1、 Learning Objectives In this class, you will 1. understand the use of the present continuous tense to express a future meaning; 2.practise using present continuous tense for future plans. 1 I am travelling around Europe for two weeks with my aunt and uncle. Were renting a car and driving! My parents
2、 are taking me to Hong Kong during the October holiday. What do you think the tense in the sentences expresses? (P28, Activity 1) 2 I am travelling around Europe for two weeks with my aunt and uncle. Were renting a car and driving! My parents are taking me to Hong Kong during the October holiday. Th
3、e Present Continuous Tense: is/am/are + doing Read the conversation and underline the structures to express future plans. 4 (P28, Activity 2) (P28, Activity 2) 5 5 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. D
4、o you want to join us? Amy: Sure, Id love to! What time and where? Jeremy: Were meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the bus stop near our school. 6 (P28, Activity 2) Amy: How about lunch? Are you eating at the water park? Jeremy: Well, Im bringing my own lunch. I think some of the others are eating at the park
5、, but the food there is really expensive. 7 (P28, Activity 3) 8 8 (P28, Activity 3) Ive just booked my air ticket! Im visiting my grandparents in December. Gary might visit China next year, but hes still not sure. Kate has been invited to a meeting in Iceland. Shes applying for a visa soon. 9 Could
6、you help me with this box, please? Im afraid Im going to drop it. A: Hey, are you free for dinner tonight? B: Im sorry, no. Im having dinner with my cousins tonight. (P28, Activity 3) Decide whether will do or the present continuous tense is better and fill in the blanks. 10 (P79, Activity 3, Workbo
7、ok) 10 1.I _ (always, love) you. 2.My parents and I _ (visit) the Architecture Museum this weekend. 3.I think you _ (find) this guidebook useful. 11 4. We _ (take) a trip to Hubei next month to see my grandmother. 5. _ (you, contact) the travel agent this Friday? 6. If you ask him, Im sure he _ (giv
8、e) you a ride to the airport. Decide whether will do or the present continuous tense is better and fill in the blanks. (P79, Activity 3, Workbook) 12 (P79, Activity 3, Workbook) 1.I will always love you. 2.My parents and I are visiting the Architecture Museum this weekend. 3.I think you will find th
9、is guidebook useful. 13 (P79, Activity 3, Workbook) 4. We are taking a trip to Hubei next month to see my grandmother. 5. Are you contacting the travel agent this Friday? 6. If you ask him, Im sure he will give you a ride to the airport. Make your own weekend plan based on the weather report below.
10、14 (P28, Activity 4) 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. EXAMPLE Choose one of the two itineraries below. Write a few sentences to describe your travel plan, using the present continuous tense. Homework 15 (P79, Activity 5, Workbook)
