【英语早间课堂】我不懂你说什么

 

Hi, 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.” And another saying goes, “An early bird catches a worm¹.” So, what’s your harvest for this morning? Do follow me and I am hoping we can spend a wonderful and meaningful² time here.

 

We have a way of indicating the speaker hasn’t understood something. It is a way of saying “Please explain what you mean.” Guess what it is. Let’s listen to the following mini situational dialogue to get the answer.

 

(Scene:It happens between a master and his servant.)

 

Master:You should put these boxes over there. Are you following me?

 

Servant:Yes. I understood all of your instructions.

 

Have you got the answer? It is “Are you following me?” If someone asks you like this, you might as well say, “I don’t follow you.” “To follow” here means³ “to understand the explanation or meaning of sth ”. For example: I couldn't follow his argument at all. Here is an another mini situational dialogue:

 

(Scene:It happens between a son and his mother.)

 

Son:I am not sure what you mean when you say I don’t work hard.

 

Mother:I mean that I think you are pretty lazy.

 

Son:Idon’t follow you. Maybe there is something wrong with my ears.

 

转自可可英语

1 worm   

n.虫，蠕虫，蚯蚓，小人物，螺纹，蜗杆；vi.蠕行，慢慢前进；vt.使蠕行，慢慢地走；网络病毒，（可以在网络上传播的病毒）

参考例句：

• She believes that an early bird can catch the worm.她相信早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
• The bird had a worm in its beak.鸟儿嘴里叼着一条虫。

2 meaningful   

adj.意味深长的；富有意义的

参考例句：

• They exchanged meaningful looks.他们彼此意味深长地交换了一下眼色。
• The article has a meaningful ending.这篇文章的结尾意味深长。

3 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。