1、Unit 3 Unit 3 Festivals and customs Future in the past To understand the usage of future in the past To distinguish the different forms of future in the past To write an ending for the story using future in the past Read the story on page 34 and answer the questions. 1. When did this story happen? T
2、he day before Christmas. 2. What gift did Della prepare for her husband? A simple but beautiful watch chain for his gold watch. Read the story again, find the sentences that use future in the past and fill in the box of Part A on page 34 . 1. And the next day would be Christmas. 2. If she was to buy
3、 a nice gift for her husband Jim, she would need more money. 3. . she was going to sell her hair. 4. . she would buy Jim a perfect gift. 5. Would Jim still think she was pretty? 6. She was about to find out. We use future in the past to describe an action (1) _ (in the future/in the past) from the p
4、erspective of some point (2) _(in the future/in the past) . We form future in the past in statements by using (3) _, was/were to, (4) _ or was/were about to with the base form of a verb. Working out the rules in the future in the past would was/were going to Read the travel journal on pages 30- 31 a
5、nd find the sentences that use future in the past. 过去将来时过去将来时表示表示从从过去某一时间看将要过去某一时间看将要发发 生的动作生的动作或存在的状态或存在的状态。即即: : 过去过去将来时将来时 是是“立足过去立足过去, ,着眼未来着眼未来”的一种时态的一种时态, , 常常 用于宾语从句中用于宾语从句中。 判断判断这种时态的依据这种时态的依据是是: : 要要有表示过去有表示过去的的 “动作动作”, 而而不是时间。不是时间。 1. would/should +do 2. was/were going to +do 3. was/were d
6、oing 4. was/were about to do 5. was/were to do II. 常连用的时间状语常连用的时间状语 the next year/month/week/day. the following year/month/week/day. I. 过去将来时的构成过去将来时的构成 III. 过去将来时过去将来时的用法的用法 FormUsage should/would do used to volunteer or promise or make predictions about the future was/were to do used to express of
7、ficial arrangements, official orders, or things that should be done was/were going to do used to plan or make predictions about the future was/were about to do used to refer to arranged actions that happen in the immediate future, often used withjust e.g. 1. The poor woman believed that her son woul
8、d come back sooner or later. 2. I thought it was going to rain soon. 3. She was to arrive at the station before 3:00 pm, but she got there too late. 4. The thief was about to leave when the police arrived. IV. 过去过去将来时典型错误例析将来时典型错误例析 1. 我们不知道他是否要在会上发言。我们不知道他是否要在会上发言。 误误: We didnt know whether he is g
9、oing to speak at the meeting. 正正: We didnt know whether he was going to speak at the meeting. 解析解析: 该该句主句为句主句为过去时过去时, 且且宾语从句宾语从句表示表示 从从过去某个时间过去某个时间看将要看将要发生的发生的动作动作, 所以所以从句要用过去将来时态从句要用过去将来时态。 2. 老师问汤姆长大后准备干什么。老师问汤姆长大后准备干什么。 误误: The teacher asked Tom what he was going to be when he would grow up. 正正:
10、The teacher asked Tom what he was going to be when he grew up. 分分析析: 在在时间状语从句时间状语从句中中, 常用常用一般一般过去过去 时时表示在过去表示在过去看将要看将要发生的动作。发生的动作。 3. 他们说如果下星期天不下雨他们就去农场。他们说如果下星期天不下雨他们就去农场。 误误: They said that they were going to the farm if it would not rain the next Sunday. 正正: They said that they were going to the
11、farm if it didnt rain the next Sunday. 分析分析: 在在条件状语从句条件状语从句中中, 常用常用一般一般过去时过去时 表示表示在过去看来将要发生的动作在过去看来将要发生的动作。 4. 王林打电话告诉她王林打电话告诉她妈妈妈妈, 她她要买一些要买一些书。书。 误误: Wang Lin rang up to tell her mother that she should buy some books. 正正: Wang Lin rang up to tell her mother that she would buy some books. 分分析析: 过去过
12、去将来时可以由将来时可以由“助动词助动词should/ would+动词原形动词原形”构成构成, 但但should一一 般般只用于第一只用于第一人称。人称。 1. 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 with Joanna on Saturday, but she didnt
13、 feel well. So I just stayed at home. visited was going to see B1 Complete the conversations with the correct expressions in the brackets. 2. 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
14、 started) it yet. Alex: You told me you(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 w
15、ife Della. The next day (1)_ Christmas. 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. Below is a story about Jims gift for Della. Comple
16、te the story with the correct verbs in the box below, using future in the past. Some verbs can be used more than once. make think be sell would be B2 Della had wanted those combs for so long. Tomorrow, Jim decided, he (2)_ _ Dellas dream come true. Jim looked at the gold watch that had been his fath
17、ers and his grandfathers. 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. make/would make would sell/was going to sell was going to That afternoon, Jim sold the
18、watch, went to the shop for the combs and returned home with a package in his pocket. 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 be/were going to be think/would think was going to What do you think Della and Jim would do when they found out what had happened? B3 Write an ending for the story using future in the past.
