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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。 / [+ N5 s! r3 t# f1 v. I5 b, |
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.% q; R" @! U& u
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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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9 S& u5 d$ B5 K4 s C$ rM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.7 x' {. V ]5 t$ ?( n, V# ~# Y
* {+ R \7 l9 J" ^6 z) x, AL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns! @# [: W' H; s& c
! J# C/ w4 D# k% n0 ]+ c' }M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people. J6 ^" d$ u% W( L1 T- w, r6 o
, H- n# F( b4 O1 g* k/ V1 BL: 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?3 x: x$ K/ i1 x
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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.9 d/ L. G- j$ ~1 q" C
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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.5 q% q7 V7 f9 b' L: s0 x
; P2 B2 l/ W2 H2 A3 r* g0 l! YL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!2 A& P' X1 `6 v2 z }4 J
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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.) d6 I. U2 V8 ]1 [ C6 C
3 ?6 k' V& @6 J5 [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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0 A, g# r7 I, B% j, T, x! \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 V( z; ?, m, O
! f' S6 D& d9 \* a$ I6 gL: 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?3 }% a) J+ l0 P* B* v& h! R# c
) Z! A K* r) I8 K5 iM: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.2 V+ o# \7 T& l
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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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5 _2 _9 C, A$ I! s9 k, |/ v4 ]那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?
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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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! t: R' a; }9 }" x4 Z0 X/ r, uM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.% X5 Q9 {& F- L$ W% R% f& g1 n
~* h+ a; F! S3 Q. ~3 U hL: 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?0 P$ ^( P N5 Y6 U. X$ E I6 D
& w. `; ?/ Z/ Q& K+ VM: 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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) Z& _$ |. B; ]( s: _+ [$ 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.
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" B' I9 v9 q% @( ~7 w5 oL: 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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