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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。 * a) s2 x; i6 H( Q+ |9 n/ x# |: |2 e. s' t
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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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?
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! P' k- d! s- L& E' XM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.9 v5 ^8 Y; o/ Q( Z8 N: R3 y
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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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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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; m3 z) B5 M; W( s5 m, jL: 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。
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M: 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!
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1 g3 Q) i; P& Q' T. N: l: M/ {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.: K8 @& F9 W7 o+ Y, j# T
C9 [ x( o1 Y# \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?
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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.
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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?$ q: B6 C, U$ V9 L$ E9 t/ Y
1 I8 ~/ C% ^* R' D! A# ]: l$ r" oM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.% q$ ]+ \2 J# O0 w3 j- v7 m$ I2 j$ a
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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。/ f2 k/ l$ E8 G! C8 P& K1 n7 B: K' ?$ B
* |' W" W! s: Y; N0 _2 l那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?& e a- c* {/ z% b, ~* ]
: s0 U8 Q" o; qM: 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.
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& S- A3 Z) i( E% s! R: ZL: 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./ r) `0 Y1 x9 A. V
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.7 V- a: G2 U1 t4 L/ d7 F
6 [7 I. v* E9 ^+ iM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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3 i/ F- G+ C ^+ `3 vL: 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!
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: v; {" p0 O, a. OMichael 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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