Unit4LivingwithtechnologyGrammarandUsage牛棟巢湖市第一中學牛棟教育碩士合肥市骨干教師安徽高考優秀閱卷教師巢湖市英語專委會理事巢湖市優質課比賽第一名合肥市優質課比賽二等獎安徽省“一師一優課”省優主持結題課題1項，主持在研課題1項20余篇論文、教學設計獲獎或省級以上刊物發表1.Thespeaker________(analyse)theproblemstepbystepintomorrow’slecture.2.willfinance1.willanalyse3.Rightnowthegroup________(urge)scientiststoworkoutplanstosendhumanstoMars.2.Hepredictsthatthegovernment________(finance)thebuildingofthenewroads.4.Thefire________(threat)theresidents,sothegovernmenturgedthemtoleave.3.isurging4.wasthreateningwill/shall/begoingto/beto/beaboutto+v(rootform)is/am/are+presentparticiplewas/were+presentparticiple2.Itcanbepredictedthatbeforelongmanypeoplewillbeusingdronestodeliverdailysupplieslikefoodanddrink.1.TodayI’llbespeakingtoyouaboutdrones,alsoknownasUAVs.4.Whateverhappens,we’llallbeinteractingwithdronesonadailybasis.3.Wecanassumethatwithimprovedtechnologyinpassengerdrones,wewillbeenteringtheageofpersonalflyingvehicles.predictions

Weformthefuturecontinuoustensebyusing“________+verb-ingfrom”.

Wealsousethefuturecontinuoustensetoexpress________.willbewill/begoingto+be+presentparticipleWewillbemonitoringthesituationonthegroundinthenextweek.Wewillbemeetingattheairportthistimetomorrow.

atacertainpointintime1)Ihopeitwon’traintomorrow.2)It’srainingagain.Ihopeitwon’tstillberainingtomorrow.emphasizesthecontinuationoftheaction1)Whenwillyoufinishthereport?2)WhenwillyoubeseeingMr.Jackson?DirectinquiryMorepoliteness1.(a)hasmade2.(a)Willyoubevisitingto3.(a)willbegivingB1(b)willbeseeing(b)amlookingforward(b)havebeenmaking1.willbeflying3.aretakingoff5.aredevelopingB22.willbegetting4.willbeusingIpredictthatin50years’time,everyonewillberidinginself-flyingcars.Ipredictthatinthefuturechildrenwillbestudyingathomeusingvirtualrealityheadsets.SampleanswersV.Homework1.Torevisetheusageofthefuturecontinuoustense,watchthemicrovideo:TheFuturecontinuousTense.(Optional)2.FinishoffwritingB3P47usingthefuturecontinuoustenseasmuchaspossible.Sampleanswer:AsfarasIamconcerned,AImachineswillbelivinginharmonywithhumanbeings,workingtoouradvantage.ThoughAImachinesmaybecomeveryintelligentandevenoutsmarthumanbeings,Ithinktheywillbesupportingandhelpinghumanbeings.ThemathematicianandelectricalengineerClaudeElwoodShannononcesaid,“Ivisualizeatimewhenwewillbetorobotswhatdogsaretohumans.AndIamrootingforthemachines.”ThishumorousquoteshowswhywedonotneedtobeafraidofpowerfulAI:asA