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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。 & k& g4 q5 U0 D' @  X& z" q! \/ i
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?: r" a8 b' l! o+ A

% C7 k# G, N: lL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?2 ~: ~/ c5 u/ j
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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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& M9 C' B( d7 x( NL: 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?! G$ r' X7 i; v9 s% }0 n4 s

0 G# m6 T* g5 q5 c7 X# J2 u7 nM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.& o/ p' G& Y' Y8 `3 c( U

# a' l! C2 A4 }" s' ?8 g; GL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!0 C; H* C' h8 G0 H7 E% E

# v( Y8 F& R' t9 d1 [8 ]M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.( {5 T/ C6 V4 ^! t" c
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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?  j0 R& ~8 H4 ?$ m" z# }9 }9 H
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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.. v2 i8 i4 g- C' G% ^/ }2 X$ y

) B! d9 i# \# f2 Y0 OL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!2 _/ p3 K1 `) O0 k: b2 B

% q3 D5 m$ ?* e- |. m1 HM: This is the conference room. We had a meeting here yesterday on our plan for a new building. The project leader quarterbacked the meeting." \2 n& e/ f- g) z
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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?& V' u1 W/ ^. k+ i

3 n9 a; y6 @$ k1 L2 bM: 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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8 E! V& F$ l: A8 {& f3 TL: 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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+ r4 D: [* ^6 x  o/ UM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting., O, n/ k8 k- t& q4 i; V

# e% D+ p1 w3 j3 O) x& q0 wL: 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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5 I/ P1 z) F( E4 ~7 ?) p( X+ Z那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?
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6 O! Z! V- s  j) h2 o& I" IM: 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?: E6 _6 S9 _& x! F0 }6 g) p

9 d$ P1 \. B- |5 y" z& `# QM: 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?
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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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/ b9 I+ `0 ^) l" CL: 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.# t& z0 z5 Y( l/ o

6 O$ J  {' Q% |0 G0 j3 gL: 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 X8 ~! U# ^- l* F0 L* K( I2 C
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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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