Unit 2 Travelling around Period 3 Discovering Useful Structure
The present continuous tense used to express the future meaning
教学设计
教材分析
This teaching period mainly deals with the grammar: The present continuous tense used to express the future meaning. This period carries considerable significance to the cultivation of students’ grammar sense.
The teacher is expected to enable students to master this grammar thoroughly and consolidate the knowledge by doing some exercise of good quality.
教学目标与核心素养
1. Get students to have a good understanding of the basic usages of the present continuous tense used to express the future meaning. 2. Strengthen students’ great interest in grammar learning.
3. Instruct students to express their ideas with this grammar correctly. 教学重难点
How to enable students to use the grammar item: the present continuous tense used to express the future meaning flexibly both in their spoken English and written English. 教学过程
Step1: 语法自主探究
Listen to a radio and figure out the new uses of “be doing structure” by filling in the blanks:
I'm babysitting on Monday. Would you like to go out on Monday? No, sorry, I can? Why not? I'm babysitting on Monday. Would you like to go out on Tuesday? No, sorry, I can't. Why not? I'm doing my laundry on Tuesday. Would you like to go out on Wednesday? No, sorry, I can't. Why not? I'm working overtime on Wednesday. Would you like to go out on Thursday? No, sorry, I can't. Why not? I'm working out on Thursday. Would you like to go out on Friday? No, sorry, I can't. Why not? I'm visiting relatives on Friday. Would you like to go out on weekend? Well? maybe! Qs:What’s the lady doing on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday? I'm babysitting on Monday. I'm doing my laundry on Tuesday. I'm working overtime on Wednesday. I'm working out on Thursday. I'm visiting relatives on Friday. Question:以上歌曲中的含有现在进行时的句子有哪些?表示什么意义? 一.现在进行时表示将来的用法
英语中还可以用现在进行时(be doing ) 表示按计划、安排将要发生的动作。主要用于以下两种情况:
(1)表示位置移动的动词的进行时表将来,如:
go, come, leave, start, begin, arrive, return, move, fly, take off等。 Mary is leaving for Beijing on Friday. 玛丽星期五要动身去北京
My uncle is coming back from abroad next week. 我叔叔下周要从国外回来了。
—Hurry up! The movie is beginning.快点,电影就要开始了。
—Don’t worry. There is still a little time left.不用担心,还有一点时间。 Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane is taking off.