He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him.

我大约十五岁时，他开始打我，但我并没有做什么招惹他的事情。

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I was about to telephone the police.

我正要给警察打电话。

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I was about to take the last cake, but he beat me to it.

我正要拿那最后一块饼，却给他抢先一步。

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And I remember when I was about twelve, her work and his work permitted us all to do that.

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So, literally earlier today when I was on my way to campus I emerged from the Harvard Subway Station and I was about to exit the station up the stairs when I noticed this older woman who was standing by one of these things.

今天早些时候，在我从哈佛地铁站,到学校的路上,我即将走出地铁站，上楼梯时,我注意到一个老太太站在,这样的东西旁边。

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I just have cycled all my life since I was about 11, so it's 50 old years now.

从我11岁开始我就一直骑自行车，现在已有50年了。

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From their cottage homestay I took in the imposing mountains I was about to cross.

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Several years ago I was about ready to give a presentation to the Toshiba sales force.

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But, inconveniently, I was about to start crying, and I was determined not to.

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