(课件网) Unit 4 Living with technology Grammar and usage Future continuous tense Exploring the rules Step 1: go through the whole passage and find out the main idea of each paragragh Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Introduction about the topic: drones The fields that have already been applied to The fields that will be more widely applied to Significance Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Step 2: read the whole passage in detail and fill in the table Drones The fields that have already been to applied to Photography (1)_____ Military operations (2)_____ The fields that will be more widely applied to Delivery drones Delivery drones will be used to (3)_____ like food and drink. Passenger drones Passenger drones will be used to (4) . They can (5)_____ __, which will let us (6)_____. Significance The technology will (7)_____. Scientific research Disaster relief deliver daily supplies carry people in crowed cities save time and greatly decrease road traffic have a huge impact on everyday life enter the age of personal flying vehicles Step 3: find the sentences that use the future continuous tense and fill in the box below. The first one has done for you. Today I’ll be speaking to you about drones, … ...before long many people will be using drones to deliver daily supplies like food and drink. ...we will be entering the age of personal flying vehicles. ...we’ll all be interacting with drones on a daily basis. We use the future continuous tense to talk about an action that will be in progress at a particular moment in the future or a future action that is the result of a routine or an arrangement. We also use the future continuous tense to express (1)_____ (predictions/warnings). The verb form of the future continuous tense is “(2)_____ doing”. predictions will be Working out the rules Learning about the rules 一、将来进行时构成形式： will be doing/ will not be doing 主语为第一人称也可用 shall be doing/shall not be doing 二、用法： Please go through “ Grammar notes” on page 99. 用法 ①表示将来某一时间正在进行的动作。 e.g. We will be travelling in August. I will be having class at this time tomorrow. ②表示安排要做或预计会发生的事情。 e.g. We will be taking an examination next week. It will be raining when we arrive in London. 补充：将来进行时常用的时间状语有this evening、at this time tomorrow、at 10 o’clock next Monday等。 Complete the conversations with the correct expressions in the brackets. 1 Celine: Lisa is a smart engineer. I feel proud to see the contributions she (a)_____ (has made /will be making) to the company. Jack: So do I. I also believe we (b)_____ (are seeing /will be seeing) more of them in the next few years. has made will be seeing Applying the rules 2 Sam: (a)_____ (Will you be visiting/ Have you visited) the science exhibition next month Amy: Yes. You know I’m a technology enthusiast and I (b)_____ _____ (am looking forward to/will be looking forward to) it. Will you be visiting ... ...
