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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。 0 _ o8 G l, k' W+ B
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?# K% b* s. c7 ]. N
- j* N5 A( V% w4 a% S( x6 qM: 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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9 G1 {! f' ^# j4 gM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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/ B& V2 j- u5 C' XL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!9 i$ _4 G+ ^& g4 U
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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.) Z f; ^$ P) r. r) |' `3 J" s
3 {2 ]# j2 E1 [" O5 P8 D( F! hL: 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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5 I* Y5 O" @4 H- AM: 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./ H% [9 q" {% ?* f0 R: s) ~
1 T7 F- l" j' E J/ C' _0 ^L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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0 t% ]& z- m& [# e% b- |1 ~& SM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.4 D2 Y1 D; C w3 n* S5 [
# K" L; u* ~2 n4 G: V# EL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!+ t ]& W: [# J$ U
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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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: P! ~/ ^2 _6 d% qL: 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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: O t6 t: v( O1 _' IM: 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.9 A* @! ~5 B- W1 Y2 d8 C
8 M' P7 u1 [8 F8 |5 \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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5 C) q- f0 H/ P' g) h3 dM: 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。
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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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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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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.& n2 z0 B9 z P
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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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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.0 |' [2 r3 \. `$ }) j' S
* S4 J1 L# f& E7 y2 YL: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.; d) z& c; b& ~# m0 M2 ?" m
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M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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6 H5 F6 h8 y4 R/ a' _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!. ?% z& Q' h/ |, L0 o
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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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