r0 N- L. v+ \
6 s w2 @! G7 o( `! 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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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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1 \6 d- j, R+ V1 N* ]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.. g! W# S" X3 d
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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.
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' g' Y. E' }: f; XL: 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?
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2 g2 P+ |6 \ G0 J' u3 r% [- m9 WM: 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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6 @% ~0 e4 K7 a! s- J6 wM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.1 r* Z- \4 Q# T0 s% ?. u& w6 G
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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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& j# Z6 ]/ `8 {8 K) y' P oM: 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.) W4 D# ?3 q9 f
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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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2 `+ I$ z" C7 G8 p& L( M* VL: 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!7 s* T9 R% q, c+ Q
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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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