Module 1 Life in the future

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Module 1 The City of the Future
王红梅
康平高中（高一外语组）
How many ways can be used to talk about future What are the differences
Will/shall do表示将来发生的动作或出现的状态，shall仅与第一人称连用
1.Would you like tea or coffee – I’ll have coffee, please. (Decisions made at the Moment)
2.I’ll help you with your work tonight. (Promise/Offer)
3.Do you think our team will win the cup (Speculations and Guesses)
Be going to do表示主语计划打算的行动或看来就要发生的事情
I’m going to fix television tomorrow. (Plans and Intentions)
Look at those clouds. It’s going to rain. (Predictions from Evidence)
Be doing 表示计划或安排好的动作（go, come, leave, begin 等动词）
Sorry, I can’t help you. I’m leaving in the morning. (Definite Arrangement)
Be to do表示客观上计划或安排好的动作
The boy is to go to school tomorrow.
Be about to do表示即将发生的动作，一般不带时间副词或短语
I’m just about to leave. Can I phone you back ( Near future intentions or predictions)
do表示与安排，计划或时刻表有关的动作；或用于if, when等状语从句中代替will do.
1.The bus leaves at midnight and arrives in Edinburgh at five. (Schedules and timetables)
2.What will she do after she hears the news (Time words and expressions)
The rules of the future continuous
tense
1. Talk about something that will be in progress at a certain time or over a period of time in the future.
We ________ (have) an English class tomorrow morning. (will have)
We _______(have) an English class at 8:20 tomorrow morning. (will be having)
2) Express future without intention.
A. I will see you this Friday.
(I intend to see you. I’ll go to your home specially to see you.)
B .I will be seeing you this Friday. (Maybe we have both been invited to a party this Friday when I will see you naturally.)
3) Make polite enquiries about other people’s future plans.
A When will you come again
B When will you be coming again
(Hope to get other’s help)
Consolidation
1. At this time tomorrow _______ over the Atlantic. (NMET 2003年 北京)
A. we’re going to fly B. we’ll be flying
C. we’ll fly D. we’re to fly
2. ----What are you going to do this afternoon
----I am going to the cinema with some friends. The film ___ quite early, so we _______ to the bookstore after that. (NMET 2005年 重庆）
A. finished; are going B. finished; go
C. finishes; are going D. finishes; go
3. Because the shop ________ all the T-shirts are sold at half price. (NMET 2004年 浙江）
A. has closed down B. closed down
C. is closing down D. had closed down
4. Turn on the television or open a magazine and you ________ advertisements showing happy families. (NMET 2004年 湖南）
A. will often see B. often see
C. are often seeing D. have often seen
Keys: B C C A(共6张PPT)
be busy with/doing sth 忙于…
She was busy looking after her sick mother.
He is busy with/doing his homework.
worry about 为…着急/发愁
You don’t have to worry about money. I’ll collect it for you.
Don’t worry about the boy, he’ll be all right.
definitely adv. 明确地;确切地;无疑地
The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.
I can't tell you definitely when I will come.
eventually adv. 最后,终于 in the end at last
He worked so hard that eventually he made himself ill.
be/get married (to sb)
marry sb
Are you married or single
When did you get married
last words 结论，定论，遗言
Not 与all连用，表示半否定。
All my friends do not smoke.
All these books are not good.
全部否定用none, no one, nobody, nothing
in progress 在进行中，在举行
The war in Africa is still in progress.
The movement had been in progress for several years.
be on the way out 即将灭亡
This type of computer is on the way out.课件内容说明
课件取材：《英语》（新标准）（高中）（衔接小学、初中英语）必修4
Module 1 Life in the future
制作软件： flash MX 2004
设计思路：
本课件内容针对The city of the future内容设计。在学习本课的过程中，学生将进行词汇、听力、课文理解和话题演练。首先以学生们非常熟悉的家乡建筑照片导入课文。在感受家乡的美丽同时，直观地判断出传统建筑和现代建筑。然后辨认各种建筑材料，认知相关词汇。第二部分设计为听力练习。学生通读第一段后听本段课文朗读，然后回答问题。通过听读回答掌握第一段课文内容。在掌握课文内容后，对本段中三个词汇进行解释：recycled、alternative和 run out 。第三部分为承上启下的过渡部分。让学生思考，通过第一段内容，你认为在未来城市的设计中，什么最重要？阅读第二段我们可知，一些美国学生对未来城市作了自己的描述。你认为这些描述会是什么呢？讲解本段中两个词汇 urban city和run a city。第四部分为阅读理解。课文中列出的十个设想是从下列三个方面来描述未来世界的：环境与能源、生活方式和高科技在生活领域的应用。通读每个设想，然后将其归为三大类。然后以该三大主题为单位讨论每个细节。最后展示亚洲人们对未来的设想。如果时间允许的话，可以让学生在课堂上说出自己对未来的设想。不然可以给学生布置课后任务，或写一篇文章或画一幅图画，描绘出自己的未来城市。
使用说明：
整个课件有三个基本按钮： （前进，进入下一环节） （后退，返回上一环节） （停止，退出课件）。课件共有十一个主要环节，每个主环节都由前进后退按钮进行切换控制。其中有的环节中包含有子环节，由 按钮控制。
流程：
双击图标开始使用。
环节1：导入，图片展示。按最左边的绿色按钮可以进行暂停和继续操作。在图片展示完毕后自动出现新的界面。在该界面中，刚才展示的图片排列在上方，下面是一个表格，用鼠标左键点按每张图片，可将其拖曳到相应位置。例如，图片1为现代建筑，将其拖曳到moden building的表格中，依次类推。完成后点击 进入环节2
环节2：词汇认知。整个屏幕中列出相关建材词汇，让学生朗读识词。点击最左 进入子环节 子环节中出现相关建材图片，让学生在图片中找出所以词汇所代表的建材。将鼠标放在每个单词上，箭头会变成小手形状，这时该单词所代表的建材在图片中就会以红色热区显示。
完成后点击 进入环节3
环节3：标题页面。展示本课标题。点击 进入环节4
环节4：展示未来城市的设想图片。点击 进入环节5
