[新知导引]
诵读下列例句并感知画线部分的共性
(1)My parents are taking (take) me to Yunnan province in China to visit Lijiang.
(2)We are meeting (meet) at 10:00 a.m. at the bus stop near our school.
(3)The young man is meeting his girlfriend this afternoon.
[共性呈现]
三个例句都是用现在进行时态表示将来。
[语法精释]
一、现在进行时的基本用法
1.现在进行时表示说话时正在进行的尚未完成的动作或状态。
What are you doing now, Bob?
鲍勃,你在干什么?
Look!What are they watching?
看,他们正在看什么?
2.现在进行时表示目前这段时间正在进行的动作。
现在进行时可表示目前这段时间正在进行,但此时此刻未必正在进行的动作。
George is working on a new book about stories in schools.
乔治在写一本关于校园故事的新书。