1、Unit 2 Travelling around Period 3 Discovering Useful Structures Talk about your future plans (Activity 1Activity 4) Warming-up 1. Now it is the summer vacation and I am helping my dad on the farm. 2. I am sitting on a rock near the river with my friends. 3. He is always talking big. 4. You are alway
2、s leaving things about. Revision: read the following sentences and think about what the tense in the sentences expresses. The present continuous tense in sentence 1 and 2 expresses the ongoing actions. The present continuous tense in sentence 3 and 4 expresses speakers likes and dislikes. be doing P
3、resentation l Im travelling around Europe for two weeks with my aunt and uncle. l Were renting a car and driving! l My parents are taking me to Hong Kong during the October holiday. Activity 1: Read the sentences. What do you think the tense in the sentences expresses? Be doing (the Present Continuo
4、us Tense ) is used for future actions, talking about a future plan. Exploration Activity 2: Read the conversation and underline verbs in the present continuous tense. Discuss with a partner when and how these verbs are used. Amy: Jeremy: Hi, Amy! Some friends and I are going to that new water park o
5、n Saturday. Do you want to join us ? Amy: Jeremy: Jeremy: Hello, Jeremy! What are you doing this weekend? Sure, Id love to! What time and where? Were meeting at 10:00a.m. at the bus stop near our school. How about lunch? Are you eating at the water park? Well, Im bringing my own lunch. I think some
6、of the others are eating at the park, but the food there is really expensive. Amy: Exploration 1: When the Present Continuous Tense is used for the future in the main clause, there is often an indication of time. 2: Verbs that are often used in this way are: go, come, leave, get, arrive, meet, see o
7、ff, take off, return, start, fly, stay (英语中称为位移动词). 3. The action is usually regarded as having been decided upon beforehand. Summary Exploration Activity 3: Read the sentences and tick those that express future plans. 1 _ Ive just booked my air ticket! Ill visit my grandparents in December. 2 _ Gra
8、y might visit China next year, but hes still not sure. 3 _ Kate has been invited to a meeting in Iceland. She will apply for a visa soon. 4 _ Could you help me with this box, please? Im afraid Im going to drop it. 5 _ A: Hey, are you free for dinner tonight? B: Im sorry, no. Ill have dinner with my
9、cousins tonight. Exploration 1. Ive just booked my air ticket! Ill visit my grandparents in December. Ive just booked my air ticket! Im visiting my grandparents in December. 3. Kate has been invited to a meeting in Iceland. She will apply for a visa soon. Kate has been invited to a meeting in Icelan
10、d. She is applying for a visa soon. 5. A: Hey, are you free for dinner tonight? B: Im sorry, no. Ill have dinner with my cousins tonight. B: Im sorry, no. Im having dinner with my cousins tonight. Rewrite the sentences in the present continuous tense. Exploration 2. Gray might visit China next year,
11、 but hes still not sure. 4. Could you help me with this box, please? I am afraid Im going to drop it. ? Why cannot sentence 2 and sentence 4 be written in the present continuous tense ? The decision has not been decided yet. be going to do refers to the speakers intention rather than his future plan
12、s. Summary 1: be doing 和be going to do 都可以表示即将要做的事情。前者更强调事先计 划好的安排、确定要做的事情；后者表示说话者的打算和意图，还可表示根据当前情 况作出的预言。 Exploration 1. I _(always, love) you. 2. My parents and I _(visit) the Architecture Museum this weekend. 3. I think you _(find) this guidebook useful. 4. We_(take) a trip to Hubei next month to
13、 see my grandmother. 5. _(you, contact) the travel agent this Friday? 6. If you ask him, Im sure he _(give) you a ride to the airport. Activity 3 on Page 79 Decide whether will do or the present continuous tense is better and fill in the blanks. will always love are visiting will find are taking Are
14、 you contacting will give Summary 2: will do 和be doing表示即将发生的事情时, will do 更强调个人 意愿和瞬间的决定。而be doing 强调事先计划好的安排。 Practice 1. I/book/tickets/for the castle tour/tomorrow _ 2. the speaker/come/soon _ 3. where/you/go/for the Dragon Boat Festival/? _ 4. he/go shopping/with us/this Sunday/? _ 5. I/pick up/
15、package/from the post office/after lunch _ Exercise 1. Combine the words and phrases to make sentences using the present continuous tense. I am booking tickets for the castle tour tomorrow. The speaker is coming soon. Where are you going for the Dragon Boat Festival? Is he going shopping with us thi
16、s Sunday? I am picking up package from the post office after lunch. Practice Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks. 1. Betty _(leave) for Guangzhou by plane at 3:00 this afternoon. Her brother Bob _ (see) her off. Its half past one now. They _ (wait) for a taxi outside the school gate. 2. The Browns _(go)
17、to North China by train next week. They _ (stay) in Beijing for a week. Then they _(go) to Xian and they _(get) there by air. are waiting is leaving is seeing are getting are stayingare going are going 1. 我将下个月去美国。 _ 2. 她不久将买一辆自行车。 _ 3. 我这周末将和朋友去远足。 _ 4. 玛丽和我下个星期天去钓鱼。 _ Exercise 3. Translate the fol
18、lowing sentences into English. I am going to America next month. She is buying a new bike soon. I am going hiking with my friends this weekend. Mary and I are going fishing next Sunday. Practice Practice Activity 4： Discuss weekend plans with a partner, based on the weather report below. Example: A: What are you doing on Saturday morning ? B: Well, its going to be sunny in the morning and not very windy, so Im having a picnic with my friends. Requirements: every part of each day (morning, afternoon, evening) is filled with activity. Assignment Finish exercise 1, 4 on page 79. Goodbye！