今日课题

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

We have a way of indicating that someone should be clear about the message or point that is being made. It’s a question. Guess what it is. Let’s listen to the following mini situational dialogue to get the answer.

(Scene:It happens between a mother and his son who are discussing where to travel. )

Son:I don’t think I’d like to travel overseas.

Mother:What’s your point? Don’t you want to go to Europe with me?

Have you got the answer? It is What’s your point? It is like saying Tell me your main idea. Let’s look at the sentence structures which is about this word:

1. What is the point of something? (of + N)

2. What is the point of doing something? (of + Gerund)

Both of them similar to saying in Chinese——你想说什么？or ......有什么意义？More examples, let's take a look at:

1.What is the point of this.

2. What's the point of talking about it right now?

3. What's the point of having a book club if we don’t read the book?

Here's another useful sentence including "point". It is Get to the point. It means "to cut the chase." , similar to saying "Don't beat around the bush." Some examples and let's have a look at:

1.Get to the point. I don't want to wast time.

2.Stop discussing trivial details and et to the point.

3.Please get to the point! What do you come here for?

4.Jenny, let's get to the point. Do you want the afternoon off?

课堂互动

Next, I need your corporation. Be active and answer myquestions, finishing listening to the dialogue again. Fist of all, I am about to tell you my questions. They are as follows:

1.What does John's mother plan to go?

2.Does John agree with her mother's idea? And what does her mother say?

3.What does John's mother say after his disagreement?

Listen to thedialogueagain.

Son:I don’t think I’d like to travel overseas.

Mother:What’s your point? Don’t you want to go to Europe with me?

Theanswersare as follows:

1.John's mother plan to go to Europe.

2.No, he doesn't. He says he doesn't want to go to travel overseas.

3.His mother says what John's point is.

Today we have learned on short sentence in spoken English. It is—What is your point?And a short sentence including point, it is Get to the point.

So much for today. Hope you will be an early bird tomorrow. Here is Juliet’s Morning English Class. Juliet is here. Thank you for your participation in today’s study activity. See you next time.