4. Whatever will be will be

Importante
El título de esta página viene de la canción española Qué será será. En la unidad 2 has tenido la oportunidad de leer sobre hechos futuros. Has practicado cómo hablar del futuro en inglés, como se usan los tiempos en futuro y cuáles son. Vamos a hacer un breve repaso.
El futuro en inglés se expresa básicamente mediante tres formas verbales: will, present continuous y going to. ¿Recuerdas su forma?
- Futuro con will
I will/ I'll call you tomorrow
I will not/I won't send you the information
Will you send me the information? Yes, I will/ No, I won't
- Going to
He is/ He's going to spend his holiday in Britain
He isn't going to spend his holiday in Britain
Is he going to spend his holiday in Britain? Yes, he is/No, he isn't
Usamos futuro con will para hablar de predicciones en el futuro, de acciones futuras en general, con promesas y sugerencias, además de acciones voluntarias y espontáneas. Going to se usa para hablar de planes e intenciones y para predicciones con evidencia presente.
Presente continuo (present continuous). Recordemos su forma:
They are meeting Paul tomorrow
They aren't meeting Paul tomorrow
Are they meeting Paul tomorrow? Yes, they are/ No, they aren't
Usamos el presente continuo con valor de futuro, para hablar de planes fijados (arrangements). Por ello, se suele usar con adverbios de futuro, como tomorrow, at 8 o'clock tonight, the day after tomorrow (mañana, a las 8 esta noche, pasada mañana)
Si quieres practicar cuándo y cómo se usan estos tiempos, pincha en el siguiente enlace.
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Actividad de lectura
En la unidad hemos tratado temas relacionados con la ciencia y la tecnología. Aquí tienes un texto interesante sobre una cocina ecológica en India. Léelo y tradúcelo.
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In her small mud hut in a village a few hours from Mumbai, Bali Bhalla is cooking rice on an open stove. As flames dance from the fire, acrid smoke circles around the room. More than two-thirds of Indians live in rural areas and cook like this. But there are environmental concerns about the stoves - one study estimated they're responsible for four per cent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
And that's something Neha Juneja wants to change. She's started a company which produces eco-friendly cooking stoves - she says they emit 80% less smoke and use less wood. For her, green technology isn't just about saving the planet, but also about making money.
Neha Juneja: "My co-founder and I, we quit good paying jobs to start this, but we did not start this with a purely social or charitable mission. We saw it as a business and we still see it as a very good opportunity for us to fulfil our dream of bringing a good product to the market and also being financially comfortable."
In a factory on the outskirts of Mumbai, Nitin Bhodale shows me his innovation - a machine which can turn plastic into petrol. At one end of a five metre high cylinder workers drop bags of rubbish; an hour later, crude oil starts to drip out at the other end.
And there is big money to be made - more than $10 billion of funds was pumped into green energy last year, making India the country with the fastest rate of growth. With a rising population, the need for more power in the country is increasing. The belief is that green tech won't just help improve the environment but also the business climate too.
Texto de BBC Learning English