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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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, E2 L. G3 q: A8 _. ~L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?/ T( `& X, j$ ?( w1 b
$ ]5 {" v& c' @* c7 ^, yM: 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.% \5 d9 Y0 Z, L7 I
0 A& m' ^: C* ]$ O3 UL: 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.6 B2 G0 G1 P) ^, F! _, v9 S0 f
/ d& Y5 j2 r8 R+ EL: 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.% V, {2 T. G I1 ^3 j5 S. Q
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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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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.! [9 m: E3 {1 E( p: {# H" w
( g* `. k! ~; p- ~L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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/ p Q8 v, |6 I$ _1 N3 U: PM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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- Z4 R4 m3 j! _ V/ `0 }L: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!3 F) t9 ?! b# P- \, @
( G& A5 m5 r* J8 ^- G6 iM: 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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0 w C1 v# B! x4 B" FL: 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?/ _# N1 z4 Z; M: C; P' A
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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.
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; T7 {; l, }2 _2 U' s4 }1 ]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?' {+ a0 a1 [. X0 K* m7 k
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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。, ^, x, W7 f2 e' \& Q
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那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?' H! t. R- a! q y/ u# S
9 R. r- u) ]/ O# N7 Y+ Z3 ^- l& 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?& H7 w! N; M6 t; S( [
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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.% f' `! H) J6 O% \
+ M% ]3 n- ~* m0 O# t& L" F; fL: 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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. @5 z/ }- d1 Y9 O( E. r+ UM: 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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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun. C, }/ v' F' L* n2 O
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M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project./ |: p; w; K J( e4 u/ a( y
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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!
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2 E2 L2 I& v2 n. `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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