环节5：听力阅读。上方黄色为标题栏。在part1 后面有一个喇叭按钮。点击该喇叭按钮，播放本段课文朗读。在全文朗读完后，看下方的五个问题。每个问题后都有喇叭和女孩两个按钮。点击每题后的喇叭按钮，则播放和该问题有关部分的朗读以提示回答。点击女孩按钮则显示答案。完成后点击 进入环节6
环节6：词汇。画面上方出现三个单词。将鼠标放在每个词条上，该词条背景变成绿色，鼠标变成小手形状。点击，则出现该单词的讲解页面。首先点击recycled material。出现该单词的分解形式。点击最左 进入子环节1 子环节1中展现每个分解部分的含义。
再次点击最左 进入子环节2 子环节2中显示整个单词的含义再次点击最左 进入子环节3。该词条含义出现在下方。第一个词条解释完毕。然后将鼠标放在第二个词条，alternative energy 下点击，进入该单词的解释页面。其中每一步操作都通过 控制，直至该词条含义出现在下方第二个词条解释完毕。将鼠标放在第三个词条，run out 下点击，进入该单词的解释页面。操作同上。完成后点击 进入环节7
环节7：过渡问题。将鼠标放在横线上的空白处，点击出现答案完成后点击 进入环节8
环节8：词汇。在该段文字中urban life和run a city 用红色表示。将鼠标放在红色词条上点击，出现该单词的讲解页面。在单词的讲解过程中用 控制操作。（具体操作同环节6）完成后点击 进入环节9
环节9：阅读理解。首先让学生找出每个大方面所涉及到的话题。点击圆圈数字后的空白处出现答案。然后依次讨论每个方面。首先，将鼠标放在第一个方面Environment and Enery，上，鼠标变形，点击，出现子环节1。
子环节1： 阅读课文后填空。点击每个横线出现答案。完成后点击画面右上方的 按钮，返回环节9主页面。
然后，将鼠标放在第二个方面Daily life，上，鼠标变形，点击，出现子环节2。
子环节2：首先出现的是shopping页面。点击空格出现答案。点击红色部分，出现例句。点击最左 进入下页。Telephone和recreation操作同上。完成后点击画面右上方的 按钮，返回环节9主页面。
然后，将鼠标放在第二个方面Daily life，上，鼠标变形，点击，出现子环节3。
子环节3：操作同上。由 控制操作。完成后点击画面右上方的 按钮，返回环节9主页面。
完成后点击 进入环节10
环节10：图片展示和课后任务。点击最左 进入子环节。子环节中布置课后任务。
点击 直接退出课件，点击 进入环节11，结束页面。
作者：宗怡
地址：山东省荣成市第三中学英语组
邮箱：caseyzong@ ( mailto:caseyzong@ )
电话：13563177859(共8张PPT)
The City of Future
1.Word-learning
Clinic Disability Mall Net
Online Outdoors Recreation Solar
Run out Surgery Urban
诊所
伤残
商场区
网
联机的
户外
娱乐
太阳的
用完
外科手术
城市的
Match words with their meanings
1. A problem with prevents you from doing something
2. Not in a building
3. From the sun
4. Free time activities
5. You can use this to catch a lot of fish at the same time
6. Through the Internet
1. disability
2. outdoors
3. solar
4. recreation
5. net
6. online
7. A place where you can get medical treatment
8. To do with town or city life
9. A shopping centre
10. To use up or finish completely
11. Medical treatment in which the doctor cuts open your body
7. clinic
8. urban
9.mall
10.run out
11. surgery
2. Fast Reading
1.Where will garbage ships go
2.Who will batman nets catch
3.Where won’t people be allowed to smoke
4.How will people go shopping
5.What number will people keep for life
6.How will cars be different
7.What won’t people have to pay for
8.What will doctors do from a distance
1.Where will garbage ships go
To the sun
2.Who will batman nets catch
Criminals
3.Where won’t people be allowed to smoke
4.How will people go shopping
Within a city’s limits
Online
5.What number will people keep for life
6.How will cars be different
7.What won’t people have to pay for
8.What will doctors do from a distance
They’ll be powered by electricity.
Recreation
Surgery
Their telephone number(共4张PPT)
1. He will present at the meeting ______ (肯定地).
2. ____________(在未来), care for the environment will become very important.
3. The earth’s natural resources will _________________ (用光) one day.
4. We will have to __________ (更加依赖) alternative energy.
5. You’d better ________ (摆脱掉) the bad habits.
for sure
In the future
run out/ be used up
rely more on
get rid of
6. Police will ______ (逮捕) criminals by firing nets instead of guns.
7. Catalogues will have voice commands to ___________(订货).
8. Everyone will be given a number at birth that will never change _______________________________ (无论他们住在哪里).
9. All forms of recreation will be provided ____________ (免费) by the city.
arrest
place orders
no matter where/wherever they live
free of charge
10._____________(老年人) and people _____________ (有残疾的) should be respected.
11.It will be possible to change the color of cars ____________ (轻轻一按) a switch.
12.Doctors may _________(执行) operations from thousands of miles away.
13._______(不是所有的) predictions come true.
Senior citizens
with disabilities
at the flick of
carry out
Not all
14.E_________(最后), I’d like to become a surgeon.
15.I’m too busy enjoying my life now to ____________(担心) the future.
16.This kind of computer is ______ _______(即将淘汰).
17.The movement has been __________ (在进行中)for many years.
18.Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and ________(在户外).
ventually
worry about
on the
way out
in progress
outdoors(共10张PPT)
英语中谈论将来有7种不同方式，其侧重点各有不同。
Will/shall do-----表示普通意义上的将来时
be going to 事先安排好或有迹象表明要发生
be about to do 最近的（nearest)将来
Does/do 表示时刻表发生或用于条件状语从句
Will be doing想象的未来
Be doing 多见于位移动词
Be to do表示官方安排或发布命令等
1.will do 可表示未经事先考虑，说话临时作出决定。
-------I left the door open when I went out .
------Don’t worry .I will close it for you.
2.在时间和条件状语从句中，从句使用“if +现在时”，主句经常使用 will do .例如；
如果你向我撒谎的话，你会后悔的。
If you lie to me ,you will regret it.
3.will do 表示的将来时经常用于下面的两个句型。
句型一；祈使句，and +will 意为“------------，那么------”
句型二；祈使句，or +will 意为“------------，否则------”例如
听的再仔细一点，那么你就知道我的意思了。
Listen more carefully ,and you will see what I mean .
