迷你对话学地道口语第424期:正要去做某事;就要

　　第一、迷你对话
A: I was just about to go to bed when the telephone rang last night.
昨晚我正要上床睡觉，电话铃响了。
B: Who was it?
是谁打来的？
A: Kate. She said she was too excited to go to sleep.
凯特，她说她自己兴奋得睡不着。
B: She never cares about others.
她从不替别人着想。
A: It’s true. Guess what we were talking about last night.
是呀，你猜我们昨晚在说什么。
B: Her new boyfriend, right?
她的新男友，对吧？
A: Yeah, how do you know about that?
是的，你怎么知道呢？
B: I was also interrupted¹ by her last week because of such a thing.
她是因为此事上周也打搅过我。
第二、地道核心表达
核心短语】be about to
解词释义】此语的意思是“刚要，即将”。有时候be可以用seem来代替。此语的否定形式not be about to do something则是强调“无意做某事”。
典型例句1】 He was about to speak.Again he bottled himself up.
他想说话又忍住了。
典型例句2】I had an intuition² that something awful was about to happen.
我直觉感到要出乱子了。
典型例句3】 His company was about to fail, but the bank saw him through.
他的公司几乎破产, 但银行帮他渡过了难关。
典型例句4】 He called at an inopportune moment, when we were about to go out.
他来得真不是时候，我们正准备外出。
第二、词海拾贝
care about：担心.......，关心......
典型例句1】A selfish³ person does not care about other people's problem.
自私的人是不关心别人的困难的。
典型例句2】 You say you care about the poor, but you don't help them. You hypocrite!
你说你关怀穷人, 可你并不帮助他们, 你这伪君子!
典型例句3】 I don't care about what you think; save your breath⁴ to cool your porridge!
我不在乎你怎么想, 你省点力气,别白费口舌了!
典型例句4】The capitalists only care about the accumulation of wealth.
资本家只顾积累财富。
know about：知道，了解......的情况
典型例句1】 Keep quiet, we don't want the whole world to know about it.
安静些，我们可不想让人人都知道这件事。
典型例句2】Now I want to know about this thing from beginning to end.
我现在想源源本本地了解此事。
talk about：谈论......
典型例句1】 He delights⁵ to talk about his family in the office.
他喜欢在办公室谈论他家里的事。
典型例句2】 The class separated⁶ into several smaller groups to talk about the subject.
这个班的学生分成了几个小组讨论这个问题。
第三、 句海拾贝
句型模板】Somebody is too+adj.+to do something.
指点迷津】too...to是太........而不能......。
句型操练】I am too tired to hit a shower.
我太累了，连洗澡都没力气了。

1 interrupted   

adj. 中断的 动词interrupt的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He could not conceal his annoyance at being interrupted. 他因受扰而难掩怒色。
• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant. 服务员进来，打断了她的话。

2 intuition   

n.直觉，直观，凭直觉而知的事物

参考例句：

• I had an intuition that I would find you.我有一种直觉，我能找到你们。
• He knew this thing by intuition.他凭直觉了解这件事。

3 selfish   

adj.自私的，利己主义的，自我中心的

参考例句：

• You must learn to share and not be so selfish.你一定要学会与他人分享，不要那么自私。
• She is a selfish person.她是一个自私自利的人。

4 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。

5 delights   

n.快乐，高兴( delight的名词复数 )；使人高兴的东西或人v.使高兴，使欣喜( delight的第三人称单数 )；感到高兴[快乐]

参考例句：

• Savour the culinary delights of Mexico. 品尝墨西哥的美味。
• It's one of the few delights that never pall. 它是几种永不使人乏味的乐事之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 separated   

adj.分开的v.分开(separate的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Her parents are separated but not divorced. 她父母分居但没离婚。
• No child should ever be separated from his mother by force. 绝不能强行使任何一个孩子与母亲分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》