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 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.

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 participation 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。