托福学习笔记：细数五种将来时表达方法的差别

表示将来时最常用的两个词：will & be going to

读书的时候，老师就说“will”和“be going to”完全可以互换使用，其实事实当然不是这样的，这只是为了让你考试得高分的“善意谎言”，和老外对话却不是像考试那样可以糊弄过去的。接下来就来跟大家仔细说说这两个词用法的差别。

will

used to make future tenses, a decision at the moment of speaking

在话说的当下才做出将来做某事的决定

如：A: The class is over. Where will you go?

be going to

used to make future tenses, A decision before the moment of speaking

在说话之前，已经做出了在将来做某事的决定

如：I’m going to buy a new phone, because my old one burnt out last night.

不过，如果你只是有意向，或者是假设的情况下可能会做，你还可以用一个词：would

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would

used to say what someone intended to do or expected to happen;

如：He would be back.

used when talking about a possible situation that you imagine or want to happen

如：What would you do if you won a million pounds?

除了would以外，还有一个词和will经常会搞混，那就是Shall。

Shall

(especially British English formal) used to say what you will do in the future

也表示将来的意思，不过是更为正式的词汇，多用在I和we后面，且比较常见于英式英语。

如：We shall be away next week.

看完和will相似的两个词，其实还有一个词和be going to也很相似，就是be about to。虽然这个词组也表示将来时，但意思不同。

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be about to

used to make future tenses, conveys a sense of 'in the near future' or 'already set to.

虽然是将来时，但表示的是马上就要发生的意思。

如：The police have arrived, she is about to get trouble.

怎么样，老师的这些解释能让你分清will、shall、would、be going to和be about to之间的差别了吗?