SpokenEnglish01_ When's it due?

1 Pronunciation and Intonation

When's it due?

解析：When’s it due?

2 Key Points

2.1 Due

adj: 到期的，截止的

It's due tomorrow. 明天截止。

I was supposed to keep a journal all summer. It's due today. 我原本该写暑假日记的，今天就得交了。

adj: 预期的，预计的

What time is the next bus due? 下一趟公交何时来？

be due to do sth. 预计何时作某事。

The next meeting is due to be held in three months' time. 下次会议预计在3个月后召开。

What time is Minister Lee due to arrive? 李总理何时到？

adj: 帐单应付的，欠债的

And our rent is due... Yesterday. 并且我们该交房租啦，昨天就该交啦。

adj: 预产期（due date）

When's your due date? 预产期是何时？ Not until the early fall. 应该不会早于秋前。

3 Useful Expressions

3.1 Deadline (n: 最后期限，截止日期)

We are dealing with an impossible deadline. 咱们在作一项不可能完成的事情。

have a deadline. 赶着作某事

Your mom has a deadline. 你妈妈赶时间作XXX。

3.2 Deal with 处理，应付

3.3 Deal with a deadline 赶着作某事（强烈）

3.4 Cutoff (n: 截止日期)

miss the cuttof 错过截止时间

And then I found out that if I told them that your birthday was two weeks later, you missed the cutoff. 而后我发现，若是跟他们说你的生日是两周以后，你就会错过截止日期。

I missed the last bus. 我错过了末班车。

I missed a concert. 我错过了一场演唱会。

3.5 Expire (v: 过时，到期，失效)

I hope it hasn't expired. 但愿没有过时。 No, Scotch doesn't expired. 威士忌不会过时。

My passport expires next month. 我得护照下个月就要过时啦。

4 Summary

4.1 When's it due? 何时截止？

4.2 Due (adj)

       截止的，到期的

       预计的

       帐单应付的

4.3 Due (n)

       预产期

4.4 拓展

       What time is Minister Lee due to  arrive?

       When's your due date?

       And our rent is due... Yesterday.

       Your mon has a deadline.

       We are dealing with an impossible deadline.

       You missed the cutoff.

       I hope it hasn't expired.