Unit 2 Wish you were here Future continuous tense Simple future tense Future in the past

We will clean the bedroom this weekwend. We will be sleeping when you arrive back at 9:30 this evening

Future continuous tense will/shall be doing Simple future tense will/shall do

We use future continuous tense when talking about: 表示将来某一段时间内持续做的动作。 表示将来某个时间前已经开始做的动作并很有可能继续下去。 表示预测，即：将来自然而然会发生的事，而不是人为安排要做的事。 表示有礼貌询问对方或别人计划要做的事。

表示将来某一段时间内持续做的动作。 Toby will be climbing in the Himalayas all next week.

Toby will be climbing in the Himalayas all next week. You will be taking the College Entrance Examination from June 7 to 9 in 2016. We will be having a meeting from 3:00 to 4:00 tomorrow afternoon.

Toby will not be in London next Tuesday. 表示将来某个时间前已经开始做的动作并很有可能继续下去。 Toby Toby will not be in London next Tuesday. He will be climbing in the Himalayas

Toby will not be in London next Tuesday Toby will not be in London next Tuesday. He will be climbing in the Himalayas at that time. At 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, we shall be having our Chinese classes.

表示预测，即：将来自然而然会发生的事，而不是人为安排要做的事。 The weather report says that it will be raining when we arrive in London. As we all know, the Yellow River will be flooding in summer every year. According to the schedule, he will be attending the meeting next week. When we use the future continuous tense this way, we want to suggest that something will happen naturally. It doesn’t mean the speaker has arranged the action.

表示有礼貌询问对方或别人计划要做的事。 Will you be visiting your uncle in Tanzania? Will Toby be showing us his photos taken in Africa?

We forms the future continuous tense: 1.will (not)be doing 2. Will +主语+be doing …? 3. will do/ will not Toby and his brother,Colin, will (not) be flying to Morocco. Will they be flying to Morocco on 15 July? Will they be having a meeting at this time tomorrow? Yes, they will. No, they will not(won’t).

高考链接 --- Guess what, we’ve got our visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer. --- How nice! You a different culture then. A. will be experiencing B. have experienced C. have been experiencing D. will have experienced 解析：-- 猜猜看，我们已经得到了今年夏天 去香港的短期签证 --太棒了，你到时候将会感受到不同的文化。 A

Don't worry. The hard work that you do now ____ later in life. A. will be repaid B. was being repaid C. has been repaid D. was repaid 【答案】 A 解析：从don’t可知语境为现在，排除B、D；而later in life可知为将来的动作，故选A。动词的时态是 一般将来时态 。

I feel so excited! At this time tomorrow morning I ____ to Shanghai. A. will be flying B. will fly C. have been flying D. have flown A

— Can I call you back at two o’clock this afternoon? — I’m sorry, but by then I ______ to Beijing. How about five? A. fly B. will fly C. will be flying D. am flying 【答案】C 【解析】根据问句中的two o’clock和应答句中的by then可知所填词表示的动作在当时正在进行，用将来进行时，选C。

Simple future tense can be formed by: will do be going to be to shall do be doing do/does be about to 有推测性用法

Without water fish will die. will do: 表将来的趋向和状态 Without water fish will die. 表事先打算好将来发生的动作 He will finish his work by next Monday. 表无事先打算而即将发生的动作 Tom is ill? We will see him right now! 表意志、命令、请求等语气 This time I will pass the exam. You will hand in your paper right now.

He is going to finish his work by next Monday. be going to: 表事先打算好即将或最近发生的动作 He is going to finish his work by next Monday. Tom is ill? We will see him right now! We’ve heard that Tom is ill. We are going to/ will see him right now. 无事先准备 事先有计划

The boy is to go to school tomorrow. be to: 表按计划将来一定要发生的动作 The boy is to go to school tomorrow. They are to pay a visit to your home next week. 强调务必(必须)在将来发生的动作 You are to be here at this time tomorrow. Your homework is to be turned in by next Monday.

Today we shall continue our new lesson. shall do: 与第一人称连用，表计划和打算 Today we shall continue our new lesson. This weekend I shall go shopping with my best friend. 与第二、三人称连用，表说话人的命令 You shall do as I told you. He shall say sorry to me.

We are starting for Africa tomorrow. be doing: 表按计划即将发生的动作，与某些表位置移动的词连用：come, go, leave, start, sail, move等 We are starting for Africa tomorrow. They are moving to America next year.

You’d take a raincoat in case it rains. 在时间、条件、让步状语从句中表将来的动作 You’d take a raincoat in case it rains. Whatever you say, I won’t listen to you.

