普通用法:将来某一特定时刻正在持续的事
A: When do you leave for Hainan?
B: Tomorrow. Just think, two days from now I will be lying on the beach in the sun.
A: Sounds great!
Don't telephone me after eight tomorrow - I'll be having a meeting.
Wait until seven o'clock so that they won't still be eating.
He can't play golf next Sunday because he will be working.
口语用法:将来计划好的事
Professor Smith will be giving a lecture on American literature tomorrow evening.
He is taking/ will be taking a makeup test next week.
He isn't coming/ won't be coming to the party.
I'm taking her to the Forbidden City in the morning, and later I'll be taking her to the Great Wall.
表示背景动作-提供另一个短动作发生的事件背景
They probably will be watching TV when we get there.
Will your friends be waiting for you at the airport when you arrive?
What do you think she'll be doing when we get there?
If we don't hurry, the musicians will be playing by the time we arrive.
将来进行时 vs 现在进行时
现在进行时只能表示最近的将来,将来进行时既能表示最近的将来,也可以表示较远的将来。
I am meeting him tomorrow.
I will be meeting him tomorrow/ next year.
现在进行时表示将来的动作时,必须有明确的时间状语,
将来进行时没有这种限制。
He's working in this room next Monday.
He'll be working in this room.
Food and talk
Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!'
将来进行时练习
Will you be bringing the piano in here?
Will you bring the piano in here?
Will you be joining us for dinner?
Will you join us for dinner?
Will you be living in the dormitory this year?
Not if I can help it. I've been thinking of renting an apartment off campus with some friends of mine.
'Is there anything more that you will be wanting tonight, Mr. Smith?' The maid said.