【英语早间课堂】听懂你的话了

Hi, everyone. This is Keke Net English. Welcome to Juliet’s Morning English Class. As a saying goes,”An hour is worth two in the evening.” And as another saying goes, “An early bird catches a worm¹.” So, what’s your harvest for this morning? Do follow me and I’m hoping we can spend a wonderful and meaningful² time here.

 

We have a way of indicating an idea or meaning’s been understood. It’s a way to say “I understand now.” Guess what it is. Let’s listen to the following mini situational dialogue to get the answer.

 

(Scene:It happens between a responsible³ mother and a cleaver⁴ son.)

 

Mother:Do you need more help understanding your homework?

 

Son:No. Thank you.I got itnow.

 

Have you got the answer? It is “I got it.” It’s similar to saying in Chinese——明白你的话了，知道了，听懂了。A person or matter can be put after the word——get. “To get somebody or something” here means⁵ “to understand somebody or something”. For example:

 

1. I don'tget you (or get your meaning).

 

2.She didn't get the joke.

 

3.I don't get it; why would she do a thing like that?

 

Another situational dialogue, let’s take a look at:

 

A:I think I’m going to be sick.

 

B:I got it. Go get some fresh air.

 

If someone asks you, “Have you got it.” You could answer like this——You got it. The Chinese for it is “知道了”。Here is an another mini situational dialogue.

(Scene:It happens between Mary and John who are close friends.)

 

Mary:Can I borrow your CD player tomorrow?

 

John:You got it. I’d glad to lend it to you.

 

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 responsible   

adj.有责任的，应负责的；可靠的，可信赖的；责任重大的；vi.休息，睡；静止，停止

参考例句：

• He must be responsible to me for this matter.这件事他必须对我负责。
• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。

4 cleaver   

n.切肉刀

参考例句：

• In fact,a cleaver is a class of ax.实际上，切肉刀也是斧子的一种。
• The cleaver is ground to a very sharp edge.刀磨得飞快。

5 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。