2. Unit 6 How long have you been collecting shells?

3. I started teaching English in 1981. I am still teaching English now. How long have you been teaching English? I have been teaching English for over 25 years. since 1981.

4. *He started teaching math when he was 20 years old. He is 50 years old now and he is still teaching math. How long has he been teaching math? He has been teaching math 30 years ago. for 30 years. since he was 20 years old.

5. 2 hours How long has she been reading ? She has been reading for 2 hours. She has been reading since 2 hours ago.

6. half an hour How long has he been playing computer games? He has been playing computer games for half an hour. since half an hour ago.

7. 45 minutes How long have they been playing soccer? They have been playing soccer for 45 minutes. since 45 minutes ago.

8. an hour How long have they been swimming? They have been swimming for an hour. since an hour ago.

9. 15 minutes How long has he been drawing a picture? He has been drawing a picture for 15 minutes. since 15 minutes ago.

10. 成龙（ Jackie Chan ） 1954:b e born 1961~now: act He has been acting for 45 years. How long has Jackie Chan been acting? He has been acting since he was 7 years old. He has been acting since 1961.

11. Miss Li 1975: be born 2001~2006:teach Chinese How long has Miss Li been teaching Chinese? She has been teaching Chinese for 5 years. She has been teaching Chinese since 2001. She has been teaching Chinese since 5 years ago.

12. Wang Lei 1990 : be born 1999~now: learn English How long has Wang Lei been learning English? She has been learning English since1999. She has been learning English for 7 years. She has been learning English since she was nine. She has been learning English since 7 years ago.

13. Deng Yaping 1973: be born 1978 ~ 1997: play table tennis How long did Deng Yaping play table tennis ? She played table tennis for 19 years.

14. Survey: H ow long have you and your family been …? (V-ing) WhoHow long II have been teaching English for 11 years. my father My mother Report: My friend xxx has been…for/since…. His/Her father has been… for/since…. His/ Her mother has been… for/since….

16. 1a GROUPWORK Make a survey, interview your classmates. Ask them what sports they play. What sport do you play? When did you start swimming? How long have you been skating? NameSportWhen startedHow long Li Yingbasketball10 years old5 years

17. 1b Listen. A report is talking to the participants in a skating marathon. Fill in the below. How long? AlisonI’ve been skating for five hours. SamI skated for four hours. Victor Celia I’ve been skating for five hours. I skated for two hours.

18. 1c PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about the people in the picture. A: How long has Alison been skating? B: She’s been skating for five hours. A: How long did Sam skate? B: He skated for four hours.

19. Listening — 2a & 2b Questions Answers __ 1. How long did you skate today? __ 2. How long have you been skating today? __ 3. Was this your first skating marathon? __ 4. Do you skate every day? __ 5. When did you get your first pair of skates? __ 6. How long have you been skating? a. No, I skated in a marathon last year. b. Yes, I do. c. For six hours. d. Since I was 7 years old. √ √ √ √

20. 2c Pairwork: After - class survey 1.How long have you been wearing glasses? 2.How long have you been living in the city? 3.How long have you been studying English? 4.How long have you been having a cold? 5.How long have you been doing sports in the morning? 6.How long have you been getting so fat? 7.How long have you been buying the car?

21. I have been skating for five hours. 时态－现在完成进行时 have / has 是助动词 been 是 be 的过去分词 表示从过去开始一直持续到现在的动作，现 在可能仍在进行着, 并有可能持续下去. （一） 构成形式： have / has been + Ving

22. (The Present Perfect Progressive Tense) 表示动作从过去某一时间开始，一直延续到现在，可能还要延续 下去。常和表示一段时间的状语连用。 They have been working for two hours. 他们已工作两小时了。 for 和表示一段时间的词组连用 They have been running since six o’clock. 从 6 点起他们一直在跑。 since 和表示过去某一时刻的词或词组连用 I have been waiting for you since I came here. 自到这儿以来我一直在等你。 since 后可跟句子，句子时态多用一般过去时

23. Yao Ming’s sports life 1980 was born 1989 started playing basketball has been playing 17 years He started playing basketball in 1989. He has been playing basketball since 1989. He has been playing basketball for 17 years. 2006 plays

24. 1978 1997 2006 started playing table tennisstopped playing 19892006 has been playing basketball started playing basketball Deng Yaping played table tennis for 19 years. Yao Ming has been playing basketball for 17 years. played table tennis

25. Grammar focus How long have you been skating? I’ve been skating since nine o’clock. I’ve been skating for five hours. How long did you skate? I skated for two hours.

