1．表示将要发生的动作或存在的状态。
● He will graduate from the college next year.
● We shall finish our work as quickly as possible.
2．将来时的其它结构：（务必背下！）
I. be going to do something. 打算做某事。（美国口语中常读作be gonna）
● I'm going to buy a new coat this fall.
[be going to与will的对比：下列情况须用will ]
● I'll be sixteen years old next year.
● It will be the 20 th of August tomorrow.
● When he comes, I will give him your message.
I. be + to do sth.表示计划安排做某事或用来征求意见。
● Am I to take over his work?
● We are to meet at the gate.
III. be about to do sth. 即将做某事。
● The talk is about to begin.
3．重点补充：
be on the point of doing sth. 正要做某事
set out to do sth. 着手做某事
set about doing sth. 开始做某事
测试精编：
1. - "The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 o'clock."
- "But ________ a delay."
A. it will be B. there'd be
C. there will be D. there is
2. He'll leave for Paris before you ________ next week.
A. will come back B. will be back
C. come back D. came back
3. Our next meeting ________ on 1st December.
A. has been held B. will hold
C. is to be held D. is holding
4. Where ________ a will, there is a way.
A. there will have B. has been there
C. there is D. there has been
5. It ________ be Wednesday tomorrow.
A. is going to B. will C. is about to D. is to
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