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UNIT 3 Magazines Teacher’s Notes

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Language note
Will
 has several functions, most of which refer to the future. Two of the most 
important are spontaneous decisions, i.e. those made at the moment of speaking 
I’ll hand you over to Richard,
 and subjective predictions, i.e. those based on the 
speaker’s opinion 
Our readers won’t be interested in that topic
. 
Going to
 has two functions parallel to those of 
will
. It can refer to plans, i.e. talking 
about decisions made before the moment of speaking 
Grace is going to do a 
round-up of beach destinations,
 and more objective predictions, i.e. those based 
on some evidence other than the speaker’s opinion 
There are lots of designers 
there who I think are going to be really big names
. 
The present continuous, when used with a time marker such as 
next week,
 is also 
used to refer to the future arrangements, for example 
We’re meeting here on 
Thursday at 10
. The difference between plans (with 
going to
) and arrangements 
(with present continuous) is that plans can exist only in the speaker’s head, while 
arrangements involve other people. Plans are easy to change; arrangements 
usually can’t be changed without messing other people around. 
The present simple is used for future events which are considered fixed and 
unchangeable, for example 
Publication for the July issue is June 14th
. 
Very often it is possible to choose from several future structures, each of which is 
correct. There are times when it is important to be clear whether, for example, a 
prediction is based on one’s opinion or on objective evidence, but there are also 
times when such a distinction isn’t important.