Note: screeching halt 是突然刹车，紧急刹车
     You've got a point here.你说的有道理。这里谈谈point。
“point” 一词本意是 “点”，但在具体的语境中它的意思往往得到引申和扩展，具有很丰富的内涵。下面让我们来总结一下和“point” 有关的一些短语。
1. a case in point 恰当的例子，说明问题的事例。如:
I’m always ill when I go abroad; what happened on our last holiday is a case in point.
我出国时总是生病，我们上次度假时的事情就是一个很好的例子。
2. at the point of 几乎要。如:
When Mary broke her favorite bracelet, she was at the point of tears.
当玛丽打碎了她心爱的手镯时，她几乎都要哭了
3. to the point 中肯，切题。如:
He didn’t speak for long, but he spoke very much to the point.
他的讲话不长，但很中肯。
4. beside/off the point  不切正题， 无关紧要。如:
The student received low marks for his essay, as much of it was off the point.
由于大部分内容都跑题了，这个同学的作文得分很低。
5. point by point 逐条。如:
He explained the plan point by point.
他逐条解释了这个计划。
6. be on the point of 正要(去做某事)。如:
The coach was on the point of giving up the game when our team scored two points.
教练正打算放弃这次比赛时， 我们队得了两分。
7. come to the point 谈正题，谈主要问题。如:
A good newspaper story must come right to the point and save the details for later.
一篇好的新闻报道必须开门见山，把细节留到后面。
8 I don't see your point. 我不懂你的意思。
9 I don't see the point of waiting for her, she is probably not coming.
我不知道等她有什么意义，她可能不来了。
10 9. What's the point?  重点是什么。