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第一部 第叁课: the big gun , to quarterback
- 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，但是说还有点儿困难． Michael 和李华在今天的对话裡会用两个常用语，一个是 big gun，另外一个是 to quarterback． Michael 现在在办公室门口和李华打招呼。
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- Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How're you doing?
- 我挺好呀．你怎麼样？哎，对了，你下午想干什麼？
- 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.
- 嗯，我听懂了你后面那句话，他们要跟你谈有关毕业后回来工作的事．哎，那真是太好了哎．可是你开始说今天下午要跟谁开会？
- I 'm meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.
- 哦～，你是要跟你的几个老闆开会呀．原来你们把老闆叫着 the big guns，这个 big guns 又是怎麼拼的呢？
- Big, b-i-g, guns, g-u-n-s. It's an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.
- 哦～，那就是指权力很大的人，也就是大人物囉．那麼，总统的顾问那能不能称為 big guns 呢？
- 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.
- 哦～， Big guns 还可以用在体育方面啊。
- OK, let me show you around the rest of the office.
- 你要带我看看公司大楼啊，Let's go！
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- This is the conference room. We had a meeting here yesterday on our plan for a new building. The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
- 哎～，等等等等 Michael，你说这是会议室，你们昨天在这儿开了个会，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啊？是 quarterback，四分卫，对不对？
- Oh, no! Quarterback here is a verb, meaning to lead. The word quarterback is borrowed from American football, where the quarterback leads the team.
- 哦～， quarterback 在这裡是动词，意思呢是领导．你说这裡的 quarterback 是从美式足球裡借来用的，因為 quarterback 在球队裡呢是主力．哎， Michael 啊，你刚才是怎麼说的？
- The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
- 嗯～，现在我听清楚了，你刚才说的是：项目领导人主持会议．这个字挺长的哦， Quarterback， Michael 啊，能不能帮我拼一下，好不好？
- Quarterback is spell: qu-ar-ter-ba-ck.
- 那麼～， to quarterback 我还能用在别的地方吗？
- To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.
- 知道了， to quarterback 呢是用在商业方面的．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，那又该怎麼说呢？
- Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.
- 嗯～，你们公司的一位重要领导主持会议，讨论公司的收入报告，这又该怎麼说呢？
- 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.
- 好吧好吧，那就再见囉！希望你将来成為 a big gun.
- Oh, yea, I'm sure soon I'll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.
- 你真当真吶！还想主持所有的会议，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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