Travel journal课件10.pptVIP

* * Unit 3 Travel Journal Look at the following sentences and guess what time they express. 1. A: When are you leaving for Shanghai? B: Next Sunday. present continuous tense future action 2. A: How are you going to Shanghai? B: By plane. present continuous tense future action 3. A: When are you arriving in Shanghai? B: Next Monday morning. present continuous tense future action 4. A: Where are you staying? B: We are staying in Hongqiao Hotel. present continuous tense future action 5. A: How long are you staying in the Hotel? B: We are staying there for two days. present continuous tense future action 6. A: When are you coming back? B: Next Wednesday. present continuous tense future action 现在进行时可用来表示一个在最近按计划或打算要进行的动作；通常带一个表将来的时间状语，但有明确的上下文时无须指出时间。这种现在进行时比较生动，给人一种期待感。 The present continuous tense can be used to express a plan or an arrangement. 现在进行时也可用在时间或条件状语从句中表“将来” 。 用于此结构的多是转移动词, 但也有部分非转移动词。 e.g. You can do some reading when you are waiting for the train. If he’s still waiting, tell him to go home. In the following dialogue, a newspaper reporter is interviewing Wang Wei about her plans for the trip along the Mekong River. However, they are not sure about some of the verb tenses. Please complete their conversation. R: Miss Wang, I hear that you _____ _________ (travel) along the Mekong River. Have you got everything ready? W: Almost. R: So when ____ you _______ (leave)? W: Next Monday. R: How far ____ you _______ (cycle) each day? are are leaving are cycling travelling W: It’s hard to say. If the weather is fine, I think we’ll be able to ride 75 km a day. R: What about the weather in Qinghai Province? W: The weather forecast is not good so we __________ (take) a large parcel of warm clothes with us. R: Where ___ you _______ (stay) at night? are taking are staying W: Usually in our tent, but sometimes in the villages along the river bank. R: What happens