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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。
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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+ g4 n, ]5 U; o1 h% \' }: PM: 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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6 k5 x. L+ Q0 `0 w8 `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?: j  k! Z0 M! }6 O
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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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L: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!# T! ^( z  k1 c* L6 v0 Z' f

* P" e$ _9 y0 [$ Y; W! b- `M: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
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0 G2 K$ d9 k9 ~1 @, m3 V0 R# T/ JL: 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?1 k$ y, r2 u) S5 Y0 i

9 `1 a2 k* w+ r1 s2 d! gM: 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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9 z; v% t. ?7 t" H. [L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。1 ^1 E- O$ Y: ^5 J4 B+ G3 k5 W5 [

* [: H" w5 _  L0 p5 TM: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.4 y+ m4 @  P; T& d
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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!4 L/ L( ?, E/ r4 [! i' K
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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." |+ S! v2 i6 u9 Z4 x0 S9 v! P0 @
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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?
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; u4 ^4 X4 s: V* W0 _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.0 e$ m$ h( G) _$ ]1 S, ]3 P
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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?. w8 V5 G+ H1 P) s+ K, L' q4 R
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M: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
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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。* P+ R9 L& w& H5 i4 @9 p0 q
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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., {+ I8 c0 X( f" R& q

* R0 X# m. v- YL: 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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) _, {3 @1 F% B2 P6 |. V* `  rM: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm., j6 t; E) m' e0 i. R

. s4 o/ C, l) v. ^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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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.5 d( e. a- x/ T1 t) l

! t$ H" g* b2 m* j' V! kM: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.5 t* S* {' \3 ~. O" F* x+ L

( F( `5 G' I3 e. Z+ hL: 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!5 `5 i9 v8 l6 D/ W, Y5 ]; N
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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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