——Unit4——

Livingwithtechnology

GrammarandusageFuturecontinuoustenseLead-inWhatisthenewapplicationofdronesshowninthevideoclip?IdentifythetenseReadthroughtthepassageandfigureoutthemainidea.>

Deliverydrones,asthenamesuggests,areusedtodelivergoods.Atthemoment,deliverydronesaremainlyusedformilitaryactionanddisasterrelief,likethedistributionofmedicinesduringemergencies,especiallytoplacesthatarehardtoreachbyothermeansoftransport.Itcanbepredictedthatbeforelongmanypeoplewillbeusingdronestodeliverdailysupplieslikefoodanddrink.Somecompaniesarealsodevelopingpassengerdrones,whichcarrypeopleincrowdedcities.Justenteradestination,andthedroneswillflythepassengerswheretheywanttogo.Thiscouldnotonlysavetime,butalsogreatlydecreaseroadtraffic.Wecanassumethatwithimprovedtechnologyinpassengerdrones,wewillbeenteringtheageofpersonalflyingvehicles.Therearealsomanyotherexcitingnewwaystousethistechnology.Whateverhappens,we’llallbeinteractingwithdronesonadailybasis.Therecanbenodenyingthatthetechnologywillhaveahugeimpactoneverydaylife.Goodmorning!TodayI’llbespeakingtoyouaboutdrones,alsoknownasUAVs.Flyingaroundontheirown,droneshavealreadybeenusedforphotography,scientificresearchandmilitaryoperations.Theywillcomeintowideruseinvariousfieldsinthenearfuture.wideapplicationofdronesIdentifythetense>Drawamindmapshowingthewideapplicationofdronesaccordingtothepassage.pastpresentfuturephotographyscientificresearchmilitaryoperationdisasterreliefdeliverydrones:deliverdailysuppliespassengerdrones:flypeopleincrowdedcitiescurrentsituationprospectIdentifythetense>Findthesentencesthatusethefuturecontinuoustenseinthepassage.beforelongmanypeoplewillbeusing

dronestodeliverdailysupplieslikefoodanddrink.wewillbeentering

theageofpersonalflyingvehicles.we’llallbeinteracting

withdronesonadailybasis.Identifythetense>Identifythestructureofthetense.futurecontinuous

willbe

doingsimplefuturewilldopresent

continuousbedoingUnderstandthetense>Listentotheconversationandfillinthemissingwords.Understandthetense>Workouttherules:Weusethefuturecontinuoustensetotalkaboutanactionthat________________________orafutureactionthat___________________________________.Wealsousethefuturecontinuoustensetoexpress_________________________________.willbeinprogressataparticularmomentinthefutureistheresultofaroutineoranarrangementpredictionsDanielDanielDaniel:Ican’twaittotellyouthatI(1)______________toBeijingat8:00p.m.

thisFriday!AndI(2)______________thereforthewholeweekend.Wouldyouliketocomewithme?willbeflyingwillbestayingDaniel:Iwillbeseeingsomesights,ofcourse!Mostlyimportantly,I(4)______________