去洗手，否则你会把食物弄脏的。
Wash your hands ,or you’ll dirty the food .
be going to
准备，打算做某事
Are you going to come with us
2) 看来要发生的事（预计要发生或不可避免要发生的事）
It’s going to snow tonight.
I feel terrible. I think I’m going to be sick.
2. 一般现在时表将来
1) 表示按照时刻表将要发生的动作,例如，车船进出时刻；节日的安排等。
The plane takes off at 6:40 p.m.
The next train arrives at 12:40.
2) 在时间及条件状语中代替一般将来时
He’ll do it if you pay him.
I hope you enjoy your holiday.
3. 现在进行时表将来
现在进行时表示已经安排和已定好的计划尤其是时间和地点已经确定；也可指刚刚开始或马上就发生的动作
We are having a party next week.
We are meeting at 2:30 p.m.
—Where are the boys
—They are coming.
3) 在hope 后的宾语从句中常用一般现在时代替一般将来时
4. be + to do
表示“正式安排好的”事或必然要做的事情多不变更。
A meeting is to be held at 3 this afternoon.
5. 将来完成时 表示到将来某时某事已经完成 常用by+将来的时间作时间状语
The film will have started by the time we get to the cinema.
形式：will/shall + be + 现在分词
shall 用于第一人称
will 可以用于各种人称
6. 将来进行时表示将来时
表示未来某一段时间正在发生的事情，是一种“想象的’时态-------发生的事情只是说话人的一种想象。
明天十点钟她会在办公室工作。
明天下午六点钟你会在干什么？
七八点钟之间别来电话，那时我们会在吃饭。
At ten o’clock tomorrow, she will be working in her office.
What will you be doing at 6 p.m. tomorrow
Don’t phone me between 7 and 8 p.m. when we’ll be having dinner.(共37张PPT)
The City of the Future
未来的城市将会是什么样子呢？没有人确切地了解，预测也是一件很冒险的事。但有一件事是可以肯定地——他们将会先变大，然后再变小。在未来，爱护环境将会很重要，因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。我们将会使用大量的回收材料，例如，塑料、铝、钢铁、玻璃、木头和纸。我们浪费自然资源的程度将会有所减弱。我们也将不得不更多地依赖替代能源。例如太阳能和风能。所有的这些似乎是肯定的，但是还有许多关于城市生活的事情仍是未知的。
1. for sure 确实，肯定地，毫无疑问
他肯定会出席会议。
He will attend the meeting for sure.
他答应第二天肯定将他的决定告诉我们。
He promised to give us his decision for sure the next day.
2. predict v. 预知, 预言, 预料，预报
The earthquake had been predicted several months before.
3. risk n. 风险，冒险 vt. 冒…的危险
他冒着生命危险把孩子从火中救出。
He risked his life when he saved the child from the fire.
risky adj.危险的
risk doing sth冒险做某事
他冒险从窗户上跳了下来。
He risked jumping off the window.
at risk = in danger
He took a risk when he crossed the old bridge.
4. certain adj. 确定的, 无疑的, 必然的
be certain/sure of/about+doing /n. /pron. that to do
It now seems certain that there will be a meeting on Friday.
It is not certain where he lived.
make certain / sure that
for certain = for sure 肯定地
It is certain that …
sure的主语多为“人”。certain的主语既可是人，也可用It is certain that句型。
“Be sure to do something”结构用于祈使句时，一般不用certain。
作定语时，sure表示“可靠的，无疑的”。而certain修饰可数名词时，意为“某一，某些”，修饰抽象名词时，意为“有点，有些”。 Certain students have failed in the test． The student made a sure answer．
5.in future from now on
in the future in the time to come
Don’t make the same mistake in future.
No one knows what life will be like in
the future.
今后 将来
今后你不要再犯同样的错误了。
没有人知道在将来生活会是什么样子。
Take care of your spelling in future.
In the future many of us may take space travel very often.
6. care n. 爱护，关爱，关心
Take care of your brother while I am away.
Care killed a cat.
He was worried by all the cares of the family.
Cross the road with care.
He left the child in the care of a neighbour while he was away.
忧虑，烦恼
小心，谨慎
照管 仔细照料
Take care! There is a car coming.
7. (sth) run out 用完，耗尽＝give out
(sb.) run out of sth (=use up)
He has run out of money.
We ran him out of town.
Your ticket has run out.
驱逐，逐出
out of date
汽油用完了。
The petrol has run out.
The petrol has been run out of.
With the food __________, he had to go out to buy something.
A. running out of B. run out
C. running out D. to run out of
What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ________
A. given out B. put out
C. help up D. used up
8. rely on/upon 依赖, 依靠，信赖
rely/depend on sb to do sth
rely/depend on sb for sth
depend on/upon 依靠，信赖； 取决于，视情况而定
It / That depends. 那得看情况
—“How long are you staying here ”
—“I don't know; it depends.”
Most students rely on their parents for tuition.
You may rely on him to help you.
That depends on the weather.
I’m depending on you to tell me everything.
He is a person you can depend on.
9. alternative adj. 供选择的，二选一的 n. 抉择，选择余地
There are several alternative plans.
We have no alternative in the matter.
I had no alternative but to report him to the police.
alternative energy 代用能源
10. solar adj. 太阳的 lunar adj. 月亮的
solar system/year/rays/eclipse
the lunar New Year/eclipse/calendar
have no alternative/choice but to…
plenty of a lot of / lots of a large quantity of
a large number of a number of a great/good many
a large amount of
a great deal of
名词复数
不可数名词
名词复数 不可数名词
11. 大量的
为了获知年轻人对未来城市生活的想法，美国得克萨斯州的一位大学老师让他的学生们思考如何管理一个在2025年拥有5万人口的城市，下面是他们的一些构想。
垃圾船：为了摆脱垃圾问题的困扰，城市将会用巨型宇宙飞船装载废气材料，朝太阳发射，这样做防止了垃圾填埋和环境问题。
勤务兵网：警察逮捕罪犯时，将会向罪犯射出网状物而不是用枪。
戒烟：在未来城市范围内将禁止吸烟。只有在郊区和户外才允许吸烟。
12. get rid of 摆脱，除掉，处理掉
You’d better get rid of your bad habits.
如果你不想走，我会将这些票处理掉。
If you don’t want to go, I’ll try to get rid of the tickets.
你只有用这种办法才能摆脱失眠。
Only in this way can you get rid of your sleeplessness.
