they have learned to express the future event. Teachers can ask the students to translate the sentences individually, then check their answers in pairs, and at last with the whole class. Then teachers ask them to compare the differences and point out their usage. Show the following on the screen. Translate the following sentences, using “ will / shall, be going to, be doing, do”. 1.今晚可能下雪。 2.如果不下雨,他很快就回来． 3.———给我寄信了吗？ ———对不起，我忘了，但是我马上要去寄。 4.看那些乌云，马上要下雨了。 5.我奶奶打算学开车。 6.今天有客人来。 7.今晚我们要举行晚会。 8.学校九月一号开学。 9.今晚八点火车发车。
T: Ｗe have learned some ways to express the future. They include “will / shall do”, “be going to”, Present progressive “be doing”, and Simple present “do”. Now, I’d like you to translate the sentences above. After a few minutes.
T: Are you ready for your answers? Ss: Yes!
T: I’d like four of you to read out your answers. S: 1). It will snow tonight.
2). He will be back soon if it doesn’t rain. 3). —Have you posted my letter?
—Sorry, I forgot. But I will. S: 4). Look at the dark clouds! It’s going to rain soon. 5). My grandmother is going to learn to drive. S: 6). Some guest is coming tonight.
7). We are having a party tonight. / We are going to have a party tonight. S: 8). School begins on the first day of September. 9). The train leaves at 8 this evening.
T: Now, compare the sentences. Can you explain their usage here?
S: The first three sentences express a possibility in the future, or in a conditional sentence, or a temporary decision.
S: Sentence 4 expresses the speaker’s assumption of a possible future on the basis of evidence, while Sentence 5 expresses an intention.
S: Sentences 6-7 express a plan or an intention. In this sense, “be doing ”and “be going to do” are interchangeable.
S: Sentences 8-9 express the future events determined in advance by calendar or timetable.
Step Ⅲ Function
This step is to help the students to sum up the ways they have learned to talk about future.
Through the exercises here, students can have a further understanding of the ways to talk about future events. Exercise 1:
T: Now look at Exercise 1 on Page 4. Read the sentences from The City of the Future and answer the questions.
T: Which sentence talks about a certain future? Ss: What will the city of the future look like? T: Which sentence talks about a prediction?
Ss: They are going to get bigger before they get smaller. Exercise 2
This exercise is meant to help the students to have a further understanding of the ways to talk about the future. Ask them to do it by themselves, and then check the answers together.
T: Well done! Now let’s go on with Exercise 2. Match the sentences A-F with the meanings 1-6. Suggested answers
1→D. 2→C. 3→A. 4→B. 5→F. 6→E Exercises 3-4
This exercise is designed to test how well they have understood the ways to talk about the future to further understand the ways of expressing a future event. Teachers can ask the students to do the exercise by themselves, then discuss their choices in pairs, and at last check the answers together. T: Look at your books. Let’s do Exercise 3. Please underline the most appropriate form of the verb, and I’d like you to do it by yourself, after that discuss your choices with your partners. After they have made their choices and checked with their partners.
T: Let’s check the answers. I’d like you to read out the sentences one by one. S: No 1, No one knows what the world will be like.
S: No 2, What are you going to do when you leave school? S: No 3, What time does the plane arrive?
S: No 4, Look out! Were there going to have an accident!
S: No 5, I can’t go out tonight, my cousin is coming for dinner. S: No 6, I’ll ring you if I arrive early.
S: No 7, My brother has decided. He’s going to study urban planning. S: No 8, I think I’ll go home now. Exercise 5
This exercise is for consolidation and to make the students imagine the future city, using the ways to talk about the future.
T: Now I’d like you to write another prediction for the city of the future. Just use your imagination. You may have a discussion. After a few minutes. T: Are you ready?
S: Yes. People in the future may live in a house heated by solar energy.
S: People in the future cities will enjoy more free time, and most of the housework will be done by robots.
S: Every city will have a spaceport and space travel will become very popular. S: Health care will become free in each city.
Step Ⅳ Grammar
In this part students will learn the Future Continuous. Exercise 1
This exercise is to get the students to understand the usage of the Future Continuous.
T: Now let’s learn the Future Continuous. Turn to Page 6. Let’s do Exercise 1. First I’d like you to look at the three sentences from the interview and tick the true statements, and also I’d like you to discuss your choices with your partners.
After the students have checked their choices.
T: Who can tell me your choices? Are there any volunteers? S: All the choices from No 1 to No 5 are right.
T: Quite right. All the choices show the forms and the usage of the Future Continuous. Now please read the three sentences together. Exercise 2
This exercise is to make the students more familiar with the usage of the Future Continuous.
T: Now, let’s listen to the interview and complete the sentences. Listen twice and do this exercise. At last we’ll check the answers together.
