grammar ---- the future
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Grammar ---- the future. a) Future Perfect. By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our solar systems. At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I will be sitting in the front row and listening to the great Professor Willard. b) Future Continuous. 将来完成时态. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Grammar ---- the future
By the end of the century, we will have dis
covered other places in our solar syste
ms.
At nine o’clock on Saturday morning, I w
ill be sitting in the front row and listeni
ng to the great Professor Willard.
a) Future Perfect
b) Future Continuous
将来完成时态
1. 表示动作或者状态延续到将来某一时间为止已有若干时间 , 谓语动词常用延续性动词 , 并常伴有 for 引导的时间段。
By the end of next year I will have lived here for 18 years.
到明年末,我在这里就已经住了 18 年了。
The class will begin at 8:00. It will
have been on for half an hour when
you arrive at 8:30.
When you come back, I will have
been here for half an hour.
We will have graduated from high
school by the year 2009.
2. 表示动作或者状态在将来某个时间之前完成 , 常与 by the time, when, before 等连用。谓语动词常用非延续性动词。
到 09 年时我们已经从高中毕业了。我猜当我来看你的时候你已经完成你的作业了。
I guess you will have finished your
homework when I come to see you.
将来进行时态
将来进行时态只不过把时间放在了将来 , 所以将来进行时态表示将来某个时间点正在发生的动作或者将来某一段时间内一直在进行的动作。
进行时态的用法 : 某一时间点正在发生的动作 ; 或者某一段时间内一直发生的动作。
I will be visiting a friend in
Guangzhou at 9 o’clock the day after
tomorrow .
Cathy will be doing his part-time job
in the next summer vocation.
Complete these predictions about the
world in 2020 by putting the verbs in
brackets either in the Future Perfect
or the Future Continuous.
will be using1. People (use) ____________ solar
energy every day
2. People (use) ____________up all
natural sources of oil
3. People (travel) ______________ into
space on a regular basis
4. People (eat) ____________ only food
created by specialists
5. Traditional farms (disappear)
___________________
will have used
will be traveling
will be eating
will have disappeared
6. Many new planets (discover)
______________________
7. Mars and Venus (explore) __________
____________and (describe)
________ in detail
8. Scientists (study) _____________ the
chance of people setting in other
planets
been explored described
would have
will be studying
will have been discovered
Look at the programme of the
futurologists' conference and the
cues below(1-7). Write full sentence
using the Future Perfect or the
Future Continuous.
1. 5 p.m. on Friday- Prof Howard
Green gives a lecture on
alternative sources of energy.
At 5 p.m. on Friday, Prof Howard
Green will be giving a lecture on
alternative sources of energy.
2. Saturday Lunchtime- the
participants listen to two lectures.
By Saturday lunchtime, they will
have listened to two lectures.
3. 2:30 p.m. on Saturday – everyone
has lunch.
At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, everyone
will be having lunch.
4. Saturday night- the participants have a reception.
On Saturday might, they will be having a reception.
5. Sunday morning- they identify a few problems of the future.
On Sunday morning, the participants will be identifying a few problems of the future.
6. Sunday noon- the participants
attend the closing ceremony.
At noon on Sunday they will be
attending the closing ceremony.
7. The end of the seminar –the
futurologists discuss many important
issues.
By the end of the conference, the
futurologists will have discussed
many important issues.