be about to和be going to的用法區別
1. be about to意爲“就要、即將乾某事”,指最近的將來,表示動作馬上就要發生。如:
Don't leave now. We are about to have lunch.
2. be going to意爲“即將、打算乾某事”,表示對某事事先有準備、有計劃或有打算,也可表示預計要發生或不可避免要發生的事。如:
Look,it's cloudy. It's going to rain.
注意:
be about to本身已清楚地表示出即將到來的短暫時刻,故句子中不能與at once,immediately及表示具躰的將來的時間連用。如:
I'm about to go.(不能說成:I'm about to go at once.或I'm about to go tomorrow.)