你最好改掉你的不良习惯。
13. load n.负荷, 重担 vt.装载, 装填, 使担负
常与with/up连用
We loaded the truck with bananas.
The truck was carrying a load of bananas.
The fully loaded truck hit a rock and tumbled over.
He took over the company when it was loaded with debt.
load…（容器、车）with…(sth)
14. fire vt. vi. 射击, 发射, 解雇，点燃
She fired her gun at them.
A rocket was fired at the moon.
Damp wood are not easy to fire.
You're fired.
fire at 朝…射击/发射
set fire to… / set … on fire
be on fire
catch fire
put out a fire
play with fire
15. limit n. 限制，界限，边界
v. ~to 限制
There is a limit to the amount of money I can afford.
The speed limit is the fastest speed you are allowed to drive a car at.
My mother limits the amount of food that I eat.
within limits 适度地; 有限度地
without limit 无限地; 无限制地
告别商厦：将来所有的购物将会在
网上进行，商品目录将可使用语音指
令订货。
电话人生：每个人一出生就会被给予一个电话号码，将来无论他们居住在哪儿，这个电话号码都不会改变。
娱乐：所有的娱乐形式，例如，电影院、保龄球、垒球、音乐会和其它等等都将由该市政府免费提供。
我们跟这家公司订了60台电脑。
我向他们订了600双鞋。
We placed an order for 60 computers with this company.
I placed an order with them for 600 pairs of shoes.
16. place an order 定货
place an order for sth. with sb.
place an order with sb. for sth.
mand n. v. 命令，指挥 (order)
command/order sb to do sth
command/order (that) sb (should) do sth
The teacher ordered the child to leave the room.
The general commanded that the army attack at once.
=The general commanded the army to attack at once.
无论我什么时候来，都会发现他在学习。
不论雪下多么大，我都得动身回家。
I always find him at study, no matter when /whenever I come to see him.
I must go home no matter how /however heavily it snows.
18. no matter 引导让步状语从句 无论… 常和who, when, where, how, what连用，相当于whoever, whenever, wherever, however, whatever。
no matter +特殊疑问词 只能引导状语从句
特殊疑问词- ever 既可引导状语从句又可引导名词性从句
I don’t believe him, no matter what he says. = whatever he says.
I don’t believe whatever he says.
19. recreation un娱乐；cn消遣
踢足球是男孩子们放学后通常的娱乐活动。
Football is the boys' usual recreation after school.
他仅有的消遣方式就是喝酒和看球。
His only recreations are drinking beer and watching football.
Recreation: an activity you do for pleasure or amusement
Entertainment: performances, television, films etc that are intended to amuse or interest people
20. charge n.费用, 主管 v. 收费
他修理自行车收了你多少钱
How much did he charge you for repairing the bicycle
in/take charge of 负责，管理……
in the charge of sb 由…负责，管理
这位工程师负责指挥地铁的建造工程。
This engineer is in charge of directing the building of the subway.
free of charge
免费
汽车：所有的汽车都将由电能、太阳能或风能提供动力，并且只要轻轻按一下开关就能够改变汽车的颜色。
远程手术：随着每个城市拥有自己的远程手术门诊部，医生将能在数千里以外实施手术，远程手术将会变得非常普遍。
居家度假：老年人和残疾人将可以通过使用绑在头上的高科技相机周游世界。
太空遨游：普遍市民遨游太空将会变得很平常，每个城市都将有自己的太空港。
22. carry out 实行，贯彻，执行，实现
We carried out openings and reforms from 1978.
I was chosen to carry out the experiment.
He hoped we could carry out his advice.
21. switch n.开关 v. 改变，转换
switch on/off 打开/关闭（电器设备）
Tom flicked the switch, but nothing happened.
23. operation 手术 （surgery外科手术）
perform an operation on sb. for a disease
have an operation
The poor man had two operations in two weeks.
She was in surgery for three hours Thursday.
carry on 继续，进行 + with/doing sth
Carry on working/with your work while I'm away.
They decided to carry on their walk in spite of the weather.
Fill in the blanks with proper words.
Nowadays ___________ is used to make windows and doors because it is light and strong.
We use a lot of _________ to build road and bridges.
Police should have enough proof before they ______ a criminal.
It is bad manners to laugh at people with __________.
aluminium
concrete
arrest
disabilities
We all know that China is a country which has rich natural __________.
You should not work all the time. You need some __________ besides work.
Many waste materials can be _______ to save energy.
He is badly ill and needs an ________ immediately.
resources
recreations
recycled
operation
It seems that more young people are interested in _______ life rather than the life in the countryside.
Using _____ energy is one of the ways to protect the environment.
Though he is seriously ill, he is still __________ about the future.
There is a _____ to everything.
urban
solar
optimistic
limit(共6张PPT)
be busy with/doing sth 忙于…
She was busy looking after her sick mother.
He is busy with/doing his homework.
worry about 为…着急/发愁
You don’t have to worry about money. I’ll collect it for you.
Don’t worry about the boy, he’ll be all right.
definitely adv. 明确地;确切地;无疑地
The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.
I can't tell you definitely when I will come.
eventually adv. 最后,终于 in the end at last
He worked so hard that eventually he made himself ill.
be/get married (to sb)
marry sb
Are you married or single
When did you get married
last words 结论，定论，遗言
Not 与all连用，表示半否定。
All my friends do not smoke.
All these books are not good.
全部否定用none, no one, nobody, nothing
in progress 在进行中，在举行
The war in Africa is still in progress.
The movement had been in progress for several years.
be on the way out 即将灭亡
This type of computer is on the way out.(共72张PPT)
Period 1
Module 1　Life in the Future
Introduction
Reading and Vocabulary
Introduction: Word Study
glass
aluminium
wood
brick
rubber
steel
concrete
mud
plastic
Introduction – Activity 2 on Page 1
First say things you know about the building material in the word box in Activity 2.
Then choose one of the words in the box to complete the sentences in Activity 2.
Answers:
Aluminium
Steel
rubber, wood
Plastic
5. Bricks
6. Concrete
7. Mud
8. Stone
9. Glass
Introduction - Activity 3 on Page 1
Work in pairs. Discuss what materials your school is made of / from.
Then guess what materials the building in the photo is made of / from.
Reading – Pre-reading
A picture drawn by a child, trying to bring out the imaginary house in the future.
