有读者问：我们的老师说 was going to 往往指过去未实现的打算或计划，如：
(1)I was going to call on you yesterday.
其意是“我本打算昨天去看你的，但却没有去成”。但我却见过这样一句话：
(2)I was going to call in the morning.
请问这里的 was going to 该怎样讲呢？
不错， was going to 的确常可用来表示一种过去未实现的打算或计划，可译作“本打算如何如何”。但它有时并没有“本打算”的含义，恰恰相反，它却可意谓“早已打算或决定如何如何”。你所遇到的“I was going to call in the morning”中的 was going to 即属此义，全句可译为：我早已打算明早打电话的。再如：
(3)I was going to stop for a coffee. Would you like to join me? 我早已想停下来喝杯咖啡了，你愿意陪我吗？
下面一句中的 was going to 与“本打算”就更无关系了：
(4)I flunked it; I knew I was going to as soon as I looked at the test problems. 我考砸了，我一看试题就知道要考砸了。
