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Unit 4 Humour
Lesson 1
Watch a video clip
What can you learn from the video?
Post-viewing
Pair work: Role-play the dialogue.
What do you remember about the third story?
Please answer the following questions.
1. How had everything happened to him?
Everything had been going wrong for him.
2. When did he decide to go to the doctor?
After he had been feeling depressed for over a month.
3. What was the middle-aged man’s problem?
He had been having a bit of a crisis; he had been doing a lot of work.
4. How long will he be working in the United States? Which city will he be arriving in?
He will be working in the United States for three months. He’ll be arriving in New York.
Grammar—Continuous tenses
Study the following situations.
present continuous
Grammar—Continuous tenses
Study the following situations.
Future continuous
Recognise the tense of the followings.
1. Everything had been going wrong for him.
2. Well, I’ve been having a bit of a crisis.
3. This time next week, I’ll be arriving in New York.
Past perfect continuous
Present perfect continuous
Future continuous
过去完成进行时
现在完成进行时
将来进行时
Grammar focus
现在完成进行时
构成
has been + verb-ing
Grammar focus
过去完成进行时
构成
had been + verb-ing
Grammar focus
将来进行时
将来进行时表示要在将来某一时间开始,并继续下去的动作
构成
shall / will be + verb-ing
shall用于第一人称单、复数I和we;will可用于各人称
现在完成进行时表示动作从某一时间开始,一直持续到现在;
或始于过去,现在刚刚终止,但注重的是结果。
Grammar—Continuous tenses
现在完成进行时
构成
have / has been + verb-ing (延续性动词)
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1. 表示从过去某时开始一直持续到现在的动作,并且还将持续下去。例如:
The Chinese have been making paper for two thousand years.
中国有2000年的造纸历史。(动作还将继续下去)
2. 表示在说话时刻之前到现在正在进行的动作。例如:
We have been waiting for you for half an hour.
我们已经等你半个小时了。(人还没到,如同在电话里说的,还会继续等)
Grammar—Continuous tenses
用法
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2. 表示反复的动作。例如:
He had been mentioning your name to me.
他过去多次向我提到过你的名字。
3. 常用于间接引语中。例如:
The doctor asked what he had been eating.
医生问他吃了什么。
Grammar—Continuous tenses
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1. It’s still raining. I wish it would stop.
(it /rain /all day) ____________