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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。
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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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0 s! j0 `4 v7 ?  B% d4 `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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3 C. O) B4 v" Z/ l1 N* H2 ~+ WL: 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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) p+ q$ K6 w9 HM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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4 A& B/ B1 S5 c( ~9 j+ T5 j) JL: 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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0 h3 j- s3 u5 o  PM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.1 T' ^( Z$ X( E0 x; e. Q" x

: X6 D' }3 Z/ {, M" oL: 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。8 ?9 t( }# W8 }" V; i9 d$ M' {5 _
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.4 t. _* {1 k: a) l5 A1 H; ^

: p9 {) J2 B7 Q! d4 {L: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!  v" }" q0 o* E* ]2 K' B8 a
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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.0 a% |' O+ @8 \$ f5 k5 ?

& D' C7 o' K* O2 T9 AL: 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?3 i2 G! Q9 b8 t! T# G3 x
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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.4 w* v8 l0 Y  @9 H
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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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L: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。8 S& g; N3 E6 w+ Q3 J

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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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% d. E( I0 T# DL: 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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+ k* e7 n' Q* l$ }% ZM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.
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4 T1 f' o+ _, f; |' Q* wL: 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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8 Y( a9 _: n7 I9 G& sM: 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.; |  N" N6 e6 B; B
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.; r1 @5 {! H+ Z3 ~6 G

3 ^( k/ H8 t( KM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.: A' H- x& h& Z+ P+ H
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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!, j: ?2 Q4 C/ o$ F. I
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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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