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李阳疯狂英语口语 Lesson25

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5. What I’m getting at is... 我的意思是……
◆ 疯狂实战
A: What I’m getting at is, I think we should break up.
B: Good, I think so too. Thank you for not beating around the bush!
A: 我的意思是说,我想我们应该分手了。
B: 很好,我也这么认为。感谢你的直爽!

A: What I’m getting at is, you are fired.
B: What? Just like that? After all my hard work and devotion to this damn place?
A: 我是说,你被解雇了。
B: 什么?我辛辛苦苦工作,为这见鬼的公司做出那么大贡献,你就这样对我?

◆ 额外成就感
“get”是个简单却非常神奇的动词,它跟某些介词一组合,就能表达成千上万种意思,光是以上的“get at”就有六七种意思,现在我们来将它们一网打尽。
1. 拿到,打开,到达
* Put the medicine somewhere where the children can’t get at it.
(把药放到孩子们拿不到的地方。)

2. 弄清楚,理解
* It’s no easy thing to get at the meaning of every idiom in English.
(要搞懂英语中每个成语的意思并不是件容易的事情。)
* What I’m trying to get at is whether you want to marry Susan for her father’s money or because you love her.
(我想知道的是,你跟苏姗结婚是为了她父亲的钱,还是因为你真的爱她。)

3. 有某种含意,
* What exactly are you getting at, David?
(大卫,你到底是什么意思?)
*I don’t see what you’re getting at?
(我不明白你是什么意思?)
* If I correctly understood what she was getting at, it seems to be a good idea.
(如果我没有弄错它的意思的话,那是个好主意。)

4. 找错,责备
* She’s always getting at her husband for not helping with the housework.
(她老是埋怨她丈夫不帮忙做家务。)
* I can’t think why Erika’s always getting at me.
(我不明白为什么艾里卡总是找我的茬。)

5. 开始干某工作
* I hope I have time to get at my homework tonight.
(我希望今晚有时间做功课。)

6. 打...的主意;贿赂
* Someone appears to have been trying to get at the jury.
(好像有人在打陪审团的主意。)