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课件网) 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 Presentation 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 Presentation 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) ... ...
