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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。
/ s! f% I- H6 u3 F! HM: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?0 F0 q$ u! |) [4 d+ b1 d3 z/ ^

% P* z5 @, u9 @" T7 C% XL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?
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4 `. j# K9 ~, DM: 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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6 F2 ^9 b! H3 t4 C. @- l  qL: 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?, o5 B* X+ N; T9 B( ^' z0 O
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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7 n7 f! s6 A0 {. i( l' w" {; f$ s& D; BL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!/ u& t; u5 z4 U1 b* B! m

3 G1 o& r. d+ A3 U2 }" QM: 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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" \% z& }0 X* w9 ]6 @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.. {1 r5 E9 E/ ?9 X( l8 ~
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L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。" q7 x) v. b6 D' N& i. w/ r8 @9 X$ Q" r+ V

- k! _/ m6 y% f- ~+ _M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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( R% H1 s0 E6 BL: 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.9 x: Z# v8 A% i9 L  w4 _% H+ [' g

8 Q: a, ?& i% \4 {% D+ z! OL: 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?- D% {8 L6 V% f4 k( p

" v6 B) R/ V, l; `/ e4 VM: 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.. L+ ?8 {- l0 x' i7 W

3 D1 m7 J+ l( e" m& ?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.$ ^% y7 v2 f( ~% }$ V
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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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6 S4 d* w$ P  v3 r那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?
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) d' j, j, `, Z6 }6 x/ IM: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.# B# K' c/ i* @8 F( z0 H' g

! Q; u3 T( r# I7 |4 v5 zL: 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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9 v# O: j1 ^& E4 u+ VM: 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?  d1 s$ p3 h7 c1 v) y
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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.0 |" c! R/ U' F( ?4 U
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M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.7 M* o' F8 G5 k% e% l+ _7 ?
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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!% ^3 B3 W4 Z, h8 s
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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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