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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。 0 C) d  M4 V0 h2 m8 `: V0 Y
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?; @3 M, C" b- @- f, i6 i! |
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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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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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$ u7 f2 O( N0 B& N9 y( uM: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.' r$ H2 u5 i7 V  p& Z7 a6 x

1 q5 q* D* _" F6 O8 \. a  lL: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!& Y  `" ]1 g+ {1 {+ j  P1 S

9 X" X# {! n) Y" ?- v' e  gM: 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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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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8 O4 R) ~7 {) \: A  a* K, R9 WL: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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1 G# |9 ]8 p: C$ J0 N7 h, dM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.( }: Q& X3 b6 x4 a
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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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3 n9 X9 Q  F$ Y+ I" aM: 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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, V# V9 T4 X5 g- u# uL: 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?: y- R+ g* B1 C' e( C$ {: z- G! |
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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.
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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.( Y0 ^' Y9 r. F& X' _- P

! r' T# u# x  ]8 q3 M1 R9 G% zL: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。8 e1 H$ @! G: m+ U8 g" L, ]

2 d7 G0 l( `/ `; x3 Y8 f) x* [那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?9 P* s0 {' F6 {. [  p8 {. t# `2 ?

/ \1 `/ v, g- L3 L% \, n" n/ w  jM: 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?- B! x2 p# b0 m- [0 C
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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.. `! X# Y4 \0 m& o- a/ p: i8 N7 S

4 a& Y4 `. W2 w1 e9 j# \6 C7 EL: 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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- q9 s% j. C4 H& @$ Y4 [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., k$ _0 u/ w5 @( @: n* \5 Q
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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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  H# c2 d) \/ V4 IM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
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3 r1 u/ P. D; m8 h' j  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!: G& s. U8 H" p: s- b
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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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