What is the house of the future in your mind like
Prediction
Title: The City of the Future
What topics do you think will be mentioned in a passage with the title above (open)
shopping
environment
traffic
weather
entertainment
alternative energy
crime
schools
public services
What other topics do you think will be mentioned
Fast-reading
Read the passage for the first time. Check whether your answer in Activity 1 is right.
shopping
environment
traffic
weather
entertainment
alternative energy
crime
schools
public services
Word-guessing
Guess the meaning of the following words in the context.
clinic disability mall
run out online outdoors
recreation net solar surgery urban net
Activity 3 on Page 3
Do Activity 3 on your own. Then check the answers with your partner.
Answers:
disability
outdoors
solar
recreation
net
online
7. clinic
8. urban
9. mall
10. run out
11. surgery
Learning to use the words
Complete the sentences with the words just learnt.
It’s bad manners to laugh at people with ________.
You should not work all the time. You need some ______ besides work.
It seems that more young people are interested in ______ life rather than the life in the country.
Using _____ energy is one of the ways to protect the environment.
disabilities
recreation
urban
solar
Careful Reading – Activity 6 on Page 4
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the passage.
Answers:
They’ve thought how to run a city in 2025.
To the sun.
Criminals.
Within a city’s limits.
Online.
Their telephone number.
Recreation.
They’ll be powered by electricity.
Surgery.
Anywhere in the world.
Organization
Try to find out the main idea of each part.
Parts Main Idea
Part 1
( Paragraph 1)
Part 2
(Paragraph 2-12)
What will the city of the future look like
How will the students run a city in the future
Matching – Activity 4 on Page 3
Work in pairs. Try to match the words and phrases in the two boxes.
Answers：
arrest criminals
carry out operation
load huge spaceship
recycle material
rely on alternative energy
waste natural resource
Activity 5 on Page 3
Find the words or phrases in the text which mean these things.
Answers:
a risky business
outpatient
get rid of
senior citizens
free of charge
landfill
Words and phrases:
Work in pairs. Try to find out the useful phrases in the text.
for sure
make prediction]
risky business
run out
recycle materials
rely on
alternative energy
in the year 2025
get rid of
load…with
within…limits
place orders
at birth
all forms of
free of charge
at the flick of a switch
carry out
attach …to…
Post reading
Which prediction in the text …
is the strangest
is the most useful
will come true first
will come true last
How will you run the city in the future if you have the chance to do so
HW
Try to retell the passage with the help of the key phrases noted down by you.
Period 2
Module 1　Life in the Future
Listening and Speaking
Pronunciation
Everyday English
Speaking
Q: If you try to describe your home to your partner, what things will you talk about
Now try to describe your home, talking about the following things:
size and number of rooms
furniture
technology
Pre-listening
What can you guess about the listening passage from the sentences in Activity 2 on Page
First Listening – Activity 2 on Page 5
Listen to an architect talking about the home of the future and then complete the sentences in Activity 2 on Page 5.
Answers:
A
B
C
B
A
A
C
c
Activity 4 on Page 6
Try to recall what the architect says about the following:
What could happen to the dining room and the living room
How will people switch on the lights
What will the toilet be able to do
What will the dishwasher be able to do
They will disappear.
The computer will do it.
It will move higher or lower depending on who uses it.
It will wash the dishes without water.
Second Listening
Fill in the missing parts according to what you hear.
I: Good afternoon everybody and ____the programme this afternoon is an expert on American ___________________, Mr Simon Oppenheim who’s going to talk to us about the house in the future. So where _______________in twenty years’ time
G: Twenty years _____ a long time. We ________ underground or in space. We _____________in houses and flats as we do today.
I: What will the houses look like
on
domestic architecture
shall we be living
isn’t
won’t be living
will be living
G: I think they’ll look __________________they do today, at least from the outside. But hey will be different inside.
I: ______________
G: ____________, they’ll be more flexible. That means we ________________ move the walls to create bigger or smaller rooms when we want to. So the dining room and living room as we know them would disappear.
I: And the kitchen
G: The kitchen _____________the most important room in the house! We_________________, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger.
much the same as
In what way
For a start
will be able to
will become
will still be cooking
I: So we ___________________more time in the bath.
G: Just as other people have done in the past, like in the days of the ancient Romans, when the bath had an important social function…
I: What about furniture
G: Well, a lot of furniture will be the same- we ____________________ in chairs and using cupboards to keep things in, but the technology will be different. I think a single computer will ______ most of the functions in the house, and it will have a voice recognition system.
will be spending
will still be sitting
control
I: So we’ll just have to say Switch on the Light and the light comes on
G: Yes, that’s right. And the technology will be smarter.
I: Smarter
G: Yes. For example, if we ____________something, like there’s _________milk left in the fridge, the computer will tell us. Maybe a shopping list would appear on a screen on the fridge. And the toilet will move higher or lower, _____________who uses it – a child or an adult.
run out of
no more
depending on
I: Will the houses of the future be ______________________
G: Yes, ____________. We’ll be using machines which use less energy. An example could be a dishwasher which doesn’t need water. I think everyone ___________________to take care of the environment.
I: Does that mean you’re ________________the future
G: Oh yes, very definitely.
environment friendly
definitely
will be trying hard
optimistic about
Task
Work in groups. Imagine your house of the future. One draws the picture of the future house while others trying to describe it.
Then present it to all.
Pronunciation – Activity 1 on Page 7
Underline the stressed words in the passage.
Twenty years isn’t a long time. We won’t be living underground or in space. We’ll be living in houses and flats just as we do today.
Then listen and check your answer.
Pronunciation – Activity 2 on Page 7
Try to predict what the passage says according to the stressed words below.
kitchen - most important – house
We – still – cooking, probably – using –
kitchen more – family – room.
bathrooms - bigger
Pronunciation - Listen
Now listen and check whether your prediction is right or not. Then read the passage, paying attention to the stressed parts.
The kitchen will become the most important room in the house! We’ll still be cooking, and we’ll probably be using the kitchen more as a family room. And bathrooms will be bigger.
Everyday English
Answers:
b
a
b
b
a
HW
Try to use the information in Activity 2 in Listening and Speaking on Page 5 to tell what the home of the future will be like.
Period 3
Module 1　Life in the Future
Function
Grammar
Function
Study:
What will the city of the future look like No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain – they are going to get bigger before they get smaller.
