1、Discovering Useful Language Learning Aims By the end of the period, you will be able to 1. Analyze how the present continuous tense is used to express future plans. 2. Learn the language situations of using this grammar . 3. Apply the usage to talking and writing future plans. Step 1 Lead in 1. We a
2、re seeing a film this afternoon. 2. It tells a story about a boy who is going to try to be rich in his youth. 3. You all will like it. 4. She will travel around Europe with her aunt and uncle. 5. She is travelling around Europe with her aunt and uncle. 6. She is going to rent a car. 7. She is rentin
3、g a car to travel around. Step II Observe and analyze Task 1 Read the following sentences and translate them into Chinese. What do you think the tense in the sentences is expressing? 1. We are seeing a film this afternoon. 2. Im travelling around Europe for two weeks with my aunt and uncle. 3. Were
4、renting a car and driving! 4. My parents are taking me to Hong Kong during the October holiday. Task 2 Read the conversation and try to find out the answers to the following questions: When and how are the underlined verbs used? What other methods can you think of to express your future plan? Amy: H
5、ello, Jeremy! What are you doing this weekend? Jeremy: Hi, Amy! Some friends and I are going to that new waterpark on Saturday. Do 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. Amy: How about lunch? Are you eatin
6、g at the water park? Jeremy: Well, Im bringing my own lunch. I think some of the others are eating at the park, but the food there is really expensive. 1. When and how are the underlined verbs used? 2. What other methods can you think of to express your future plan? The verbs all use the present con
7、tinuous tense to express some arrangements for events in the nearest future. We can also use “will do” “be going to do” to express our future plans. Task 3 Rewrite the following sentences that express future plans using “be doing” structure. And then translate them into Chinese. 1. Ive just booked m
8、y air ticket! Ill visit my grandparents in December. _ 2.Kate has been invited to a meeting in Iceland. She will apply for a visa soon. _ 3.A: Hey, are you free for dinner tonight? B: Im sorry, no. Ill have dinner with my cousins tonight. _ 4. The cruise will leave on 23 March and return on 1 April.
9、 _ Ive just booked my air ticket! I am visiting my grandparents in December. Kate has been invited to a meeting in Iceland. She is applying for a visa soon. B: Im sorry, no. I am having dinner with my cousins tonight. The cruise will leave on 23 March and return on 1 April. Task 4 Observe the follow
10、ing two sentences, think about whether they can be rewritten into the “be doing” structure and tell me why. 1.Gary might visit China next year, but hes still not sure. 2.Could you help me with this box, please? Im afraid Im going to drop it. be doing 强调事先计划好 的安排、确定要 做的事情，一般 带明显的表将来 的时间状语 eg. Oh, its
11、 8:20. Im going to be late for my class, Im giving my students a very important test this morning. be going to do 表示说话者的打 算和意图或者表 示根据当前情况 作出的预言 Oh, its 8:20. Im going to be late for my class, Im giving my students a very important test this morning. will do 更强调个人意愿 和瞬间的决定 Honey，dont worry. Ill drive
12、 you to your school right away. Task 5 Summary Step III Practice Task 1 Use the present continuous tense of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. (Workbook P78 Using Structures Exercise 1) 1. He _(apply for) a credit card next Tuesday. 2. He _(not, visit) the Eiffel Tower next week since
13、he _(attend) a meeting in Seoul. 3. I _(not pack) until the day after tomorrow. 4. I dont know if she _(check in) tonight or tomorrow. 5. _(you, check out) of the hotel tomorrow? 6. How long _(you, stay) here? is applying for is not visiting is attending am not packing is checking in Are you checkin
14、g out are you staying Task 2 Discuss weekend plans with a partner, based on the weather report below.（课本P28 Activity4） 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. Step IV Compare and rethi
15、nk Task 1 Read the following poem by yourselves and then rewrite the poem by turning the sentences that are expressing the future event into the present continuous tense. Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas going to buy you a mockingbird. If that mockingbird wont sing, Papas going to buy you a
16、 diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papas going to buy a looking-glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papas going to buy you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papas going to buy you another today. Hush, little baby, dont say a word, Papas buying you a mockingbird. If th
17、at mockingbird wont sing, Papas buying you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papas buying a looking-glass. If that looking-glass gets broke, Papas buying you a billy-goat. If that billy-goat runs away, Papas buying you another today. Task 2 Can you write your own poems using the “
18、be doing” structure to express the future events? Step V Writing Choose one of the two itineraries below. Write a few sentences to describe you travel plans, using the present continuous tense.(Workbook: P79Activity 5) Example: Travel Itinerary: Hangzhou, China On Monday, I am taking a 9:00 a.m flight to Hangzhou. Im checking in at the hotel in the afternoon Homework Finish the Activities 2、3、4 in Using Structure of Workbook on page 78-79.
