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Learning about language
Discovering useful structures
Unit 2 Looking into the future
To learn to understand the use of the future progressive tense;
To read and understand the difference between the simple future tense and future progressive tense.
Presentation
Below is a letter from the present you to the future you. Try to complete it with the most appropriate verb forms.
I often imagine what my life ________ (be) like in the future. I think my life ________ (be) very different in ten years. I ________ (be) twenty-eight years old by then. I ________ (have) my own family, probably with a lovely child. I hope I ________ (work) in a computer company as a programme designer. I ________ (enjoy) my work and get along well with my colleagues. I ________ (do) a good job in whatever I do. In my free time, I ____________ (continue) to take regular exercise, such as swimming, running and various ball games. In the holidays, I _________ (travel) around the world. In a word, my life ________ (be) much richer and more colourful.
will be
will be
will have
will enjoy
will work
will do
will continue
will travel
will be
will be
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The comparison between Simple Future Tense and Future Progressive Tense
Look at the sentences below. One is in the simple future tense. The other is in the future progressive tense. What different impressions do they make
In the future we will use advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home.
In the future we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home.
第一句使用了一般将来时，侧重表示对未来事件的主观意愿；
第二句使用了将来进行时，表示事情的发展是一种必然趋势，具有客观性，表达了说话者的期待之情。
Presentation
find out the sentences that use will be doing.
Read and discuss the use of will be doing in the sentences.
1. However, in the not-too-distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door…
prediction to the life in the future
2. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control or …
prediction to the life in the future
Presentation
find out the sentences that use will be doing.
Read and discuss the use of will be doing in the sentences.
3. In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day.
prediction to the life in the future
4. It will also be checking your body weight.
prediction to the life in the future
5. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well.
prediction to the life in the future
Presentation
Summary of future progressive tense
The Future Progressive Tense
The modal will + be + v-ing form refers to a situation beginning before a future time point and continuing through that time point.
Present
Past
Future
will be doing
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Summary of future progressive tense
将来进行时用法
概念：表示将来某时或某一时间段正在进行的动作，或按预测将来会发生的事情。
形式：shall(第一人称) / will (第二、三人称) + be doing
未完成性；持续性
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Summary of future progressive tense
1. 表示将来某一时间正在进行的动作，一般带时间状语。
e.g. What will you be doing at this time next Monday
When he comes to my house tomorrow, I will be writing the report.
2. 表示现在正在进行的动作，但这个动作会延续到将来。
e.g. I wonder if it will still be raining this afternoon.
I think that she will be working on this experiment until next morning.
Presentation
Summary of future progressive tense
3. 表示预定的将来的动作或将来的预测，指已经计划或安排好的事情。
e.g. Tomorrow I will be flying to Bombay.
After you take the medicine, you will be feeling much better.
4. 表示委婉的请求
e.g. When will we be meeting again
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Summary of future progressive tense
5. 表示原因
e.g. Tomorrow morning, I will be having a meeting.
6. 表示结果
e.g. Stop the child, or he will be falling over.
7. 表示对将来的打算
e.g. My duties will end in July, and I’ll be returning to Shanghai.
Practice-2
Read the passage and complete the following sentences.
Tips
Before we complete the sentences, we should list what he does at a certain time and make sure the activity has not finished at that time.
For example, his classes begin at 8:00 o’clock and continue until 12:15. So he will be having a class at 8:10 a.m.
Practice-2
Read the passage and complete the following sentences.
Jack goes to school every weekday. He leaves home at 6:45 and arrives at school at about 7:30. His morning classes begin at 8:00 o’clock and continue until 12:15. Then he has lunch, which takes about half an hour. His classes begin again at 1:30 in the afternoon and end at 3:50. He goes to school’s football club at 4:30 and finishes practice at 6:00. He arrives home at about 6:45. Every day he follows the same routine and tomorrow will be no exception.
Practice-2
Read the passage and complete the following sentences.
1. At 6:30 a.m. tomorrow, …
A. he’ll be leaving the house. B. he’ll be at home.
2. At 8:10 a.m. tomorrow, …
A. he’ll be having a class. B. he’ll have a class.
3. At 12:30 tomorrow, …
A. he’ll be having lunch. B. he’ll have lunch.
4. At 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, …
A. he’ll be practising football. B. he’ll practise football.
5. At 6:45 p.m. tomorrow, …
A. he’ll be arriving home. B. he’ll arrive home.
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Practice-3
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. You can call me then. I _________________ (not sleep).
2. They set off at 9:00 a.m. and thought they ______________ (reach) the airport an hour later.
3. Will you _________________ (wait) for me until I find electrical wires
4. Better not hang out with Sam then. He ________________ (work) on his article on critical thinking.
5. I guess most parents _____________________ (support) the new plan at the meeting tomorrow.
will not be sleeping
would reach
wait
will be working
will supporte
Practice-3
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets.
1. By the time you have finished this book, your meal ________ (get) cold. (2012 北京改)
2. Next month we ___________ (have) our school open day.
3. Daniel’s family __________________ (enjoy) their holiday in Huangshan this time next week. (2009 安徽改)
4. Food supplies in the food-stricken area _______________ (run) out. We must act immediately before there’s none left. (2012 重庆改)
will get
will have
will be enjoying
are running
The Greenwood Boys
The Greenwood Boys are a group of pop singers. At present,
they __________ (visit) all parts of the country. They ______________ (arrive) here tomorrow. They ____________ (come) by train and most of the young people in the town ______________ (meet) them at the station. Tomorrow evening they ____________ (sing) at the Workers’ Club. The Greenwood Boys ____________ (stay) for five days. During this time, they ____________ (give) five performances. As usual, the police ____________ (have) a difficult time. They ____________ (try) to keep order. It is always the same on these occasions.
will be arriving
are visiting
will be coming
will be meeting
will be singing
will be staying
will give
will have
will be trying
Practice-3
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets.
Practice
Translate Chinese into English
4. 我们两年后就要毕业了。
At this time tomorrow we’ll be flying over the Pacific Ocean.
If you plant watermelon seeds in the spring, you will be eating fresh watermelon in the fall.
My cousin told me he was leaving for New Zealand the next morning.
We are leaving school in two year’s time.
1. 明天这个时间我们会飞过太平洋。
2. 如果你春天种上西瓜种子，秋季你就会吃到新鲜的西瓜了。
3. 我堂弟告诉我，他第二天早晨要去新西兰。
Practice
Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets.

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