Q: Which sentence talks about
1. a certain future
2. a prediction
The second one.
The first one.
Function -
Q: 在英语中，用来表达将要发生的动作或事情有些什么表达方式？
Study:
They will come back next week.
The project will be completed in a month.
Conclusion:
“Will＋动词原形”表示在将来某个时间要发生的动作或存在的状态，常与表示将来的时间状语连用。有时也可用来表示揣测。如：The predictions will come true if technology continues to develop.
Study:
Look! It’s going to rain.
They are going to stay for two days.
What are you going to do when you leave school
Conclusion:
“be going to +动词原形”表示打算在最近或将来要做的事；或表示根据已有的迹象推测很可能要发生的事情。
Study:
When does the summer vacation begin
My train leaves at ten o’clock.
The department store opens at nine tomorrow morning.
Conclusion:
一般现在时可以表示按计划或时刻要发生的事；只限于某些瞬间动词，如arrive, begin, come, finish, get, go, leave, meet, return, sail, spend, start等。
Function – Activity 2 on Page 4
Match the sentences with the meanings.
Answers:
3
4
2
1
6
5
Function - Activity 3 on Page 5
Work in pairs and try to underline the most appropriate form of the verb.
Answers:
will be like
are you going to do
does the plane arrive
are going to have
is coming
will ring
is going to study
will go
Grammar
Recall the sentences from the listening.
Where ____ we __________ (live) in 20 years’ time
We ________________________(not, live) underground or in space.
We __________________ in houses and flats just as we do today.
will be living
won’t be living
will be living
Do Activity 1 on Page 6.
Answers:
1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. T
Grammar
Q: 将来进行时的构成、用法？
Study:
At nine o’clock tonight I will be doing my homework.
In the year 3000 a lot of people will be living on space stations.
Conclusion:
将来进行时由“shall/will+be+现在分词”构成；表示将来某个时刻或某段时间内发生的动作，常与特定的将来时间状语连用。
Q: 将来进行时还可以表示什么？
Study:
You needn’t cook supper, Mum. I shall be cooking dinner tonight.
Tom will be telling you about it this afternoon.
表示已经决定或安排要发生的动作或事情
表示预料中要发生的动作
Q: 一般将来时与将来进行时的区别？
Study:
When will you finish the letters
When will you be seeing Mr White
Conclusion:
将来进行时表示对将来事实的简单陈述；一般将来时除表示时间概念外，还常带有感彩。
Grammar- Activity 2 on Page 6
Answers:
will, be using
will be spending
will be trying
Grammar- Activity 3 on Page 7
Answers:
will be doing
will be getting dressed
won’t be working
will be living
Will, be staying
will be lying
Grammar – Activity 4 on Page 7
Tell your partner what you will be doing…
at six o’clock this evening
at half past eleven this evening
this time tomorrow
this time next year
Practice
Complete the sentences with an appropriate tense.
I ____________(have) my lesson in our classroom at 9 tomorrow morning.
-Would you like to go to our school to study next year
-I _______________(study) in Australia next year.
3. - I thought I had asked you to post the letter.
- Oh, I’m sorry. I _____________ (do) it right now.
will be having
am going to study
will do
HW
Finish off the exercises about Grammar in Workbook.
Period 4
Module 1　Life in the Future
Cultural Corner
Writing
Cultural Corner
Read the passage. Then answer the question below.
Q: What’s the passage mainly about
It’s about a few of the bad predictions people made in the twentieth century about the twenty-first century.
Cultural Corner
Jigsaw Discussion:
Discuss what each prediction really means with your group members. Then report it to all.
Group 1: Airplanes, computers
Group 2: Clothes, men on the moon
Group 3: The Beatles, Robots in the house, keys
Cultural Corner
Decide which prediction is the most amusing. State your reasons.
Work in groups. Write 5-7 sentences about life in China in the future. ( ANY thing is possible)
Cultural Corner
Find out the useful phrases with your partner.
not all
come true
from now
be able to
throw away
in progress
move about
by the mid-1980s’
Writing – Pre-writings
Fill in the names of the students who tries to predict for the future, after reading the four passages in Activity 1.
_________ wants to work in a job that will help sick people.
_________ would like to live in a different country.
_________ hopes to have a family.
_________ doesn’t have any future plans.
Ken
Emma
Mary
Thomas
Writing – Acitivity 1- 2
Find words or phrases that mean:
I don’t know exactly
it’s certain
I hope this will happen
it’s possible
after a long time
I’m not really sure
definitely
hopefully
maybe/probably
eventually
Writing – Acitivity 1- 3
What different ways of talking about the future can you find
I will be doing
I will definitely study
I’m going to go
I guess that I will
Writing
Work in four. Write about what you will be doing in ten years in 100 words.
Maybe you would like to use:
the future continuous tense
I will be doing / I won’t be doing
the introductory verbs:
I hope/ I guess / I imagine / I’d like to
c. the introductory words:
hopefully/ eventually / maybe / definitely
Writing
Peer-checking
Then share your writing with the whole class.
Try to improve the writing with your partners.
HW
Improve the writing.
Finish off the exercises in Writing in Workbook.
Language Date Bank
Language points for Reading
care
将来，爱护环境将会很重要，因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。
In the future, ____________ the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources __________.
care for
run out
care: 名词；表示“爱护，关爱，关心”。如：Take care of your brother while I am away.
No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business.
for sure 肯定地，确切地，，毫无疑问地
eg: I don’t know it for sure.
I couldn’t say for sure when he will comes.
make predictions = predict
eg: He made a prediction that the earth was round.
We’ll use lots of recycled materials, such as plastic, aluminium…
such as:像……一样的；诸如……之类的
eg: 他有许多诸如词典、手册之类的参考书。
He has many reference books, such as dictionaries and handbooks.
study:
such fruits as bananas and apples
fruits, such as bananas and apples
fruits like bananas and apples
We’ll also have to rely more on alternative energy, such as solar and wind power.
rely on / upon 依赖；信赖，信任
eg:
We should rely on our own efforts.
You may rely on my early arrival.
To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials…
(1)get rid of 摆脱，去掉，除去
eg:
He can’t get rid of the cold.
You should get rid of your bad habit.
(2) rid sb of 使摆脱，使去掉
eg:
He has rid himself of smoking.
