For example he employer may have said verbally or suggested to an employee that if you do well we'll promote you up and you will have various advantages in the future.

例如，也许雇主向雇员口头上说过,或者建议过，如果你工作努力,我们将提升你的职位,并且在将来你会有很多的优势。

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So it's very different from "I will". You're saying, "I am, right now, going to do something in the future."

因此这个句型跟“I will”有很大不同。你实际上表达的意思是，我现在正打算将来做某事。

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