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groupe verbal > expressions du futur imminence > be + about + to viseur -> BV
A man is about to jump from that burning building!
Popeye
Hi Eisman 17.9.2004
Cette structure permet de mettre un scène un événement présenté comme imminent, même s'il ne se produit pas dans l'instant (effet d'annonce -> 1). Traductions : être sur le point de / aller bientôt, maintenant, à présent. Ellipse possible de be + about (1).
1 - Biologists to explore 'lost world' of the Arctic ocean
Biologists are about to enter a lost world deep in the greatest tract of unexplored territory on the planet. They plan to probe under the Arctic ice into the Canada basin, a steep-sided submarine hole the size of Alaska thought to have been isolated from the surrounding ocean for millions of years. The study, announced last night, is part of one of biology's great adventures: a $1bn (£548m), 10-year census of marine life supported by 300 researchers from 53 countries. Headline and sub, G, 25.6.2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1247048,00.html
A £2bn, seven-year mission is about to come to a climax as a spacecraft the size of a small bus sails through the rings of Saturn to begin a four-year study of one of the solar system's most mysterious planets. Probe takes the Saturn ring road, §1, G, 4.6.2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/space/article/0,14493,1231115,00.html
US troops were about to throw a hand grenade down the hole 'I am Saddam Hussein the president of Iraq and I am willing to negotiate' , subhead, G, 16.12.2003, http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1107792,00.html
It's rare to get slapped in the cinema. But more than 15 years ago, it happened to me. Or at least to my friend sitting in the next seat. Aware that the movie we were about to see was a long one, he had stocked up on a mega-bag of popcorn. Ten minutes into the film, he was munching away, when a woman from the row behind reached down and gave his leg a firm smack. "Have you no respect?" Visions of hell, GE2/Review, p. II, 10.1.2003.
Jeff Koterba Cagle
13.10.2004
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