Comic﹕Puppets of mobile devices
【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
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