1、B2U3 Grammar: Future in the past tense Suppose you have total 20.5 yuan in hand, but you would like to buy a present for your mother as a birthday gift, which costs 120 yuan. What will you do? If I were you, I will try to persuade my father to give me some money. And I am going to organize my words.
2、 Its not an easy job. Unfortunately, I am about to talk to him when he leaves home, as his train is leaving on 7:00 a.m. I will not give up and is to talk to him tonight. 一般将来时 will do am/is/are going to am/is/are about to am/is/are doing 现在进行时表将来 am/is/are to do 主将从现 1. Read the story on page 34 an
3、d answer the following questions. 1. How much did Della have? 2. What was she going to do to earn more money for a nice gift? 3. What did she buy for Jim at last? 4. What was she about to find out? 2. Read the story on page 34 again and find the sentences that use future in the past. And the next da
4、y would be Christmas. If she was to buy a nice gift for her husband Jim, she would need more money. she was going to sell her hair. she would buy Jim a perfect gift. Would Jim still think she was pretty? She was about to find out. Exploring the rules We use future in the past to describe an action (
5、1) _ (in the future/in the past) from the perspective of some point (2) _ (in the future/in the past). in the future in the past PresentPresent Future in the past PastPast FutureFuture 1. John said he would come. 2. They were sure that they would win the final victory. 3. I left my office early beca
6、use I was going to see Jenny later that afternoon. 4. That journey was to change his life. 5. Lily promised that she was coming to see us. 3. Observe the following sentences and find out more about the usage of future in the past. will do am/is/are going to am/is/are about to am/is/are doing 现在进行时表将
7、来 am/is/are to do 一般将来时 过去将来时 would do was/were going to was/were about to was/were doing 过去进行时表将来 was/were to do Observe the following sentences and try to tell the differences 1. My father said this year would be a very interesting year. 2. My father said this year was going to be a very interesti
8、ng year. 3. When we were young, father would take us for a special treat on Mothers day. 4. He was going to speak at the meeting, but his heart attack prevented him. 5. She was about to work when the telephone rang. 6. We were to discuss the problem the next meeting. 预测 预测 经常发生 计划 刚准备做某事 客观安排 Applyi
9、ng the rulesApplying the rules 1. Complete the conversations on page 35 with the correct expressions in the brackets. Paul: I (a) _ (visited/was about to visit) the museum with my friends last weekend. What about you? Emily: I (b) _ (saw/was going to see) a documentary film about the Spring Festival
10、 with Joanna on Saturday, but she didnt feel well. So I just stayed at home. visited was going to see Alex: We (a) _ (are going to hand in/were going to hand in) our report on festivals around the world next Monday. Colin: Yes, but I (b) _ (wasnt to start/havent started) it yet. Alex: You told me yo
11、u (c) _ (would work on/worked on) it all day yesterday. Colin: Oh, I (d) _ (was about to start/would start) when my cousin (e) _ (would come/came) over. are going to hand in havent started would work on was about to start came Jim was shopping for a gift for his wife Della. The next day (1) _ Christ
12、mas. With an income of twenty dollars per week, life was hard for the couple, but Jim wanted to buy a perfect gift for Della. He thought of the beautiful set of combs on show in one of the shop windows on Broadway. Della had wanted those combs for so long. Tomorrow, Jim decided, he (2) _ Dellas drea
13、m come true. Applying the rulesApplying the rules 2. Complete the story about Jims gift for Della with the correct verbs in the box on page 35, using future in the past. would be was going to make/would make make think be sell Jim looked at the gold watch that had been his fathers and his grandfathe
14、rs. He and Della owned two things which they were both very proud of. One was Jims gold watch, and the other was Dellas beautiful hair. Jim already knew what he had to do: he (3) _ his watch. That afternoon, Jim sold the watch, went to the shop for the combs and returned home with a package in his p
15、ocket. He was sure that they (4) _ the most wonderful gift for Della. Jim was excited about what she (5) _ when she saw her gift the next day. would sell/was going to sell would be/were going to be was going to think/would think make think be sell Consolidating the rulesConsolidating the rules 1. Re
16、read the two stories about Della and Jim and think about the following questions. 1. For a perfect Christmas gift, what did the couple do for each other? 2. Why did they do that? 3. Were the gifts they bought really suitable for each other? Were the couple wise to do so? Consolidating the rulesConso
17、lidating the rules 2. Discuss the question in groups. What would Della and Jim do when they found out what had happened? Consolidating the rulesConsolidating the rules 3. Write an ending for the story using future in the past. 过去将来时 would do was/were going to was/were about to was/were doing 过去进行时表将
18、来 was/were to do 4. Read the sample and pay attention to future in the past. Della arrived home and admired Jims watch chain. She could not wait to see how Jim would react when he saw it the next morning. What was she going to say about her hair, though? She had to think of something. Just then, Jim
19、 opened the front door. “Oh!” said Della in surprise, trying to hide the chain. “I didnt think you were going to be back so soon. I was about to take a shower.” She tried to get away to the bathroom. “Whats that?” asked Jim. He came closer. “My word! And what on earth have you done to your hair?” “I
20、 was going to wait until tomorrow to give this to you, but youve seen it now,” Della said. “I sold my hair to buy you a new chain for your watch.” Jim looked at her with a loving smile, but there was also sadness in his eyes. “Whats wrong?” asked Della. 4. Read the sample and pay attention to future
21、 in the past. “I thought I would surprise you for Christmas too,” said Jim. “So I sold my watch to get you these.” He held out the combs. Della was speechless. She smiled back at Jim, and they held each other for a long time. Although their gifts had not worked out as planned, they were to be together happily for Christmas, and that was all that mattered. 4. Read the sample and pay attention to future in the past.
