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Hi Faith, what's on your mind today?
嗨，费思，你今天在想什么？
I was listening to the famous Elton John song "Rocket Man" recently.
最近我在听艾尔顿·约翰的著名歌曲《火箭人》。
Right! Where he sings: "And I think it's gonna be a long, long time."
哇！他唱道：“我想这会是一段很长的时间。”
I can tell that you are not a singer but yes, those are the words he sang.
我看得出来你不是歌手，但没错，那是他唱的歌词。
It makes me wonder: why did he use "be going to" instead of "will?"
这让我不禁要问：他为什么用“be going to”而不是“will”？
Although there are some differences between these two structures, they are sometimes used in place of one another.
虽然这两种结构之间有一些不同之处，但它们有时被用来替代彼此。
Let me guess: they are used in place of one another when making predictions about the future.
我来猜猜：在对未来进行预测时，它们被用来替代彼此。
That's right. If you watch or listen to an American weather report, for example, you might hear either of these two sentences: Satellite imaging suggests it will be cloudy tomorrow.
没错。例如，如果你收看或收听美国的天气预报，你可能会听到这两句话中的任何一句：卫星图像显示明天多云。
Satellite imaging suggests it is going to be cloudy tomorrow.
卫星图像显示明天多云。
So when Elton John sang "it's gonna be a long, long time," short for "it is going to be a long, long time," he was making a prediction about the future.
所以，当艾尔顿·约翰演唱“我想这会是一段很长的时间”时，他是在预测未来。
But that brings up a question: Why didn't he sing "I think it will be a long, long time...?"
但这引发了一个问题：为什么他不唱“I think it will be a long, long time...？”
The only person who can know that is the songwriter.
唯一知道的人是词曲作者。
But perhaps the structure "be going to" sounded better to the songwriter's ear.
但也许“be going to”这个结构对词曲作者来说听起来更好。
Just to be clear: there are situations in which "will" and "be going to" can be used differently.
需要说明的是：在某些情况下，“will”和“be going to”的用法不同。
But when we make predictions about the future, they can be used in place of one another.
但当我们对未来做出预测时，它们可以相互替换。
And that's Everyday Grammar.
以上就是今天的《每日语法》。
