Unit2Livingwithtechnology

GrammarandUsage

I.Learningobjectives

Bytheendofthelesson,studentswillbeableto:

1.mastertheformofthefuturecontinuoustense;

2.understandtheclislinclionsbetweenIhefuturecorilinuouslenseandLhesimple

futuretense;

3.learntousethefuturecontinuoustenseindifferentsituations;

4.writeashortarticleusingthefuturecontinuoustense.

II.Keycompetencefocus

1.Mastertheformofthefuturecontinuoustense;

2.Usethefuturecontinuoustenseindifferentsituations.

III.Predictedareaofdifficulty

1.Knowthedistinctionsbetweenthefuturecontinuoustenseandthesimplefuture

tense;

2.Writeashortarticleusingthefuturecontinuoustense

IV.Teachingprocedures

Tgreetstheclass.

T:Classbegins,boysandgirls!Goodmorning/afternoon!

Step1Revisingthesimplefuturetenseandthepresentandpastcontinuoustense

T:Readthefoursentencesandfillintheblankswiththeirproperforms.

1.Thespeaker(analyse)theproblemstepbystepintomorrow,slecture.

Answers:

1.willanalyse

2.Hepredictsthatthegovernment(finance)thebuildingofthenewroads.

2.wi11finance

3.Rightnowthegroup(urge)scientiststoworkoutplanstosendhumans

toMars.

3.isurging

4.Thefire(tineat)theiesidenls,sothegoveiuiiieulurgedtiiemtuleave.

4.wasthreatening

T:Thetenseinthefirsttwosentencesisfuture.Sotheanswersare“willanalyse,

willfinancen.Ofcourse,youcanreplacethemwith“isgoingto,beto,etc.w,

whichareotherformsofsimplefuturetense.Sotheformofthesimplefutureis

uwill/shall/begoingto/beto/beaboutto+v(rootform)”.

T:Therearesignalwords“Rightnow“insentence3,sothetenseispresent

continuous.Itsformis4<is/am/are+presentparticiplen.Therightansweris“is

urging”.Thesecondpeirtofsentence4"thegcvernmenturgedthemtoleave”

suggeststhattheactionhappenedinthepastandthefire“wasthreatening”the

residents.Sothetenseinsentence4ispastcontinuoustense.It'sformis

“was/were+presentparticiple”.

【設計意圖：將來進行時是一種合成時態，包括進行時和將來時，利用本單元詞匯analyse,

finance,urge,threaten結合進行時和將來時導入新課,一舉兩得。］

Step2Exploringtherulesofthefuturecontinuoustense

TasksSstogothroughthetextinAP48.

T:Openyourbooksatpage48andreadthroughthetext.Andthenfindoutthe

sentencesinfuturecontinuoustense.

Taskssomestudentstopickoutrelevantsentences.

Answers:

1.TodayI'IIbespeakingtoyouaboutdrones,alsoknownasUAVs.

2.Itcanbepredictedthatbeforelongmanypeoplewillbeusingdronestodeliver

dailysupplieslikefoodanddrink.

3.Wecanassumethatwithimprovedtechnologyinpassengerdrones,wewi11be

enteringtheageofpersonalflyingvehicles.

4.Whateverhappens,we'H.allbeinteractingwithdronesonadailybasis.

【設計意圖：利用AP48篇章語境導發現新知識，導入將來進行時的用法，在理解課文的同

時自然引入語法知識。】

Step3Workingouttherules

TasksSstoworkouttheformoffuturecontinuoustense.

T:Lookthroughthefoursentencesinthetext.Findouttheusageandthecommon

formofthem.

T:Weusethefuturecontinuoustensetotalkaboutafutureactionthatwi11be

inprogressoveraperiodoftimetocomeorafutureactionwhichistheresult

ofaroutineorarrangement.

?Wealsousethefuturecontinuoustensetoexpress.

T:Therightansweris“predictions”.

