英語早間課堂: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.

課題講解：

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 learned 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.

課堂互動：

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 participation in today’s study activity. See you next time.

課后功課：

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.

參考答案：

The suggestive answers are:

A: 你說要更多的朋友，什么意思呀?

B: 意思是我們要更好地和別人相處。

例句-1：我接到你的信息，說：“我把你解雇了”。你在說什么呀?

例句-2：我不請出我是否完全知道你要說什么。