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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。 3 N  ?; z# l$ p
M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?9 L) W; r4 L" T: p6 f/ E

( U" U: Q0 z7 jL: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?0 v& Z% n' @. @9 j6 v8 @1 H
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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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1 g9 C# x& D& j# @# V: |# ~! \5 q& P3 KL: 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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+ D' {' y0 L* k# r8 ]; m: N5 p9 SM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
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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!- u' ^# @; _5 D! ~8 @& E
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M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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5 @& _. g" U* K% M9 N$ L$ u" i! oL: 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?$ _+ o5 c8 v4 P

' ^/ [4 _- c) iM: 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 W( E! @, N* R- r+ J

/ Y5 j( z9 @# E# J9 u9 C7 F# s  HL: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。! o! v0 g. D6 |1 @. B
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.5 ~, C4 R7 Q+ [0 A6 v5 r; w
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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!' F! ]% d' h' e: g

: ^4 z+ ]* ?* _. xM: 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?% k/ L. M0 a! o- }- f8 j; d
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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.) V0 k2 z# g. U; C- C5 ?$ T2 S- 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?) W. J) C  P' T
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M: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting./ f. }/ c' u  M* o  F0 [

  v+ W3 }% J; yL: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。: k% }, ?% G7 v! w' n( A8 C

9 s+ ]5 ~" k: B. U- O& c% n' A那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?0 s# B4 O+ _4 }
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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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5 B6 D3 ^; B2 cL: 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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0 G* P+ Z. U5 E. T& GM: 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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5 }0 `# D5 W( T. uM: 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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L: 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.# z" K& c. O# _

. H3 g4 u0 F6 _4 L$ d% g* i( 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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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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