T:?Weformthefuturecontinuoustensebyusing"+verb-ingfrom”.

T:Therightansweris“willbe”.

T:Dokeeptheformoffuturecontinuoustenseinmind:4<wi11/begoingto+be+

presentparticiple”.Forexample:

Wewillbemonitoringthesituationonthegroundinthenextweek.

【設計意圖：此節旨在通過課文中四個句子，讓學生總結將來進行時的結構。】

Step4Understandthedifferencesbetweensimplefuturetenseandthefuture

continuoustense

T:Therearesomedifferencesbetweenthefuturecontinuoustenseandthesimple

futuretense.

1.Tshowsthefollowingexample:

Wewillb。meetingattheairportthistimetomorrow.

T:Thesignalwords“thistime“arethecertainpointintimeand“tomorrow”

suggeststhattheactionwillhappeninthefuture.Thesimplefuturetensecan't

beusedhere.

T:Thefuturecontinuoustenseindicatesanactionthatwilloccuratacertainpoint

intimeinthefuture.

2.Tshowsthefollowingexamples:

1)Ihopeitwon'traintomorrow.

2)It'srainingagain.IhopeitwonJtstillberainingtomorrow.

T:Thefirstsentencemeansitwillraintomorrow,andthesecondsentenceemphasizes

thatitshouldnotcontinuetoraintomorrow.

T:Thegeneralfuturetenseindicatesanactionorsituationthatwilloccurinthe

future,whilethefuturecontinuoustenseemphasizesthecontinuationoftheaction.

3.Tshowsthefollowingexamples:

1)Whenwillyoufinishthereport?(Directinquiry)

2)WhenwillyoubeseeingMr.Jackson?(Morepoliteness)

T:Thefirstsentenceisadirectinquiry,somethinglikeabosstohisemployee.

Thesecondsentenceseemstobeaskingsomeonepolitely.

T:Thefuturecontinuoustenseismoreeuphemistic,whilethegeneralfuturetense

indicatesthespeaker*sintentiondirectly.

【設計意圖：這一步驟是本節課的難點，通過實例和講解讓學生明白一般將來時和將來進行

時的區別。如果此處學生仍有疑問，可結合觀看微課講解。】

Step4Applyingtherules

1T:CompletetheconversationswiththecorrectexpressionsinthebracketsinBl.

Answers:

Bl1.(a)hasmade(b)willbeseeing

2.(a)Willyoubevisiting(b)amlookingforwardto

3.(a)willbegiving(b)havebeenmaking

2.T:FillintheblankswiththecorrectexpressionsintheboxinB2.

Answers:B21.willbeflying2.willbegetting3.aretakingoff4.willbeusing

5.aredeveloping

3.B3T:Writedownyourpredictionabouttechnologicaldevelopmentusingthefuture

continuoustense.

Sampleanswers:

Ipredictthatin50years'time,everyonewillberidinginself-flyingcars.

Ipredictthatinthefuturechildrenwillbestudyingathomeusingvirtualreality

headsets.

【設計意圖:這個環節是運用將來進行時,教材中B1B2B3設計步步提高，恰好用于將來進

行時的升級訓練。】

Step5B3P47Writing

T:Inlesson2,theauthorquotesStephHawking'swarning,“Thedevelopmentof

fullartificialintelligencecouldspelltheendofthehumanrace."It'san

effectivewaytosupporthis/herideas.

T:Here'syourhomework.WriteashortarticletopredictAImachinesinthefuture.

T:Usequotesfromfamouspeopletosupportyourideaandusethefuturecontinuous

tenseasmuchaspossible.

【設計意圖：這個環節是洛來進行在篇章中的運用，也為課外作業做準備。設計的練習是將

第二課的B3和第三課的E3整合，話題關于對未來智能機器人的觀點，將名人名言和將來進

行時整合進來。】

V.Homework

1.Torevisetheusageofthefuturecontinuoustense,watchth