No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s limits.
(1) within在….范围之内，不超过
eg: Do what is within your power!
She lives within ten minutes’ walk.
You’d better keep your book within your reach.
(2) allow sb to do / allow doing
All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling and others, will be provided free of charge by the city.
(1) provide 提供，供给
provide sb. with sth. / provide sth. for sb.
eg: The firm has provided me with a car.
(2) free of charge 免费
In the future we will go to concerts free of charge.
Distance surgery will become common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.
1. carry out　实施，落实，进行
eg: He carried out his promise to give up smoking.
Tests have been carried out on the patient.
2. with的复合结构：
He felt safe with his mum standing behind him.
He went to the library with his homework finished.
With a lot of homework to do, he isn’t free.
He is used to sleeping with the windows open.
He likes reading with his MP3 on.
He went out with a stick in his hand.
with + n. + -ed
with + n. + doing
with + n. + to do
with + n. + adj.
with + n. + adv.
with + n. + prep.(共8张PPT)
Module1
everyday english &cultural corner
Wangyan
Find the phrases on p8--9
1 忙于作
2 为—担忧
3 或者---，或者---
4也
5 快不流行了
6 实现
7 扔掉
8 在进行中
9形状像
10到处移动
11 把---藏在---下
be busy doing; be busy with sth
worry about
either --- or---
as well
on the way out
come true
throw away
in progress
shaped like
move about
hide --- under---
as well
1不用于否定句，放在句末。“也”（too ）
他也喜欢英语。
He likes English as well
2 as well as
和---，也----
和---一样好
3 as well as 引导两个并列主语时，
主谓一致看第一个主语
4 might as well 最好，不妨
= had better
He gave me some food, and some money ___ ____ when I was in trouble20yrs ago.
He knows German ___ ___ ___ Janpanese.
She as well as you____an English teacher． 　　她像你一样也是英文教师。
你最好将这件事保密。
You may as well keep it a secret
as well
as well as
is
Progress n
不可数
前进，行进
进步，发展 make progress
巡游
in progress
1这学期没什么进步。
2在录音，请勿喧哗。
There has been little progress this term.
Please be quiet---- recording in progress.
The patient feels much better today, and the doctor says he is making good ___
A achievement B achievements
C progress D progresses
A hurricane is ___ the way, so you should prepare for it
A on B to C at D from
Our English teacher came in___ a book in his hand.
A had B has C with D on(共46张PPT)
The City of the Future
未来的城市将会是什么样子呢？没有人确切地了解，预测也是一件很冒险的事。但有一件事是可以肯定地——他们将会先变大，然后再变小。在未来，爱护环境将会很重要，因为地球的资源将濒临枯竭。我们将会使用大量的回收材料，例如，塑料、铝、钢铁、玻璃、木头和纸。我们浪费自然资源的程度将会有所减弱。我们也将不得不更多地依赖替代能源。例如太阳能和风能。所有的这些似乎是肯定的，但是还有许多关于城市生活的事情仍是未知的。
alternative energy
solar energy
water power
wind power
代用能源
These cars are
powered by gas.
gas
Benz
landfill
a truck loaded
with garbage
waste gas
pollution
bowling
softball
concert
cinema
recreation
holidays
senior citizen
disabled people
people with disabilities
wheelchair
time tunnel
1. for sure 确实，肯定地，毫无疑问
他肯定会出席会议。
He will attend the meeting for sure.
他答应第二天肯定将他的决定告诉我们。
He promised to give us his decision for sure the next day.
3. risk n. 风险，冒险 vt. 冒…的危险
他冒着生命危险把孩子从火中救出。
He risked his life when he saved the child from the fire.
risky adj.危险的
risk doing sth冒险做某事
他冒险从窗户上跳了下来。
He risked jumping off the window.
at risk = in danger
He took a risk when he crossed the old bridge.
4. certain adj. 确定的, 无疑的, 必然的
be certain/sure of/about+doing /n. /pron. that to do
make certain / sure that
for certain = for sure 肯定地
It is certain that …
作定语时，sure表示“可靠的，无疑的”。而certain修饰可数名词时，意为“某一，某些”，修饰抽象名词时，意为“有点，有些”。
Certain students have failed in the test．
The student made a sure answer．
5.in future from now on
in the future in the time to come
Don’t make the same mistake in future.
No one knows what life will be like in
the future.
今后 将来
今后你不要再犯同样的错误了。
没有人知道在将来生活会是什么样子。
Take care of your spelling in future.
In the future many of us may take space travel very often.
7. (sth) run out 用完，耗尽＝give out
(sb.) run out of sth (=use up)
He has run out of money.
We ran him out of town.
Your ticket has run out.
驱逐，逐出
out of date
汽油用完了。
The petrol has run out.
The petrol has been run out of.
With the food __________, he had to go out to buy something.
A. running out of B. run out
C. running out D. to run out of
What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ________
A. given out B. put out
C. help up D. used up（用被动）
8. rely on/upon 依赖, 依靠，信赖
rely/depend on sb to do sth
rely/depend on sb for sth
depend on/upon 依靠，信赖； 取决于，视情况而定
It / That depends. 那得看情况
—“How long are you staying here ”
—“I don't know; it depends.”
That depends on the weather.
You may rely on him to help you.
He is a person you can depend on.
那得看天气
你可以信任他能帮你
他是一个你可以信赖的人
9. alternative adj. 供选择的，二选一的 n. 抉择，选择余地
There are several alternative plans.
I had no alternative but to report him to the police.
alternative energy 代用能源
10. solar adj. 太阳的 lunar adj. 月亮的
have no alternative/choice but to…
为了获知年轻人对未来城市生活的想法，美国得克萨斯州的一位大学老师让他的学生们思考如何管理一个在2025年拥有5万人口的城市，下面是他们的一些构想。
垃圾船：为了摆脱垃圾问题的困扰，城市将会用巨型宇宙飞船装载废气材料，朝太阳发射，这样做防止了垃圾填埋和环境问题。
勤务兵网：警察逮捕罪犯时，将会向罪犯射出网状物而不是用枪。
戒烟：在未来城市范围内将禁止吸烟。只有在郊区和户外才允许吸烟。
12. get rid of 摆脱，除掉，处理掉
You’d better get rid of your bad habits.
如果你不想走，我会将这些票处理掉。
If you don’t want to go, I’ll try to get rid of the tickets.
