Review
表示将来的动作或状态的几种形式: (1)will / shall＋动词原形 I will take a great bike trip after my graduation (2)be going to＋动词原形: 表示即将发生的或最近打算
进行的事。
I am going to make some preparations for the trip. (3) be to＋动词原形: 表示按计划要发生的事或征求对方意
New knowledge
be doing
表示较近的将来，常有“意图”、“安排”的含 义。 这种用法比较生动，给人一种期待感。 现在进行时表将来使用的动词常为位移性动词:
arrive, come, go, leave, start, stay, get等。 Eg： How are you going, by boat or by car ? I’ m leaving for Cambodia tomorrow. Are you staying here till next week?
见。
I am to go to the liberary to get some information about the Mekong. (4) be about to＋动词原形, 表示即将发生的动作, 不与 表示将来的时间状语连用。 I am about to buy a mountain bike.
I hear that you
Mekong River.
will travel are going to travel along the are to travel
2. 开往舟山的轮船将在晚上8点起航。 The ship to Zhoushan sails at 8 pm.
Finish the short passage: According to our shedule, we _____________(visit) Vietnam are visiting tomorrow. It was the last country we _________________(pass are passing through through) along the journey. But we haven't decided how we ___________ are getting (get) to the place. It is so tired for us to ride bike all these days. So Dao Wei and Yu Hanf say they are leaving for there by boat _________________________________( 他们坐船去 那儿）, while Wang Wei insists that she (should) cycle _________________(cycle) to there.
We are strating traveling along the Mekong River tomorrow. It seems that I am so excited that I even can't sleep well tonight. Last week, Wang Kun kept asking me when are we leaving and when are we coming back. Now we have made our detailed schedule. The weather forecast is not good so we are taking a large parcel of warm clothes with us. Hope it will be a great journey that makes me remember forerammar
用现在进行时表示将来
The present continuous tense to express future actions
Dialogue Read and find out the future tense： Wang Wei: II will will take take a a great great bike bike trip after my graduation, would you like to go with me? Wang Kun: Yes, I' d like to. Where Where going are we going? Shall we we cycle along Wang Wei: Shall the entire Mekong River? I am about to buy a mountain bike. Wang Kun: Great, I am to go to the liberary to get some information about the Mekong. Wang Wei: Let me go with you. I I am am going going to to make make some preparations for the trip.
表示将来的事情已经“列入日程” 或按计划将要 发生，则用一般现在时代替将来时，但仅限于少数 动词begin, go, leave, start, take 等。
Translation
1. 我听说你将要沿着湄公河旅行。 I hear that you are traveling along the Mekong River.
Another type of future tense
1) The plane to Thailand takes off at 9:30. 2) My train leaves at 7:00. 3) When does the winter holiday begin? 4) What time does the bus leave Shanghai?
The Present Continuous Tense for Future Actions Students find the rules by observing the following passage:
A day before their trip, Wang Wei set down their plan about the journey in her travel journal.