I could be about to hook up with this incredibly intelligent, beautiful girl.

我可能就要与那个聪明绝顶的美女相恋。

But that could be about to change.

然而情况将会有所改变。

The Saudi way of life may be about to shift.

沙特的生活方式有可能要改变了。

Energy taxes, already high, may be about to rise.

已经很高的能源税可能会继续上涨。

This week, there are signs that it might be about to.

本周，已有迹象表明这一设想会成真。

His moment of recessionary uplift may be about to pass.

经济衰退加剧的时刻可能将要过去。

COULD the bad old days of stagflation be about to return?

旧日滞涨会重现吗？

There are now fears that history may be about to repeat itself.

因而，现在人们担心这一端历史会重演。

That may, however, be about to change, and in an unexpected way.

不过，现在这种情况也许就要发生变化了，而且这种变化让人意想不到。

Congress has had a lousy few years. It may be about to do better.

国会这几年做的非常糟糕，它似乎将做得更好。

French politicians may be about to learn the meaning of austerity.

法国的政客们也许该学懂“紧缩”的含义。

It is therefore no small matter that this glory may be about to end.

因为一件不小的荒唐事，这一切的荣耀也许将走向它的尽头。

And he may be about to create one of the largest steelmakers in the world.

他可能还要创建出全世界屈指可数的大钢铁厂。

To thrive, Nigerians need strong medicine. They may at last be about to get it.

为了繁荣，尼日利亚需要一剂猛药。可能快要得到了。

This may be about to change at hotel company Accor, the parent group of the chains mentioned above.

但这种情况也许会在雅高得到改变，雅高集团称。

Speech recognition: Technology that understands human speech could be about to enter the mainstream.

语音识别：理解人类讲话的技术可能进入主流应用。

Harry Potter author JK Rowling may be about to announce an online game based on her wizard character.

哈利波特的作者JK罗琳可能将发布一个以她的魔法人物为依托的在线游戏。

For example, if you interpret a racing heart as "oh s**t, " then your performance may be about to crack.

比如说，如果你将心跳加速理解为“哦，糟了”，那么你很可能就砸了。

In meetings, she'd be about to speak up, only to silence herself, thinking, ‘That will sound really stupid’.

在会议中，当她准备发言时，却总是制止自己，然后思考，“我的意见是不是听起来太蠢了”。

In meetings, she'd be about to speak up, only to silence herself, thinking, 'That will sound really stupid'.

会议中，有时发言仅为了打断自我怀疑，边发言边暗想‘这个提议真是愚蠢’。

All of this has observers wondering whether inflation might be about to take off again, as it did in early 2008.

所有的这些使得观察家们怀疑是否又将会发生像2008年初一样的通货膨胀。

Indeed, having sprinted to catch up, the challengers may be about to discover that the real race has only just begun.

事实上，通过冲刺式的迎头赶上之后，挑战者们可能会发现，真正的比赛才刚刚开始。

Facebook may be about to introduce a video chat feature if evidence found in the social network's site code is to be believed.

Facebook可能将推出视频聊天功能，如果网站源代码这一发现得到证实的话。

One of the world's top climate modellers said Thursday we could be about to enter one or even two decades during which temperatures cool.

星期四，一位世界顶尖气候模型制造者称，我们可能即将进入“十年乃至二十年气温变凉的时期。”

These messages allow the database to record that a file is believed to be about to be deleted, so creation messages for it don't generate errors.

这些消息允许数据库记录被认为即将删除的文件，因此该文件的创建消息不会产生错误。

After eight years of resistance from the Bush administration, America may be about to get mandatory federal greenhouse-gas emissions controls.

由于布什内阁长达8年的反对，现在的美国将强制控制温室气体排放量。

That might be about to change, now that US researchers have discovered a fresh approach to computer security that takes real-life bugs as its inspiration.

鉴于美国研究人员受来自现实生活中昆虫的灵感激发，发现了令计算机安全的一种新方法，这种反应可能会发生变化。

This already seems to have happened with hedge funds and commodities, and it may be about to happen with private equity, given the amount of capital that it has recently raised.

这一势头已在对冲基金和商品上有所体现，而鉴于其募集到的大量资金，私募股本将会是下一个受害者。