Suggested answers(详细答案请参阅教师教学用书) Exercise 3
This exercise is to help the students to practise the usage of the Future Continuous. Teachers ask the students to do this exercise first by themselves, then check their answers in pairs, and at last check with the whole class.
T: Let’s come to next exercise. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets using the Future Continuous.
Suggested answers
1. At nine o’clock tonight I will be doing my homework. 2. Don’t call me before seven. I will be getting dressed.
3. They will not be working next Thursday. It’s a public holiday. 4. In the year 3000 a lot of people will be living on space stations. 5. Will you be staying here next summer?
6. This time next year I will be lying on a beach. Exercise 4
This exercise is to help the students to consolidate what they have learned about the Future Continuous by doing some imaginative work. Teachers can ask the students to do this exercise in pairs, and then tell them to speak out what they will be doing ...
T: Now, work in pairs and imagine what you will be doing at a given time in the future. After a few minutes.
T: I’d like to know what you will be doing at ... Please ask and answer in pairs. Any volunteers? S: What will you be doing at nine tonight? S: I will be speaking at the English Corner. S: What will you be doing on Wednesday? S: I’ll be attending a concert.
S: What will you be doing this summer? S: I’ll be traveling in Hong Kong.
Step Ⅴ Grammar practice
This part is to help the students to go over the ways they have learned in this class to talk about the future events. Exercises 1-2
This exercise is to help the students to go over the ways to talk about the future events. Teachers can ask the students to do this exercise individually, then ask some students to read out their answers, and check the answers.
T: Please turn to Page 67, and let’s do some exercises. First Exercise 1, for this exercise, I’d like you to do it by yourselves, then I will ask some students to read out your answers, and check the answers together. After a few minutes.
T: Are you ready? I’d like you to read out your answers. Suggested answers
1. What will the world be like in the future?
2. What are you going to do when you leave school? 3. What job will you be doing in ten years’ time? 4. What will we do with the garbage in the future? 5. What are you doing at the weekend?
T: Now please work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Activity 1. S1: What will the world be like in the future?
S2: I think it will be quite different from what it is now. It is modern and people enjoy a happy life, peace and clean environment.
S3: What are you going to do when you leave school? S4: I’m going to do some research of engineer. S5: What job will you be doing in ten years’ time? S6: I’ll be traveling all over the world.
S7: What will we do with the garbage in the future?
S8: Probably we will send it to space with garbage ships in order to protect our world. S9: What are you doing at the weekend?
S10: I’m going to attend a lecture held by Steven Hawking. Exercise 3
This exercise is designed to help the students to use the ways to talk about the future events correctly. Teachers can ask them to do it on their own, and then check the answers in pairs, at last with the whole class.
T: Let’s come to next exercise. Underline the best verb forms. I’d like you to do it by yourselves, then check your answers in pairs. At last let’s check the answers with the whole class. Suggested answers
1. will die 2. will run 3. leaves 4. will improve 5. will be having holidays Exercise 4
This exercise is to help the students to have a further understanding of the differences between the Future Continuous and the Future Simple. Teachers can ask the students to do it on their own, then ask some students to read out their answers and check the answers.
T: Since you have done a good job. Let’s go on with next exercise. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the most appropriate forms: the future simple, or the future continuous. Do this exercise by yourselves and then let’s check the answers. Suggested answers
1. will find 2. will be living 3. will be wearing 4. will live 5. will be living 6. will reach.
Step Ⅵ Assignment Summary
T: Today we have learned the Future Continuous and revised other ways to talk about the future events. So after class, please sum up what you have learned about the ways to talk about the future events.
1. Get the Ss to preview the next part.
2. Finish the exercises about vocabulary on Page 68 in your Workbook.
The Third Period Listening and Speaking
Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 重点词汇及短语
furniture, be optimistic / pessimistic about, switch, dishwasher 2. Ability goals能力目标
a. Train the students’ abilities to listen to the architect and the interview and do the listening exercises correctly.
b. Encourage the students to express themselves, imagine the life in the future and make predictions.
3. Learning ability goals学能目标
a. Help Ss learn how to decide the important points about listening by reading the exercises based on the listening materials before reading.
b. Inspire the students to be more creative in thinking and encourage them to express themselves freely.
Teaching important points 教学重点
1. Listen to the two materials and do the exercises correctly. 2. Get the students to predict the house of the future. Teaching difficult points 教学难点
1. Let the students listen to the first material, do the relevant exercises and decide the predictions. 2. How to encourage the students to talk freely and actively in imagining the ideal house of the future.
Teaching methods 教学方法 1. Listening.
2. Cooperative learning. 3. Task-based activity. Teaching aids 教具准备 1. A tape-recorder;
2. A projector and some slides.