This is everyday grammar.I'm Alice Bryant.
这里是《每日语法》节目2v]yk(qvq90H1i-xbluz。我是爱丽丝·布莱恩特9HpVyyo61j7vaFP.^。
The other day, I was in bed when I heard a knock at the door at 12 o'clock at night.
前几天，晚上十二点我躺在床上，听到了敲门声q-a*-s!sE4。
It was my friend and she had something very, very important to tell me.
是我的朋友，她说有非常非常重要的事要告诉我+X^A3G)B%=B43*eHD。
Hey, Alice, guess what?
嗨，爱丽丝，你猜怎么着？
I finally got 10,000 followers on social media!
我的社交账号粉丝终于达到一万个了！
Can you believe it?
你敢相信吗？
Hi, Tarah. That's great.
嘿，泰拉tDEoOsj;aLB。很棒nv[0&+PWuzR。
But... I was about to go to sleep.
但是...我正要睡觉呢DTTSgd&KQr(lT8i#SU;。
Can we talk tomorrow?
我们可以明天再聊吗？

English speakers use the phrase "be about to" to emphasize that an action is expected to happen right now.
说英语的人常常用“be about to”去强调一个动作马上就要发生6*6]!VNbbl,O=Snb^0WC。
I told Tara I was about to go to sleep.
我告诉泰拉我正要睡觉KXaS|-qQ]nVZtN。
That means I was at the point of starting that action.
也就是说，我就在开始睡觉这个动作的节点5hSfCR%xp9JailN。
The structure is the verb: "be" plus "about to" plus verb.
结构组成是：动词“be”加“about to”加动词&r#EnX^+P9PuCj]GA。
And we use the base form of the verb - the shortest form was no -s ending.
而且我们使用动词原形——没有s结尾的最短形式W+hHqGP[R*ckG,Lp。
Watch this quick phone exchange between two friends rushing to an event.
看这段两个准备赶往活动现场的朋友的快速通话)4p#Txy4)R=w9F9。
Hey, Sue. Have you left the house yet?
嗨，苏WPriki[9ub。你出门了吗？
No, but I was about to put on my shoes.
没，但是我正要穿鞋了tX+*M;cvQK%UACP&。
Perfect! I'm about to hop on the metro.
完美！我就要上地铁了a=L&L+6&b=-F7I)#。
See you in a few!
一会儿见！
Notice that Sue use the past tense of "be" - "was", and Jonathan used the present tense "am".
注意一下苏用的是“be”的过去时态“was”，而乔纳森用的是现在时“am”WwA)@7zM!)5wVOH。
We can use the present or the past tense of "be" with the phrase "be about to".
在短语“be about to”中，我们可以用“be”动词的现在时态或者过去时态fti9z6ku.~BHPl1sS。
And, I'm about to go now!
那么，我现在要走啦！
That's Everyday Grammar.
以上就是今天的《每日语法》hAHQ3oG7UiVh)]。