广播电视英语短句 第 65 课：什么也不做-2

The word boss comes from the Dutch word, baas, meaning master. 老板这个单词源于荷兰语， baas ，意思是主人。

Sometimes company bosses are called the brass . They also are sometimes called top brass , or brass hats . 有时候公司老板被成为 the brass 。老板们有时候也被称为 top brass ，或者 brass hat 。

Experts disagree about how these strange expressions started. But, they may have come from Britain. 专家们对这些奇怪的表达是如何开始的意见不同。但是这写措辞可能来自英国。

Leaders of the nineteenth century British army wore pieces of metal called oak leaves on their hats. 十九世纪英国军队的领导者头上戴着称为橡树叶的金属片。

The metal, brass, has a color similar to that of gold. So a leader or commander came to be called a member of the brass . 这种金属，也就是黄铜，有着和黄金相似的颜色，所以领导者或者指挥者被称为 brass 成员。