【英语早间课堂】你什么意思呀?

 

Hello, everyone! This is Keke Net English. Welcome to Juliet’s Morning English Class. As a saying runs, “An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening”. So, I hope we can spend a wonderful and meaningful time here.

 

课题讲解：

 

We have another way of expressing if a person asks a person to clearly express something he’s speaking about. It equals to the word we’ve learned¹ yesterday which is that “What are you getting at?” And for today what is it? Let’s listen to the mini situational following dialogue to get the answer.

 

A:You said you need more friends.What are you driving at?

 

B:It means we should try to be more social with people.

 

Have you got the answer? It is “What are you driving at?” It’s also a way of asking “Tell me directly instead of beating around the bush.”Her is a phrase: to drive at. It also means “to come to sb’s attention”. Two more examples, let's take a look at:

 

Example 1: Igot your text message saying, “I got you fired.” What are you driving at?

 

Example 2:I am not sure I know what you are driving at.

 

课堂互动：

 

Now be active and answer my questions after finishing listening to the dialogue again. For sure I am about to tell you my questions.

 

Question: Why does A means by saying we needs more friend?

 

Listen to the dialogue again.

 

A:You said you need more friends. What are you driving at?

 

B:It means we should try to be more social with people.

 

Answer:A wants us to be social with people.

 

Today we have learned a short sentence used in spoken English. It is “What are you driving at?” Remember, an early bird can catch worms.

 

Let's call it a day. Here is Juliet's English Morning Class. Juliet’s here. Thank you for your participation² in today’s study activity. See you next time.

 

课后功课：

 

1. Please translate the following dialogue in the article into Chinese.

 

Dialogue:

 

A: You said you need more friends. What are you driving at?

 

B: It means we should try to be more social with people.

 

2. Please translate the following example sentences into Chinese.

 

Example 1: I got your text message saying, “I got you fired.” What are you driving at?

 

Example 2: I am not sure I know what you are driving at.

 

参考答案：

 

The suggestive answers are:

 

A: 你说要更多的朋友，什么意思呀？

 

B: 意思是我们要更好地和别人相处。

 

例句-1：我接到你的信息，说：“我把你解雇了”。你在说什么呀？

 

例句-2：我不请出我是否完全知道你要说什么。

 

转自可可英语

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。