It is (high) time that表示“是该做......的时候了。后面的从句谓语动词要用过去式或用should加动词原形,但should不可省略。例句:It is high time that we should tell him the truth.是我们该告诉他真相的时候了。
It’s high/about/good time that+从句句式的用法
这种句式常用it作形式主语,that从句为主语从句,句中常用一般过去式或“should+do”的虚拟语气结构。注意:其中should不可省略; time前不加定冠词the.
结构:It’s (high/about/good)time that sb did/should do sth
例如:是时候为梦想拼搏奋斗了。It’s high/good/about that we struggled/should struggle for our dream.
练习:玛丽是个空谈家,是她该做些什么,而非空谈的时候了。Mary is a great talker. It’s high/about/good that she ______ something instead of just talking.
答案:did/should do