Unit 3 Festivals and customs Grammar and usage 课件 2023-2024学年高一英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 3 Period 2 Grammar and usage What does “future in the past” indicate? 新 课 导 入 Sth happened past present future When we talk about the past, we sometimes want to refer to something which was in the future at the time we were speaking. Then we use future in the past. 课 堂 学 习 Free Talk Have you seen The Gift of Magi ? Writer: O. Henry (US) It tells a story about a poor young couple who give each other Christmas gifts. It reflects the difficult life of the lower class in The United States and praises the protagonist's kindness and pure love. 课 堂 学 习 Below is a story about how Della prepared a gift for her husband Jim during the Christmas season. Find the sentences that use future in the past and fill in the box below. The first one has been done for you. ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY-SEVEN CENTS. That was all she had. Della counted it three times. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. If she was to buy a nice gift for her husband Jim, she would need more money. But how could she earn some? Della stood in front of the mirror in her apartment. She looked at her reflection, brushed her long, brown hair, and made up her mind: she was going to sell her hair. With the money she received for it, she would buy Jim a perfect gift. Della had her hair cut off and sold it for twenty dollars. She spent the next two hours hunting for Jim's gift. She found it at last: a simple but beautiful watch chain for his gold watch, which had been passed down to him from his grandfather. Della paid twenty-one dollars for the watch chain, and hurried home with the remaining eighty-seven cents. She looked at her reflection in the mirror carefully again. She felt nervous. Did she look like a little schoolboy without her beautiful long hair? Would Jim still think she was pretty? She was about to find out. A Exploring the rules And the next day would be Christmas. If she was to buy a nice gift for her husband Jim, she would need more m