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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。 5 q% x1 B: f6 ^; b
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?
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8 a6 Q7 {8 i: G- ^5 w& GL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?% X2 B% P9 x' e) T/ ^
/ j! Y' ^% V6 g/ `9 P9 XM: 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 k5 F. F! W) s$ X. ~
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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?( u9 e7 v) p q5 L. S0 P r5 s
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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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5 ^) C; {- ~1 {- F" I# QL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!9 H. t0 |! l2 F/ ?& l" w
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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.+ b- l: N8 h; V/ z
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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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+ s/ c4 Y" z# d3 dM: 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.) ~: P" {3 Z/ O6 t0 T, D
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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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/ r; ]5 n8 P( h4 \8 S, JM: This is the conference room. We had a meeting here yesterday on our plan for a new building. The project leader quarterbacked the meeting., j) M0 m/ W$ A1 Q* ]8 R
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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?1 j. A4 U. b6 F) N, |
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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.+ a ~: u2 v8 Z2 S
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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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8 G( K- ]/ {& c) `" aL: 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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7 J Z$ |8 o0 \& t4 l. v" [M: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.1 J# N: D0 v- [% H- r- X
3 C" R) o, f, L0 Q$ H( N- Z; LL: 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?7 p, i9 {, M7 m, t
* e) m% Q. Z I4 I6 x" oM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm./ j$ V% @5 U! f9 B
% ^, D7 N7 O3 }; o, @; ]$ w5 |5 KL: 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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* _, J$ W, U6 M# N' MM: 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." K' ?& k* k% Z0 j. n v9 U
3 i3 P2 V) S2 P6 _L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun./ D) B9 S) s `: R. {+ L
- l* F0 J( f- vM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project." c1 ~' K, s- e7 }5 w0 f. {
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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!
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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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