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30 most commonly used English phrases
【04 - It's about time】
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【AI English - 人工智慧英語】
【30 most commonly used English phrases】
【04 - It's about time】
'It's about time!' is a stronger way of saying 'finally'. It shows you've been waiting a very long time for something.
"是時候了！" 是表達 “finally” 的更強有力的方式。 它表明你已經為某事等待了很長時間。
'It's about time!' means that it's the right time to do something that you have been waiting for it for some long .
You use it when the situation is getting out of hands and you have to do something about, so you say It's high time or you can say it's about time they are the same.
"是時候了！" 意味著現在正是做「您已經等待了很長時間」的某事的最佳時機。 當情況失控並且你必須做點什麼時，你會使用它，所以，你說 "It's high time"，或者 "It's about time"，這二種說法意思是一樣的。
【English sentence pattern】
It is (high/about) time that S + Ved...
This sentence pattern has a hypothetical mood, which means "it's time to do something", and is used to emphasize that something or an action "should have happened long ago". The verb tense in the that clause should use the past tense, indicating that the action "should be done but not yet done", and that can be omitted. You can use high or about before time to strengthen the tone of "should have...".
此句型帶有假設語氣，意思是「是時候該做某事」，用來強調某事或動作「早該」發生了。that 子句中的動詞時態應使用過去式，表示行為「該做而尚未做」，且 that 可省。time 之前可使用 high 或 about加強「早該…」的語氣。
【Example sentences】
It's time that you went to bed. It's already past midnight!
你該上床睡覺了，都已經過了午夜！
Oliver's flight is tonight, so it's about time that he finished packing.
奧力佛的班機就在今晚，所以他早該打包好行李了。
The workers are on strike because they think it's high time that they were given a raise.
工人們在罷工，因為他們認為自己早該被加薪了。
【Situational Videos】
Richard?
I want to come home.
- Richard... - Look, I am a good man.
I'm a good man.
Look, I spend my days being a good man for the hospital,
for my residents, for my patients.
I'm a good man who made one mistake with a woman 20 years ago.
I am a good man for everybody but you. I know that.
Don't you think I know that?
But I am a good man...
and I am your husband...
and I love you.
Now I am not asking you to come home.
I'm telling you. I am your husband,
and I want to come home to my wife.
Well...
it's about time.
理查德？
我想回家。
- 理查德... - 聽著，我是個好男人。
我是個好人。
聽著，我每天都在為醫院當好人、
為我的居民，為我的病人。
我是個好人，20年前在一個女人身上犯了一個錯誤。
對所有人來說，我都是個好人，除了你。我知道這一點。
你不認為我知道嗎？
但我是個好人...
而且我是你的丈夫...
而且我愛你。
現在我不是在要求你回家。
我是在告訴你。我是你的丈夫、
我想回到我妻子身邊。
那麼...
是時候了。
理查德？
我想回家。
- 理查德 - 看，我是個好人
我是個好人。
看，我每天都在為醫院做個好人，
為了我的居民，為了我的病人。
我是一個好男人，20 年前對一個女人犯過一次錯。
除了你，我對每個人都是個好人。 我知道。
你以為我不知道嗎？
但我是個好人...
而我是你的丈夫...
我愛你。
現在我不是要你回家。
我告訴你。 我是你丈夫，
我想回家見我妻子。
出色地...
是時候了。
[BUZZING]
Someone's coming.
Just try to act natural.
[MAN WHISTLING]
You got mail.
It's about time.
Not you. You!
[GROWLING]
[WHINING]
All right, all right,
all right. I'm opening it.
Here, I'm opening
the letter, Bingo. There.
There.
Says here...
"Dear Bingo...
"I'm writing so you'll know
I still think of you as my dog.
[WHINES]
"And I want you to find me
So as we can resume
our happy life together."
Hm.
"If you do this and find me,
we will finally be happy
"Which I know you will like.
"See you soon, I hope.
"Your best friend...
[WHIMPER]
Chuckie."
[嗡嗡聲]
有人來了。
試著表現得自然一點。
[男人吹口哨]
你收到一封信件。
是時候了。
不是你。 你！
[咆哮]
[抱怨]
好吧好吧
好的。 我打開它。
在這裡，我打開
這封信，賓果遊戲。 那裡。
那裡。
說到這裡...
“親愛的賓果...
“我寫信是為了讓你知道
我仍然把你當成我的狗。
[嗚嗚聲]
“我要你找到我
這樣我們就可以恢復
我們一起幸福的生活。”
嗯。
“如果你這樣做並找到我，
我們終於會幸福
“我知道你會喜歡的。
“我希望很快見到你。
“你最好的朋友...
[嗚咽]
查基。”
All right. Let's go.
It's about time.
Not you, Russ, just Miller.
What are you talking about? I'm getting out too.
I'm following orders. My orders are to bring him out, not you.
好了，我們走吧。
是時候了。(時間差不多了。)
不是你，羅斯，只是米勒。
什麼？ 你在說什麼？我也要出去。
我是奉命行事，我的命令是把他帶出去，不是你。