I am about to visit you right now. (F) be about to: 表说话时就要发生的计划好的动作 I am about to visit you. I am about to visit you right now. (F) The meeting is about to begin. The meeting is about to begin at 5 o’clock. (F)

Grammar 2: Future in the past

Future in the past can be formed by: would do was/were going to was/were to should do (第一人称) was/were doing was/were about to

“Future in the past” is to describe a future action at a time point in the past. It is usually used to: 表示从过去某个时间看将要发生的动作。 暗指一个过去的打算。 暗指一个过去的安排。 指过去某一时刻将要发生的事。★★

表示从过去某个时间看将要发生的动作。 They set off at 9 a.m. and would reach the airport an hour later. We didn’t know there would be a heavy rain at night.

暗指一个过去的打算。 I was going to leave, but then it rained. Toby said they were going to visit Africa first.

暗指一个过去的安排。 Colin told Jennifer to say that he was seeing her late that afternoon. It was his last day at school,—he was to leave the next day.

指过去某一时刻将要发生的事。 The journey that was to change Toby’s life started in July that year. At the age of 16, he made a decision that was to change his whole life. They said goodbye, not knowing they were never to meet again.

过去将来时的一些特殊用法: would表示过去的习惯性动作 would表示主语的意愿 was/were going to和was/were to表示原先的打算 was/were about to表示正要……

would表示过去的习惯性动作 He would get up at 6:00 a.m. every day. 强调过去的习惯 He used to get up at 6:00 a.m. every day. 强调现在的变化 They would (often) have a walk here a few days ago.

would表示主语的意愿 Would you give me a hand? We all tried to stop him, but he wouldn’t listen to us.

was/were going to和was/were to表示原先的打算 We were going to hold the meeting tomorrow, but now the chairman is ill. So we have to put it off to next week. Toby was to leave London today, but his air ticket is lost. It sounds like he has to change his plan.

was/were about to表示正要…… He was about to leave when the telephone rang. Just as he was about to leave, the telephone rang.

典型例题 1. Li Ming said he _____ happy if Brian _____ to China next month. A. was; come B. was; would come C. would be; came D. will be; come 答案：C 解析：主将从现的情况放在主句是一般过去的句子中，时态前推即可。第一空为过去将来时，第二空为一般过去时。

2. She ______ to work when the telephone rang. A. is going B. will go C. was about to go D. is to go 答案：C 解析：be about to do … when…,为固定搭配，表示“当某人即将做某事时某事发生了”。此题中表示“她正要去上班时电话铃响了”。

3. I hoped Tina ______ to my birthday party on time the next Wednesday. A. to come B. is coming C. will come D. was coming 答案：D 解析：本题主句是一般过去时，并且根据时间状语the next Wednesday, 应用过去将来时；D项为过去进行，可表过去将来，故选之。

即学即练 1. ---- Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday? ---- I ____, but I had an unexpected visitor. A. had B. would C. was going to D. did C

2. I first met Lisa three years ago 2. I first met Lisa three years ago. She ____ at a radio shop at the time. A. has worked B. was working C. had just started D. had worked B

3. I don’t think Jim saw me; he ____ into space. A. just started B 3. I don’t think Jim saw me; he ____ into space. A. just started B. was just starting C. has just started D. had just started B

4. We were all surprised when he made it clear that he _____ office soon. A. leaves B. would leave C. left D. had left B

5. ---Come in, Peter. I want to show you something 5. ---Come in, Peter. I want to show you something. ---Oh, how nice of you! I ___ you ____ to bring me a gift. A. never think; are going B. never thought; were going C. didn’t think; were going D. hadn’t thought; were going B

6. He ____ anyone the minute he ____ they needed help. A 6. He ____ anyone the minute he ____ they needed help. A. would help; saw B. helped; saw C. will help; sees D. helps; sees A

7. As I ____ the next day, I went to bed early on Thursday evening. A 7. As I ____ the next day, I went to bed early on Thursday evening. A. was leaving B. had left C. will leave D. left 8. I had no idea if he _____ the meeting. A. will attend B. attends C. will have attended D. would attend A D

9. I ____ to start off when it began to rain. A. was B. was able C 9. I ____ to start off when it began to rain. A. was B. was able C. wanted D. was about 10. They wanted to know what ____ next. A. would happen B. has happened C. will happen D. is going to happen D A

The manager was concerned to hear that two of his trusted workers ______. A. will leave B. are leaving C. have left D. were leaving 【答案】D 【解析】此处用过去进行时表示过去将来时。这里were leaving表示：过去要离开。句意：听到自己最信任的两个职员要离去，经理很关注。

When he _______ the door, he couldn’t find his keys. A. would open B. opened C. had opened D. was to open 【答案】D 【解析】句意“当他要开门的时候，发现钥匙不见了”。was to do在此表示wanted to do或intended to do，would do在这里有情感意义，所以被排除。