美国习惯用语-第108讲:to call the shots
<p><span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shots">shots</span></p><p><span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bluff">bluff</span></p><p>我们经常会问别人：你们家里谁说了算？也就是谁作最后决定。美国人经常说：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shots">shots</span>。</p><p>To call the shots也就是作最后决定、下命令。To call the shots的原来意思是：军官下令部队开枪。但是现在<span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shots">shots</span>已经在口语中常常出现。请听一个公司雇员在讲他公司里的事：</p><p>例句-1: "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="partners">partners</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="supposed">supposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="equal">equal</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="old">old</span> <span word="Mister">Mister</span> <span word="Johns">Johns</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shots">shots</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tells">tells</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>."</p><p>他说："我们公司三个老板在经营方面应该是有同样发言权的。但是最后做决定的总是老约翰先生，每次都是由他来告诉我们干什么。"</p><p>有些男人很不喜欢女人当他们的领导，但是有时也无可奈何。下面就是一例：</p><p>例句-2: "Some men in the office thought no woman could be strong enough to be boss. But a week after Miss Smith took charge, they learned she was going <span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shots">shots</span> and they\'d better listen."</p><p>他说："办公室里有些男的雇员以为没有一个女子有足够的能力来当领导。但是，在史密斯小姐主管工作一个礼拜以后，他们知道她说的话就是命令，因此还是服从她为好。"</p><p>下面我们要给大家介绍的一个常用语是：<span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bluff">bluff</span>。To call one\'s bluff就是揭露某人虚张声势的做法。这个俗语来自美国人喜欢玩的扑克牌游戏。有时你手里的牌很坏，但是你想让别人认为你手里的牌好极了，可是别人不相信你，对你进行挑战，这就是<span word="to">to</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="one">one</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bluff">bluff</span>。你听听一位打牌老手是怎么说的：</p>
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