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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。 # B/ i' S+ _% \2 y2 c5 P" {) c5 p
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?
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& z9 A. a* j( U. _" X8 Z3 jL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?! Q; `0 K6 j# U5 _4 X& S
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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?
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.' a" G, X6 G4 o6 b- h1 N
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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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3 Y: n. f9 ?8 Y: T9 cM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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" D6 V) @6 I6 l0 RL: 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 a+ @% ]9 | N% F. o$ E3 R/ f7 }: L
! p" _3 L3 p" _2 `" JM: 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。5 U5 M9 m- ^; I0 O" l+ G2 }( x2 v
! B& S- Q/ D/ jM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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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!
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) r+ y/ z; [9 G3 |4 z YM: 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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8 T: @) x) G# XM: 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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7 Q" I% v( L/ O) z' l# b. 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?" i' E0 z/ |$ S2 T
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M: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting." H+ o; g; b& ?: b' }/ }1 A* V
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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。
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那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?
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9 e* Q' W0 ]0 |0 i# T/ u5 JM: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.9 B& |$ I! r9 k
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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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' {5 G0 j) `' K$ Q. U5 }M: 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?
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v# `) Z* w% v* Q9 n' N% iM: 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.( @1 }& ?8 d' q$ I
( n* A, @& b1 W5 e! xL: 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.$ R& V5 B4 }& a, ^6 e' w X) U
1 x: S' Y# Q) e/ d8 f/ v5 RL: 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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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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