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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。 ; r9 P+ a/ {7 D
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?8 q* d, H+ }& {( ^3 g! d
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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.
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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: t4 e& n7 c( \7 B; H3 i
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office./ S. p/ ]+ h6 w) r, X
5 h4 }2 T W+ J& i9 U4 n# ML: 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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6 _# F3 ^- F2 T7 i/ u: cM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.8 `5 }' e3 v) J C0 {# q$ ~6 E2 I
4 m% |, K1 {/ J- u% x q: Z( `' H! yL: 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?! ?2 K. S* D z/ n
0 i+ d: n4 I4 N( G' zM: 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.; D e& r6 z- E0 B! }. ~- i
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L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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/ p" ~+ c( [" LM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.
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L: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!$ Y5 _/ F% s, V0 d/ l
5 N% e' w4 n2 V1 W; ~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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; o1 Y( d* L' c' ?- dL: 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?! b4 s! E9 J5 O9 n+ r& q8 {- q" Z5 e4 Q1 i
q+ {. y1 n& Y0 @! t$ _) k, qM: 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.- M' D; m! O* X5 C7 Q5 W
q: R7 } w% E1 rL: 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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* w* e; q" L7 @" F) d5 I9 mL: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。* y( D4 p3 f+ q2 y( f2 C& z4 e
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那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?0 L# y) N) b, \/ E2 e
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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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4 D. T3 V8 C$ K, D c3 E8 ^M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.$ C" _# S3 a* A. e6 C0 `
# m0 s/ P x& y4 rL: 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?1 I: v; Z- Q1 I- Z4 t; l. ?0 z
) S7 y: E- M9 Z6 C( U" x7 iM: 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.( ~4 _' }% l- s) V! x f Q+ j; x8 @
! K1 b c" t& aL: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.# s* _( ~% u! U5 d5 h- P
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M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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- k' U+ G6 l! g) h( J6 ^, UL: 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!6 c1 N, u4 N( G$ Z
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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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