SpokenEnglish01_ When's it due?

尋渝記發表於2019-05-08

1 Pronunciation and Intonation

When's it due?

解析:When’s it due?

2 Key Points

2.1 Due

adj: 到期的,截止的

It's due tomorrow. 明天截止。

I was supposed to keep a journal all summer. It's due today. 我本來該寫暑假日記的,今天就得交了。

adj: 預期的,預計的

What time is the next bus due? 下一趟公交什麼時候來?

be due to do sth. 預計什麼時候做某事。

The next meeting is due to be held in three months' time. 下次會議預計在3個月後召開。

What time is Minister Lee due to arrive? 李總理什麼時候到?

adj: 賬單應付的,欠債的

And our rent is due... Yesterday. 而且我們們該交房租啦,昨天就該交啦。

adj: 預產期(due date)

When's your due date? 預產期是什麼時候? Not until the early fall. 應該不會早於秋前。

3 Useful Expressions

3.1 Deadline (n: 最後期限,截止日期)

We are dealing with an impossible deadline. 我們在做一項不可能完成的事情。

have a deadline. 趕著做某事

Your mom has a deadline. 你媽媽趕時間做XXX。

3.2 Deal with 處理,應付

3.3 Deal with a deadline 趕著做某事(強烈)

3.4 Cutoff (n: 截止日期)

miss the cuttof 錯過截止時間

And then I found out that if I told them that your birthday was two weeks later, you missed the cutoff. 然後我發現,如果跟他們說你的生日是兩週之後,你就會錯過截止日期。

I missed the last bus. 我錯過了末班車。

I missed a concert. 我錯過了一場演唱會。

3.5 Expire (v: 過期,到期,失效)

I hope it hasn't expired. 希望沒有過期。 No, Scotch doesn't expired. 威士忌不會過期。

My passport expires next month. 我得護照下個月就要過期啦。

4 Summary

4.1 When's it due? 什麼時候截止?

4.2 Due (adj)

       截止的,到期的

       預計的

       賬單應付的

4.3 Due (n)

       預產期

4.4 擴充

       What time is Minister Lee due to  arrive?

       When's your due date?

       And our rent is due... Yesterday.

       Your mon has a deadline.

       We are dealing with an impossible deadline.

       You missed the cutoff.

       I hope it hasn't expired.

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