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Grammar and usage
Future continuous tense
Unit 4
Living with technology
Lead-in
What is a UAV?
A UAV refers to an uncrewed aerial vehicle.
Lead-in
集结待命区
作战区
侦察
Read and complete the table.
Drones
The fields that have already been applied to Photography
(1) _______________
Military operations
(2) ________________
The fields that will be more widely applied to Delivery drones Delivery drones will be used to (3)__________________ like food and drink.
Passenger drones Passenger drones will be used to (4) ________. They can (5) ___________________________,
which will let us (6) __________.
Significance The technology will (7) ________________________.
Scientific research
Disaster relief
deliver daily supplies
carry people in crowded cities
save time and greatly decrease road traffic
enter the age of personal flying vehicles
have a huge impact on everyday life
Useful Expressions
military operations
come into wider use
as the name suggests
disaster relief
distribution of medicines
It can be predicted that...
before long
on a daily basis
there can be no denying that ...
have a huge impact on
军事行动
进入/被更广泛地使用
正如它的名字所显示的那样
赈灾(行动)
药物的派送(投递)
可以预测的是…
不久
每天
不容否认的是…
对…有巨大影响
Find the sentences using the future continuous tense.
A Exploring the rules
Today I’ll be speaking to you about drones, ...
... before long many people will be using drones to deliver daily supplies like food and drink.
..., we will be entering the age of personal flying vehicles.
..., we’ll all be interacting with drones on a daily basis.
We use the future continuous tense to talk about an action that will be in progress at a particular moment in the future or a future action that is the result of a routine or an arrangement.
We also use the future continoustense to express (1)_______________ (