现在进行时表将来
Step I Lead-in 课时内容导入识别时态
Talk about your future plans.
Now look at the sentences and translate them into Chinese. What do you think the tense in the sentences expression?
1. I’m travelling around Europe for two weeks with my aunt and uncle.
我要和阿姨、叔叔在欧洲旅行两个星期。
2. We’re renting a car and driving.
我们打算租辆车，开车去！
3. My parents are taking me to Hong Kong during the October holiday.
我父母打算在十月假期期间带我去香港。
Now we can notice in every example sentence ,the present continuous tense is used to talk about a future plan.“am travelling, are renting, driving,are taking”,These verbs are used to talk about arrangements for events at a later time than now.
通过这三个例句的翻译、讨论我们可以初步判断，得出结论现在进行时可以表示将来。
