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Hello
again and welcome back,
Jack's aunt is like a walking x-ray, isn't she?
Now l want to look at 'going to' with you again.
Remember in the last lessons, some lessons ago,
we learned 'going to' for a future intention,
you know when l won two... it was twenty thousand
euro, l said 'I'm going to have a good holiday',
well l want to look at another use of 'going
to' now, which is for inevitable results, let
me give you an example.
lf l take this jug and this glass, and l start
pouring water like this into it, right there!
l say 'Stop! It's going to overflow' you can
see it happening and the result is inevitable,
so this is another situation when we use 'going
to'.
Let me give you some other examples.
For example let's think football, you see the
umpire, the referee, you see the referee?
He does this... red card, inevitable, inevitable
result is he's going to send off a player, red
card. Look at this...
I'm going to make a speech, I'm clearing my
throat, I'm preparing myself, the inevitable
result is: I'm going to make a speech.
Now this, my God it's four o'clock!
My train is at quarter past four, and it takes
me twenty minutes to get there by taxi!
Oh no! Inevitable result, I'm going to miss
my train! Alright?
One more example, watch me...
I'm going to fall asleep, that's the inevitable
reaction.
So l want to look at those with you on the screen
now, let's have a look.
So, before we said that we use 'going to' for
future intentions, so let's remind ourselves
of that, so 'I'm going to learn Portuguese'
for example, or 'he's going to make a speech'
these are intentions, ok?
'Be careful you're going to drop those plates'.
So, when it's an intention you often think about
the plan you've planned it before, remember
that?
'I'm going to go on holiday', 'I'm going to
buy some beautiful plates' it's all planned
and programmed, but 'going to' in this situation
l showed you is for something you see is about
to happen.
So, l look at my clock 'I'm going to miss my
train', 'the referee's going to send him off
the football pitch', for example, 'be careful!
You're going to lose the match' in football
situation, for example.
So these are all things that are going to happen,
you see them, and it's inevitable.
So, you need to decide between the two situations
alright?
Whether it's an intention or whether it's a
predictable action or result.
Now an intention for you is you are going to
be very good at English.
That's a future intention.
Good, that's 'going to' and I'll see you again
in the next lesson, bye.
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