【句子】Isn’t it about time you forgave me? 【Desperate Housewives S02E02】

【发音技巧】Isn’t it连读；it about连读+闪音；about time失去爆破；

【翻译】你早就应该原谅我了吧？

今天视频中讲一个常用表达：about time；

表达的意思是：“某个事情早就应该做/发生了；某个你高兴的事情终于实现了（但是你内心认为这个事情早就应该发生了）”

It is an expression used to emphasize that something should have occurred a long time ago.

或者

It is said when the speaker is pleased that something has happened but thinks that it should have happened sooner.

这个短语about time因为有虚拟语气的含义，所以后面如果跟句子，句子一般常用一般过去时时态。

eg: It's about time you went to bed.

你早就该睡觉了。

eg: Well, about time you got here—I've been waiting for over an hour!

呵，你终于到了，我都等你超过一个多小时了。

eg: Here comes the bus — and about time too.

公交车可终于来了！

eg: It's about time that high schools taught their students about basic banking and finance.

是时候在高中教给学生们基本的银行和金融知识了。

eg:

A: "Tom finally moved out of his parents' house."

B: "About time! He's 40 years old."

A：“Tom终于从他爸妈的房子里搬出来了。”

B：“早就该搬了！他都四十岁了！”

eg:

A: "They're getting married."

B: "Well, it's about time!"

A：“他们要结婚了。”

B：“哈，早就该结婚了。”

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

It's about time that the school improved its food service.

主播老师微信：teacheryaoyao7