你只有用这种办法才能摆脱失眠。
Only in this way can you get rid of your sleeplessness.
你最好改掉你的不良习惯。
13. load n.负荷, 重担 vt.装载, 装填,
使担负常与with/up连用
We loaded the truck with bananas.
He took over（接管，继承） the company when it was loaded with debt.
load…（容器、车）with…(sth)
14. fire vt. vi. 射击, 发射, 解雇，点燃
She fired her gun at them.
A rocket was fired at the moon.
You're fired.
fire at 朝…射击/发射
set fire to… / set … on fire 放火，使激怒
be on fire 燃烧着，热衷的
catch fire 着火
put out a fire 扑火
play with fire 玩火，做危险的事
15. limit n. 限制，界限，边界
v. ~to 限制
The speed limit is the fastest speed you are allowed to drive a car at.
within limits 适度地; 有限度地
without limit 无限地; 无限制地
告别商厦：将来所有的购物将会在
网上进行，商品目录将可使用语音指
令订货。
电话人生：每个人一出生就会被给予一个电话号码，将来无论他们居住在哪儿，这个电话号码都不会改变。
娱乐：所有的娱乐形式，例如，电影院、保龄球、垒球、音乐会和其它等等都将由该市政府免费提供。
我们跟这家公司订了60台电脑。
我向他们订了600双鞋。
We placed an order for 60 computers with this company.
I placed an order with them for 600 pairs of shoes.
16. place an order 定货
place an order for sth. with sb.
place an order with sb. for sth.
mand n. v. 命令，指挥 (order)
command/order sb to do sth
command/order (that) sb (should) do sth
The teacher ordered the child to leave the room.
The general commanded the army to attack at once.
The general commanded that the army attack at once.
无论我什么时候来，都会发现他在学习。
不论雪下多么大，我都得动身回家。
I always find him at study, no matter when /whenever I come to see him.
I must go home no matter how /however heavily it snows.
18. no matter 引导让步状语从句 无论… 常和who, when, where, how, what连用，相当于whoever, whenever, wherever, however, whatever。
no matter +特殊疑问词 只能引导状语从句
特殊疑问词- ever 既可引导状语从句又可引导名词性从句
I don’t believe him, no matter what he says. = whatever he says.
I don’t believe whatever he says.
20. charge n.费用, 主管 v. 收费
他修理自行车收了你多少钱
How much did he charge you for repairing the bicycle
in/take charge of 负责，管理……
in the charge of sb 由…负责，管理
这位工程师负责指挥地铁的建造工程。
This engineer is in charge of directing the building of the subway.
free of charge
免费
汽车：所有的汽车都将由电能、太阳能或风能提供动力，并且只要轻轻按一下开关就能够改变汽车的颜色。
远程手术：随着每个城市拥有自己的远程手术门诊部，医生将能在数千里以外实施手术，远程手术将会变得非常普遍。
居家度假：老年人和残疾人将可以通过使用绑在头上的高科技相机周游世界。
太空遨游：普遍市民遨游太空将会变得很平常，每个城市都将有自己的太空港。
22. carry out 实行，贯彻，执行，实现
We carried out this project in1978.
I was chosen to carry out the experiment.
He hoped we could carry out his advice.
21. switch n.开关 v. 改变，转换
switch on/off 打开/关闭（电器设备）
Tom flicked the switch, but nothing happened.
carry on 继续，进行 + with/doing sth
Carry on working/with your work while I'm away.
They decided to carry on their walk in spite of the weather.
be going to
准备，打算做某事
He says he is going to stop smoking.
Are you going to come with us
2) 看来要发生的事（预计要发生或不可避免要发生的事）
It’s going to snow tonight.
I feel terrible. I think I’m going to be sick.
2. 一般现在时表将来
1) 表示按照时刻表将要发生的动作
What time does the match begin
The plane takes off at 6:40 p.m.
The next train arrives at 12:40.
2) 在时间及条件状语中代替一般将来时
Try to finish your work before you leave.
He’ll do it if you pay him.
I’ll let you know as soon as I hear from her.
I hope you enjoy your holiday.
3. 现在进行时表将来
现在进行时表示已经安排和已定好的计划尤其是时间和地点已经确定；也可指刚刚开始或马上就发生的动作
We are having a party next week.
We are meeting at 2:30 p.m.
—Where are the boys
—They are coming.
3) 在hope 后的宾语从句中常用一般现在时代替一般将来时
4. be + to do
表示将要发生的事或必然要做的事情
They are to call me on Sunday.
The book I’m writing is to come out soon.
5. 将来完成时 表示到将来某时某事已经完成 常用by+将来的时间作时间状语
The film will have started by the time we get to the cinema.
Phone us after 8 o’clock p.m.. We’ll have finished dinner by then.
形式：will/shall + be + 现在分词
shall 用于第一人称
will 可以用于各种人称
6. 将来进行时
1). 将来进行时表示未来某个时间某动作将 正在进行。
明天十点钟她会在办公室工作。
明天下午六点钟你会在干什么？
七八点钟之间别来电话，那时我们会在吃饭。
At ten o’clock tomorrow, she will be working in her office.
What will you be doing at 6 p.m. tomorrow
Don’t phone me between 7 and 8 p.m. when we’ll be having dinner.
2). 将来进行时还可以表示按计划或安排 将要做的事。
We shall be having a meeting in a minute.
I’ll be seeing her this evening.
We’ll be getting in touch with you.
3). 预测将来会发生的事情、表示将来的 某种可能性。
I’ll be meeting him sometime in the future.
You will be making a mistake.
4) 将来进行时也可表示对现在的预测。
Don’t phone now —— they’ll be having lunch.
5) 将来进行时也可用来客气的询问别人的打算。
Will you be staying in this evening.
2).将来进行时与现在进行时有时可以换用, 表示安排要做的事。
We’ll be spending the summer in Dalian.
We’re spending the summer in Dalian.
She’ll be giving us a lecture this evening.
She’s giving us a lecture this evening.
1).将来进行时常用于口语，有时意思和一般将来时差不多。
They will call on us on Monday.
They will be calling on us on Monday.
几点区别
3).现在进行时表示不远的将来，将来进行时 既可表示不远的将来也可表示较远的将来。
We are meeting him tomorrow.
We will be meeting him tomorrow/ next year.