字幕列表 影片播放 列印英文字幕 This is everyday grammar. I'm Macia, and I'm copy. You know, Lucy A were supposed to go to a meeting right after we're finished here. Really? I thought the meeting was supposed to start much later. Well, that's not what our boss said. Well, I guess that's what we're supposed to do. Them. Did you notice anything? Notice what? Well, we used a lot of the be supposed to structure and her conversation. Yes, we did. These supposed Teoh? That sounds funny. How do we explain that? Well, be supposed to expresses the idea that someone expects something toe happen either with scheduled events, a correct way of doing something or behavior. The structure is the verb B plus supposed plus two. When it comes to scheduled events, you would use it like this. The meeting is supposed to start at New Game is supposed to run late and to describe a correct way of doing something, you would say the nurse is supposed to use a thermometer. You're supposed to follow the manual for expressing expectation about behavior. You can say the Children are supposed to put away their toys. Suzy is supposed to eat soup without slurping a good thing to remember is that be supposed to is almost always used with the present or past tense forms of the verb. Anything else were supposed to talk about today? No, let's go to that meeting, and that's every day grammar.