I was about to telephone the police.
我正要给警察打电话。
He was about to sit for his entrance exam.
当时他正要参加入学考试。
He knew roughly what was about to be said.
他大致知道该说些什么。
He was about to stretch out his hand to grab me.
他正要伸手抓我。
The house looked as if it was about to fall down.
房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。
Rosie was about to protest but thought better of it.
罗西刚要抗议，但又一想决定作罢。
She had some misgivings about what she was about to do.
她对自己要做的事有些疑虑。
He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him.
他正准备关门时，突然想起了一个主意。
The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。
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。
He was about to speak but she raised a finger to her lips.
他正要说话，但她举手捂唇示意。
I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in a plane.
我每次要坐飞机时都害怕得发抖。
She was about to plunge into her story when the phone rang.
她刚要开始大谈她的经历，电话响了。
I had an intuition that something awful was about to happen.
我直觉感到要出乱子了。
She knew from experience that Dave was about to tell her the truth.
她根据经验得知戴夫将要告诉她实情。
Fears that the world was about to run out of fuel proved groundless.
担心地球燃料即将用尽被证明是没有根据的。
He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of E.U. foreign ministers.
他将担任威尼斯欧盟外交部长会议的主席 。
He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh.
他刚要加以解释，她就开始笑起来了。
Scientists were debating whether an asteroid was about to hit the Earth.
科学家们在争论一颗小行星是否要撞上地球。
It had percolated through to us that something interesting was about to happen.
我们听到传言说，将要发生一件有趣的事。
A wolf was about to be eaten by a lion.
有只狼快被狮子吃掉了。
I was about to leave when the telephone rang.
我正要离开的时候，突然电话铃响了。
Soon, the hall got dark and the concert was about to begin.
很快，大厅一片漆黑，音乐会即将开始。
When I was about to leave, I realized Miss Li was very nice.
当我要离开的时候，我意识到李老师很好。
The train was about to leave and I was not even on the platform.
火车就快开了，可我还没到站台。
At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire.
最后，女人希望上帝会满足她的愿望。
Colin was about to get off the camel when a child ran towards him.
科林正要从骆驼上下来时，一个小孩朝他跑过来。
The teacher did her best to cheer me on when I was about to give up.
当我快要放弃时老师尽力鼓励我。
The problem that began with the pig was about to become a shooting war.
由猪引发的问题将要变成一场枪战。
I was grateful to escape the running water that was about to drown my car.
流水快要淹没了我的车，我很庆幸我逃了出来。
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