【明報專訊】Now we often use our mobile devices... or perhaps too often. We can't even take our eyes off them. Gradually, we become phubbers and completely neglect our surroundings.

■English highway﹕-words and collocations

be going to

We use "am/are/is going to" to talk about plans in the future. Similarly, we may use the past form of this structure (was/were going to) to talk about future plans you made in the past.

e.g. We are going to play football next Sunday.

e.g. I was going to call him, but I forgot.

e.g. Last month you said you were going to quit your job. Have you changed your mind?

■Quiz

Choose the most appropriate answer. (answers on next text)

1. My sister ______ a movie, but she was very tired after work.

a. was going to read

b. is going to watch

c. was going to watch

2. The workers ______ the job on time. Don't worry.

a. are going to finish

b. were going to finish

c. are not going to finish

3. The Observatory said it ______, so we continued our journey.

a. was going to rain

b. was not going to rain

c. is not going to rain

■Glossary

puppet (n) 木偶，引伸為傀儡

phubber (n) 低頭族

neglect (v) 忽視

surroundings (n) 周圍的事物、環境