(
课件网) Unit2 Travelling Around Discovering Useful Structures Travel is the greatest source of true knowledge. Learning objectives In this class, students will understand the use of the present continuous tense to express a future meaning; practice using present continuous tense for future plans. Step 1 Lead-in _____here in the boring room It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon _____my time I got nothing to do I'm hanging around _____for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder _____around in my car... _____too fast I'm driving too far I'd like to change my point of view I feel so lonely I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens, and I wonder I wonder how, I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon treeAnd all that I can see is just another lemon tree Enjoy a song—Lemon Tree The Present Continuous Tense( 现在进行时) tells us what happens right at present and it doesn’t end. am/is/are +doing I’m sitting I’m wasting I’m waiting I’m driving I’m driving Lead-in Read the following sentences and talk about the use of Present Continuous Tense I am having an English class now. Listen! They are singing songs. Look! He is listening to music. Teachers are having a meeting at the moment/at present. Present continuous tense现在进行时常见时间标志词：now, listen, look, at the moment, at present Look at the sentences. What do you think the tense in the sentences expresses (书本P28) Thinking I'm travelling around Europe for two weeks with my aunt and uncle. We're renting a car and driving! My parents are taking me to Hong Kong during the October holiday. In every example sentence, the present continuous tense is used to talk about a future plan. Preview 阅读下列现在进行时的句子，判断哪些句子表示现在的动作，哪些句子表示将来的动作。 ①We are having an English class now. ②He is leaving for London next week. ③We are coming soon. ④The bird is singing in the tree. ⑤How long are you staying there ⑥Are you starting tomorrow 1．表示现在的句子： 2．表示将来的句子： ①，④ ②，③，⑤，⑥ Amy: Hello, Jeremy! What are you doing this weekend Jeremy: Hi, Amy! Some friends and I are going to that new water park on Saturday. Do you want to join us Amy: Sure, I'd love to! What time and where Jeremy: We're meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the bus stop near our school. Read the conversation and underline verbs in the present continuous tense. Discuss with your partner the meaning.（书本P28） Amy : How about lunch Are you eating there at the water park Jeremy: Well, I am bringing my own lunch. I think some of the others are eating at the park, but the food there is really expensive. The present continuous tense expresses the future tense. Summary 一、现在进行时表示将来 1．现在进行时除表示现在正在进行的动作之外，有时还可表示按计划或安排即将发生的动作，常有“意图；安排；打算”的含义，此时所使用的动词多是位移动词，如arrive, come，get(to), go，start，arrive，le ... ...