ascienceexhibition

atChinaScienceandTechnologyMuseumwhereallthelatestmodelsofdronesaredisplayed.Tom:Really?I’vealwayswantedtogothere.IwishIcouldgowithyou,butI(3)_______________thevolunteerworkinthelibrarythisweekend.WhatwillyoubedoinginBeijing?Tom:Thatsoundgreatfun!Iguessyou(5)_____________yourselfverymuch.Oh,waitaminute!Mikecandothevolunteerworkinmyplace.Heissonice!Now,I(6)_______________agreattimeinBeijingthisweekend,too.willbedoingwillbeenjoyingwillbehavingwillbeseeingUnderstandthetense>Comparethefollowingtwopairsofsentencesandidentifythesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetween“willdo”and“willbedoing”.1A:IwishIcouldgowithyou,butIwillbedoingthevolunteerworkinthelibrarythisweekend.B:IwishIcouldgowithyou,butIwilldothevolunteerworkinthelibrarythisweekend.pastpresentfutureThefuturecontinuoustenseexpressesafuturearrangementas_________whilethesimplefuturetenseexpressesafutureactionwith___________.afactanintentionUnderstandthetense>Comparethefollowingtwopairsofsentencesandidentifythesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetween“willdo”and“willbedoing”.2A:Itcanbepredictedthatbeforelongmanypeoplewillbeusingdronestodeliverdailysupplieslikefoodanddrink.B:Itcanbepredictedthatbeforelongmanypeoplewillusedronestodeliverdailysupplieslikefoodanddrink.pastpresentfuture“Willbedoing”producesavividpictureinourminds,creatingarealisticatmosphereandmakingthepredictionmoreconvincing.Practisethetense>Completetheconversationswiththecorrectexpressionsinthebrackets.(p.49)1Celine:Lisaisasmartengineer.Ifeelproudtoseethecontributionsshe__________________(hasmade/willbemaking)tothecompany.Jack:SodoI.Ialsobelievewe__________________(areseeing/willbeseeing)moreoftheminthenextfewyears.2Sam:__________________(Willyoubevisiting/Haveyouvisited)thescienceexhibitionnextmonth?Amy:Yes.YouknowI’matechnologyenthusiastandI_________________(amlookingforwardto/willbelookingforwardto)it.3Alice:I_________________(havingbeengiving/willbegiving)atalkonartificialintelligencefrom2to3p.m.tomorrow.Ireallyfeelnervous.Simon:Takeiteasy.You________________(havebeenmaking/willbemaking)preparationsandyouraudiencewillbeimpressed.hasmadewillbeseeingWillyoubevisitingamlookingforwardtowillbegivinghavebeenmakingpastpresentfutureadverbialsoftimecontextCompletethepassagewiththepresentcontinuousorfuturecontinuousformoftheverbsorphrases.(p.49)Practisethetense>

Forbetterotforworse,thewidespreaduseofdroneswillaffectourlivesindifferentways.Itiscertainthatasthetechnologygetsmoreadvanced,moredrones(1)_________________inthesky.Despiteallthewonderfulfunctionsthatdronesperform,theymayalsocausetrouble.Takeairtrafficforexample.Whenpassengerdronesareflyingaboveourcitiesinlargequantities,thesky(2)_________________moreandmorecrowded.Asaresult,theyaremorelikelytocrashintoeachother.Inaddition,dronescausesmuchtroubleforairlinesassomeofthemflynearairports,posingathreattoplanesthat(3)_________________orlanding.Anotherriskisthatpeoplemighttakeadvantageofdronestoharmothers.Forinstance,asmorepeople(4)__________________dronesforphotographyinthefuture,somemightspyonandtakephotographsofotherswithouttheirknowledge.Illegalhuntersmightalsousedronestotrackandkillanimals.Suchissuesmustbeaddressed.Thegovernmentneedstomakelawstomonitortheproductionanduseofdrones.Forexample,insomecountries,aremotepilotlicenceisrequiredinordertoflyadroneforbusinesspurposes.Atthemoment,differentcountries(5)___________________airtrafficcontrolsystemsthatcanmanagelargenumbersofdrones.Policeforcesaroundtheworldarealsolookingatwaysofstoppingdronesfromflyingnearairportsandstadiums.willbeflyingwillbegettingaretakingoffwillbeusingaredevelopingcurrentsituation:possibletroubles:prospect:solutions:Droneshavebeenusedforphotography,scientificresearch,militaryoperation.Dronesaremainlyusedfordisasterrelief.Dronesaremorelikelytocrashintoeachother.Droneswillcausetroubleforairlines.Somepeoplewillbeinvadingothers’privacy.Illegalhuntermightusedronestotrackandkillanimals.Beforelongpeoplewillbeusingdronestodeliverdailysupplies.Wewillbeenteringtheageofpersonalflyingvehicles.Thegovernmentneedstomakelawstomonitortheproductionanduseofdrones.DifferentcountriesaredevelopingairtrafficcontrolsystemPoliceforcesarelookingatwaysofstoppingdronesfromflyingnearairportsandstadiums.?Practisethe