1. about to

即将，行将；刚要

eg. He had to happen along just as we were about to leave.

我们刚要走，他装出一副不知情的样子冒了出来。

eg. Every one feels that a disaster is imminent, as if a catastrophe is about to come.

谁都感到大事不好， 似乎有什么极大的灾难即将来临。

2. In fact

事实上，实际上

eg. In fact, you have to.

实际上，你必须要这么做。

eg. She carries her age very well. She looks 50 but in fact she's more than 60 .

她不显老，她看上去像50岁，其实已经60多了。

3. take shape

形成；成形；体现；具体化

eg. Until these new open source projects take shape, not much can be said.

在这些新的开放源代码项目成形之前，我们需要拭目以待。

eg. More failing tests could be written for those pieces of code until a reasonable specification begins to take shape.

可以为那些代码片段编写更多的失败测试，直到一个合理的规范开始成形。