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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。 , o& p9 \; p" ?3 _! q( Y/ P3 q
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?
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* ?" p" e$ T! f# rL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?
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( m8 _4 n7 W) s# w2 v- u1 mM: 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.( W, t# ^: O" X+ \" e! S0 b
& o8 w) p& }+ iL: 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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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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0 C0 m y1 K8 n7 Q6 nL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!' }" B+ k7 {8 y8 M
) N1 u8 z% ?( k( n, `, H1 WM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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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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# |: j* d- K6 W, M& i, H" o: Z; f! CM: 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.2 y3 J6 O/ w& W3 u0 W+ H4 T
* ^) ]9 X7 X, e5 ?4 M# {4 @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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& h5 L3 ?3 C7 [+ YL: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!
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# p- |: X+ R! o# o2 }! EM: 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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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; v& B; ~; h9 \% z# y- 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.3 V4 I; Q/ O- L3 V6 V/ a2 ?- O
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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." X& P6 n5 y$ ^' W0 t- q" M
7 m0 ]" P% M& T4 e5 @8 g* hL: 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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( M4 s& p' u: `4 C+ }- B5 k: z那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?
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+ L3 R* o- O+ O4 B& z% {" R3 m5 zM: 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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1 u- e2 V8 W, vL: 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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5 \8 ?$ c- t- P: @0 R7 s0 MM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.2 g2 @0 g: h. j0 Y2 l
9 T' V- L7 B$ _* r! w6 TL: 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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% g* X5 z/ F8 B8 S, o( WM: 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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h, ]9 }9 }0 j* O+ u/ D( SL: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.
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' \- J0 W: [& d& p& g9 XM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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4 O, [! G! H! Q2 s! @( EL: 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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