IMMEDIATE FUTURE WITH 'BE ABOUT TO'
EGP #363 | B2 | FUTURE / future expressions with be Can use 'be about to' to talk about the immediate future, often with 'just'. Lexical range: N/A
我正要给你打电话。
I ___was ___just ___about ___to call you.
电影马上就要开始了。
The movie ___is ___just ___about ___to start.
他没注意到自己差点踩到一条蛇。
He didn't notice he ___was ___just ___about ___to step on a snake.
马克到的时候我正打算离开。
I ___was ___about ___to leave when Mark arrived.
我们正要离开，天就开始下雨了。
We ___were ___just ___about ___to leave when it started to rain.