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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。
! ]5 |- z8 G. P; f6 [" OM: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?$ x/ [8 s c L4 L
@& X8 L' D3 r0 v, I7 ~L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?2 v* o; _% M! [
9 g8 t7 o( p3 v- e% uM: 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.* I9 H0 }% \3 q/ f' Y$ \) C
% ^9 h. i2 C% b3 T% Q# O$ i: a3 kL: 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.- b5 C) I: K6 I3 L
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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!1 w" z1 f: h- A( k# X O* b8 O G
) e' Z7 s6 v7 F! {) J4 sM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.9 i( G3 C) z7 }7 ]; \
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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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4 y4 }, m' K) C5 eM: 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./ v' W' t8 E- M3 `% _' ~% ~
- z& q$ v7 Y8 A$ _, D6 s: ^0 EL: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。7 p, U( R. g- G5 K2 a; e
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office." c. ^3 R. w; Y: r5 e' T
1 ]5 c7 u- S& k$ }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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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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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?( W6 q& }! [' K. b- r( ~
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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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: }. H! A& }* T7 {( x0 }/ 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?
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M: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.: W, K2 @: L9 @* @; y
1 i, U- L. b' ]) X( y+ b ?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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1 f: Q( y1 y4 Y$ H& V: M8 Z. b. W那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?3 T' s$ C- s, }* N
2 }3 K# ]5 N4 \3 p3 H# i9 v! xM: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.3 u* _7 _ _. D# R' K4 i) w! ?3 O
6 y* _7 ~9 Z: K) y0 jL: 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?3 G7 L* ?- L/ @8 @, Y1 {$ Y
3 D3 ^% n4 M$ Y4 f w cM: 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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0 p! {& P; d0 U( F) h' Z1 ?+ TM: 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." g6 @) o. h. k" k
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.5 L9 K+ G) v: n% M) p% Q' {
' K/ B$ [! F: v: v! A/ DM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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) t& n8 ?- q: f! J# }& Q1 L. M; tL: 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!- p% B3 |# O; Z) T1 g4 U7 e5 j
' t" J/ ^3 N% V+ X0 l v& mMichael 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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