【走遍美国精讲笔记】第12课：顶尖高手 ACT 3 - 1

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Grandpa 在 John Marchetta 先生的办公室里接受面试。Marchetta 先生浏
览了Grandpa 的简历，给了他很高的评价。

Grandpa ： Hi. I'm Malcolm Stewart. Marchetta ： John Marchetta. Sit
down， sit down. Grandpa： Susan has told me a great deal about you. She
says you're quite a man. Marchetta： She say a lot of wonderful things
about you too ， Mr. Stewart. Grandpa ： That's always nice to hear ，
Mr. Marchetta. Marchetta： Call me John. May I call you Malcolm ？ Let's
talk business. Grandpa： That's music to my ears. Marchetta ： I understand
you used to be in the construction business. Grandpa： Yup. Forty-three
years. Here's a brief description of forty-three years of on-the-job training.
Marchetta ： That is some history ！ You're a valuable asset， Malcolm.
Very valuable. Grandpa： Thank you. Yup. Forty-three years. Half that
time in my own construction company. Big jobs —— factories， shopping
malls. That kind of thing. Marchetta： Then you retired. Grandpa： Yes.
After my wife died， and I felt I should spend more time with my children
and grandchildren. I lived in Florida ， and they lived in New York. Marchetta
： I understand. My daughter， Cami lives in New York. I like being near
her.

「语言点精讲」

1. Susan has told me a great deal about you. She says you're quite
a man. Susan跟我说了不少有关你的事，她说你是个很了不起的人。

a great deal：很多。也可以说 a great deal of sth. ，但后面的名词只
能是不可数的。

You're quite a man. 你真是个了不起的人。

2. Call me John.叫我John好了。在对方称自己为某先生或用其它尊称时，
欲使对方直呼己名以示亲近，常这样说。也可以：“John to you.”

3. Let's talk business. talk business ：谈工作，谈生意。这是个惯用
语，talk在这里用作及物动词。

类似的不带介词，以talk为及物动词的用法还有： talk politics/sport
（谈论政治/ 体育），talk shop （说行话，谈本行业或本职工作的事），talk
sense/nonsense，talk nonsense/rubbish （说胡话，胡说八道）等。

4. That's music to my ears. 正合我意。正是我想听的。

5. I understand you used to be in the construction business.我听说
你过去是在建筑业工作的。

I understand：在这里的意思是“我听说，我知道这样的信息”。

used to do：过去曾做过某事。用来谈论过去的经历。

6. Here's a brief description of forty-three years of on-the-job training.
这儿有一份材科，简短地记录了我四十三年的工作经历。