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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。 : ?" [7 r. M, B! U9 H& Y
M: 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?
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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.% g: R- A" A& X8 r
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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?$ V: ?' i/ x0 Q# h4 M) {! Q

* N- N; Y' ?6 BM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.2 d* n5 x) C* x/ ~# S6 L9 l: y
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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!  F* n' |* U$ B0 Z% H

; ]1 g; ?4 {' U/ f* `( i5 MM: 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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. p! W  e7 h, D0 `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。5 v" [/ {$ |3 x. s! P" ^! t: J6 p) V
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.. L' _; U1 t4 w, H, W

1 p/ n! f. \4 S% gL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!8 p  V2 \3 Z* ]9 @* b6 t

: c4 `! c9 _! X3 L4 b. A( 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.' l6 v0 j+ g+ _6 H) q

$ m8 ~! \$ o1 b: z8 ^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?' w' t0 I0 \, d. o3 ]
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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.  a9 y& ], ?" \7 }+ Q

6 y, G9 z8 J3 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?% Q* n- t8 e/ V' w' T5 D

9 P2 F+ ^; c+ f" z  KM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.* Q/ s" e! ]% `* c5 O! k$ n% w! G6 T

- q3 H8 c$ a+ m" DL: 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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M: 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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' B" a* X* g/ E4 NL: 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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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.+ b$ ~- N) s5 \/ g4 k3 i
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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?% |6 T# _, b0 }2 R
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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.
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.' I1 L, A6 d1 Z& p

6 K+ z: }6 |/ yM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.# ?+ z. H4 b! H: M4 A

8 ^9 W7 v* N5 h# |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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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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