be about to和be going to的用法区别
1. be about to意为“就要、即将干某事”,指最近的将来,表示动作马上就要发生。如:
Don't leave now. We are about to have lunch.
2. be going to意为“即将、打算干某事”,表示对某事事先有准备、有计划或有打算,也可表示预计要发生或不可避免要发生的事。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将到来的短暂时刻,故句子中不能与at once,immediately及表示具体的将来的时间连用。如:
I'm about to go.(不能说成:I'm about to go at once.或I'm about to go tomorrow.)