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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。 $ }, D& _+ f9 q) g; L, S
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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7 U* U- A0 L |. ?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.4 A5 E2 O R/ l
% t) U, }$ h& z7 e( N& W1 VL: 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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* ^% r- Y5 E. l' @" O+ f% ]0 KM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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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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$ I( @" ^- K: Y0 zM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.' S1 E( b8 B# Q7 Z
( \5 g( K: k" R; KL: 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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$ `1 _: k) y) l$ K: B' G# N0 }0 pM: 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 P) t5 |9 W7 N
& y1 h, _* C# Y, K5 d% C0 |M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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! G- F ~; v8 X- F& xL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!; P- n8 |9 G3 k8 b
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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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' Z% X) K# F$ V0 D, M. B9 `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?2 Z0 k: b) H9 p; A! a1 O$ l7 B
, V6 d2 v% v" c/ x/ ZM: 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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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。
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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.9 M& ~. m0 L% r3 g
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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?5 P# V3 z1 ?- K0 x5 u. z
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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.
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& d! o( z9 ~ f$ [9 PL: 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?5 M9 T2 Q9 Q" n6 b# Q
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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." ~# ^# U2 d1 T2 c( ~5 v* K5 x
7 p! e5 n |" gL: 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.1 g- d; f3 @$ i* v! J7 [ J
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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!. A; b1 A; f" ~4 w" L* N
% i9 b9 l2 X0 A/ m* PMichael 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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