英语中谈论未来的五种表达方式 - 迷你英语课堂：英语精读讲义

What form do we use to talk about the future in English?

在英语中，我们用什么形式来谈论未来？

Will?

Will？

That's not always correct. 語氣意圖

那不一定总是对的。

Today's mini English lesson is about future forms. 用詞

今天的迷你英语课是关于将来时态的。

You've probably learned that we use will to talk about the future, 表達脈絡

你可能学过我们用 will 来谈论未来，

and that's sometimes correct.

有时候这确实是对的。

But we also use many other forms.

但我们也使用很多其他形式。

I'm going to tell you a short story

我打算给你们讲个小故事，

and I'll use five different forms to talk about the future.

我将用到五种不同的形式来谈论未来。

See if you can spot them all. 語氣意圖

看看你能不能把它们都找出来。

I need to decide what I'm doing for my holiday this year. 語法

我需要决定今年假期我要做什么 (I'm doing)。

I get two whole months off work. 短語搭配

我有整整两个月的假。

So, I'm definitely going to go somewhere. 語法

所以，我肯定要去 (going to go) 某个地方。

Maybe I'll take a train to somewhere sunny. 講解

也许我会 (I'll take) 坐火车去个阳光明媚的地方。

But I probably won't fly because I don't like airports. 語法

但我可能不会飞过去 (won't fly)，因为我不喜欢机场。

Whatever I do, I have to make sure that I'm back by September 講解

不管我做什么，我都得确保在九月前回来，

because that's when school starts again.

因为那是学校重新开学 (starts) 的时候。

So, did you spot the five ways

那么，你发现我故事里的五种

of talking about the future in my story?

谈论未来的方法了吗？

The first one was I'm doing.

第一个是 I'm doing。

I need to decide what I'm doing.

I need to decide what I'm doing（我需要决定我要做什么）。

This is the present continuous, 用詞

这是现在进行时，

but we use it to talk about the future.

但我们用它来谈论未来。

It's very common for plans that you feel confident will happen. 語法

这对于你有信心会发生的计划非常常见。

Something that you're sure about.

那是你确定的事情。

So, we use it a lot for questions as well.

所以，我们在提问时也很常用它。

For example, what are you doing this weekend? 語法

例如，what are you doing this weekend（你这周末要做什么）？

The next one was I'm definitely going to go.

下一个是 I'm definitely going to go（我肯定要去）。

This is the verb be, I am, 語法

这是动词 be，I am，

plus going to,

加上 going to，

plus the infinitive.

再加上不定式。

In informal English,

在非正式英语中，

we can change going to to gonna.

我们可以把 going to 变成 gonna。

So, you would say

所以，你可以说

I'm definitely gonna go. 用詞

I'm definitely gonna go。

Remember, this is very informal.

记住，这是非常非正式的。

Don't use it in a job interview.

不要在面试中使用。

So, we use this a bit like the present continuous 短語搭配

所以，我们像现在进行时一样，

when we feel very confident about our plans.

当我们对计划非常有信心时使用这个形式。

You'll notice in my story,

你会注意到在我的故事里，

I said I'm definitely going to go.

我说 I'm definitely going to go。

So, that means I'm really sure.

那意味着我非常确定。

In the next sentence,

在下一句里，

I said maybe I'll take a train

我说 maybe I'll take a train（也许我会坐火车）

and I probably won't fly.

和 I probably won't fly（我可能不会坐飞机）。

So, I'm cheating a little bit 語氣意圖

所以，我耍了点小聪明，

because I said this was two forms,

因为我说这是两种形式，

but it's kind of one 語氣意圖

但这其实算一种，

because won't is just the negative of will. 語法

因为 won't 只是 will 的否定形式。

You could say won't or you could say will not. 語法

你可以说 won't，也可以说 will not。

We use will and won't 語法

我们用 will 和 won't

for things that we are quite sure about,

来表示我们相当确定的事情，

but not as sure as when we use the present continuous and going to.

但不如使用现在进行时和 going to 那样确定。

Will often comes with words like I think, 短語搭配

Will 经常和像 I think、

maybe, probably.

maybe、probably 这样的词连用。

For more information about will,

关于 will 的更多信息，

watch Natasha's mini English lesson.

请观看 Natasha 的迷你英语课。

Did you spot the final future form that I used?

你发现我最后用的将来形式了吗？

You might not have noticed it 語法

你可能没有注意到它，

because it looks like a different tense. 用詞

因为它看起来像个不同的时态。

It was I have to be back in September 短語搭配

那就是 I have to be back in September（我必须在九月前回来）

because that's when school starts. 語法

because that's when school starts（因为那是开学的时候）。

It's actually the present simple,

其实这是一般现在时，

but we use it to talk about scheduled events in the future. 用詞

但我们用它来谈论未来按计划发生的事情。

Something that you can't control,

那些你无法控制，

but you're sure it's going to happen.

但你确定会发生的事情。

A lot of languages do this,

很多语言都这么做，

so your own language might do it as well.

所以你的母语可能也会这么用。

For example, you might say the train leaves at 6:00. 語法

例如，你可能会说 the train leaves at 6:00（火车六点开）。

Sometimes when a train leaves on time, 短語搭配

有时候当火车准时开走时，

that could actually be really inconvenient.

其实可能会非常不方便。

Watch my English for Life video about telling anecdotes

请看我的 English for Life 视频，讲奇闻轶事的那个，

to see what I mean. 短語搭配

你就会明白我的意思。

So, we use the present simple to talk about the future

所以，我们用一般现在时来谈论未来，

when we are 100% certain that it's going to happen,

当我们 100% 确定某事会发生时，

as much as the future ever can be certain. 表達脈絡

尽管未来能够确定的程度毕竟有限。

At the beginning of this video,

在这个视频开始时，

I told you a story about my holidays

我讲了一个关于我假期的故事，

and yes, you heard correctly, 語氣意圖

是的，你没听错，

I have two months off.

我有两个月的假。

So, I'm going to go now

那么，我现在要走了，

and start planning what I'm going to do. 短語搭配

开始计划我要做些什么。

Bye.

拜拜。