diamondcutter
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- Oct 21, 2014
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- English Teacher
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- Chinese
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- China
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- China
DAN: What are we going to write about for our ezine this week?
SHARI: I don't know. Have you got any ideas, Alvin?
ALVIN: Er, no, but let's have a look at the exhibition on jobs and think about it.
DAN: Look at this nurse. That's an interesting job. I think I'm going to be a nurse when I'm older.
SHARI: Hmm. A nurse is OK, but I think I'm going to be a dentist. What are you going to do, Alvin?
ALVIN: I'm not sure, but I'm going to have an exciting job.
TEACHER: Everybody has to leave the school building now, please. Walk quickly, but don't run.
SHARI: Oh, no! I hope the school isn't going to burn down.
TEACHER: It's OK, everybody. It's only a practice.
ALVIN: That's a really exciting job. I'm going to be a firefighter.
SHARI: Well, now we know what we're going to write about in this week's ezine! Jobs.
DAN: Let's write about famous people's jobs.
SHARI AND ALVIN: Yeah!
DAN: Yee ha! We're going to win that prize!
(Kid’s Box 5, CUP)
My teachers and my grammar books have given me an impression that the “be going to do” structure is used to talk about things which were thought about before people talk about them. But in this dialogue, the kids use the structure to talk about their instant ideas. I want to know why. Or Maybe my impression is not correct.
SHARI: I don't know. Have you got any ideas, Alvin?
ALVIN: Er, no, but let's have a look at the exhibition on jobs and think about it.
DAN: Look at this nurse. That's an interesting job. I think I'm going to be a nurse when I'm older.
SHARI: Hmm. A nurse is OK, but I think I'm going to be a dentist. What are you going to do, Alvin?
ALVIN: I'm not sure, but I'm going to have an exciting job.
TEACHER: Everybody has to leave the school building now, please. Walk quickly, but don't run.
SHARI: Oh, no! I hope the school isn't going to burn down.
TEACHER: It's OK, everybody. It's only a practice.
ALVIN: That's a really exciting job. I'm going to be a firefighter.
SHARI: Well, now we know what we're going to write about in this week's ezine! Jobs.
DAN: Let's write about famous people's jobs.
SHARI AND ALVIN: Yeah!
DAN: Yee ha! We're going to win that prize!
(Kid’s Box 5, CUP)
My teachers and my grammar books have given me an impression that the “be going to do” structure is used to talk about things which were thought about before people talk about them. But in this dialogue, the kids use the structure to talk about their instant ideas. I want to know why. Or Maybe my impression is not correct.