26. 用 for 和 since 填空 1.They have been learning Chinese _____ they came to China. 2. I haven’t seen her _____ a long time. 3. He has been living here _____ 2001. 4. She has been doing her homework ____ two hours. 5. It’s 5 years _____ we left school. 6. – How long has Mary been a teacher? – _____ two years ago. since for since for since Since

27. 3a Read the passage and then complete the table. I’m talking to you from the Hilltop School Skating Marathon. Here, students are skating to raise money for charity. For every hour they skate, each student raises ten yuan for charity. The skating marathon has been going for five hours now, and several skaters are still skating. Alison was the first one to start, and has been skating for the whole five hours. Next is Sam, and he has been skating for four hours. Lu Ning has been skating for four hours too, and Li Chen just started an hour ago. Hilltop School 山顶学校 raise v. 筹集 several adj. 几个的 skater n. 溜冰者

28. 1. Why are students skating? 2. How much does each student raise for every hour they skate? 3. How long has the skating marathon been going? 4. Who was the first to start? 5. How long has he been skating? 6. How long have Sam and Lu Ning been skating? 7. Who was the last one? 8. When did he start? How long has he been skating? Reading – Section A 3a To raise money for charity. Ten yuan. For five hours. Alison was the first to start. He has been skating for five hours. They have been skating for four hours. Li Chen was the last one. He started an hour ago. He has been skating for an hour.

29. NameHas been skating for Alison5 hours Sam 4 hours Lu Ning4 hours Li Chen1 hour Check the answers: 3a

30. 9am10am11am12am1pm2pm Answers to 3b Alison Sam Lu Ning Li Chen

31. 4 Groupwork A: Ye Lan, what sport do you play? B: Tennis. A: When did you start? B: When I was eleven. A: So how long have you been playing? B: Three and a half years. NameSportWhen startedHow long Ye LanTennis11 years oldThree and a half years

32. Section B My hobby

33. 1a Would you like to collect any of these things? Fill in the chart. Add other things you collect. I collectI would like to collect kitesstamps coins shells dolls envelopes 1b PAIRWORK Tell your partner what you collect and what you would like to collect. Say why. A: I collect shells because they are beautiful. I’d like to collect stamps because they are interesting. 风筝邮票 钱币

34. WhatHow long How many Bob kites since he was 10 years old Marci a Liam Section B—2a,2b stuffed animals theater and movie tickets for five hours since Last year 22 35 20

35. 2c PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about Bob, Marcia, and Liam. A: What does Bob collect? B: He collects kites. A: How long has he been collecting kites? B: He’s been collecting kites since he was ten years old.

36. 3a Snow globes

37. 3a Read the following message. Then draw lines to match the snow globes with their descriptions. n. 球状物；球体 Dear Jack, Thanks for sending me the snow globe of the monster. I love it. In fact I think it’s probably my favorite. I’ve been collecting snow globes for seven years, and now I have 226 of them. My mom says I have to stop, because we’ve run out of room to store them. They’re all around our apartment. I even store them in boxes under my bed. monster n. 怪物；妖怪 run out of 用完；用尽 store v. 储存 send sb sth = send sth to sb 送给某人某物

38. The first one I ever got was a birthday cake snow globe on my seventh birthday. I particularly love globes with animals. I have a big one with bears in it, and another one with penguins. If you know anyone else who collects them, please tell me. I’d like to start a snow globe collectors’ club. By the way, what’s your hobby? Love, Ellen cake n. 蛋糕 particularly adv. 独特地；显著地，特别地 anyone pron. 任何人 collector n. 收藏家 by the way 顺便；附带说说 start v. 发起；开办

39. 3b Look at activity 2a on page 47. Write an e-mail message from Bob, Marcia or Liam. Tell about his or her collection. Dear, I want to tell you about my hobby. I collect. I’ve been collecting them Linda kites for four years, and I have 123 of them now. I collect them because they are beautiful and interesting. I have a kite with the face of Monkey King, which is a present from China. And I have some kites like butterflies. They are just like real animals in the sky. Every sunny Saturday I’ll go and fly one of them. They bring me so much fun. If you know anyone else who collects them, please tell me. I’d like to make friends with them. Yours, Bob

40. 4a GROUPWORK Go around the class and make a list of everyone’s hobby. Find out how long they’ve been doing their hobby. NameHobbyHow longMore information Wen Liflying kitesfor 2 yearsin the park A: What’s your hobby, B: I like flying kites. Wen Li? A: How long have you B: For about two years. been doing that? A: Where do you fly them? B: In the park.

41. 4b Groupwork & report NameHobbyHow longMore information(why, when,where,how often…) Discuss the questions: What is the most common hobby? What is the most interesting hobby? What is the most unusual hobby? What hobby would you like to have?

42. Self check: 1.Our class is organizing a talent show to ______ money for charity. 2. I need extra English lessons. Do you _____ a good English teacher? 3.My hobby is _________ old coins. 4. I didn’t finish writing my test because I ___________ time. 5. During the winter I ______ my summer clothes in bags under my bed. raise know collecting ran out of store

43. 2 Read the ad. Then write a letter to apply for the job. Writer wanted The school newspaper needs a writer. We will give you free topics to different things. To get the job, please answer these four questions: 1. How long have you been listening to music videos? 2. How long have you been watching English movies? 3. How long have you been watching sports? 4. How long have you been writing in English? topic n. 话题；主题 writer n. 作家；作者

44. Dear Editor, I am interested in the writer job. I have been listening to music videos since I was seven years old. I have Yours sincerely, Bob been watching English movies since two years ago. I have been watching sports for about five years. And I have been writing in English since 2001. I love writing. And I hope I can be a writer for our school newspaper. be interested in 对 … 感兴趣

45. Reading: I’ve been studying history in China.

46. 1. How many Chinese dynasties can you think of? 2. How many famous characters from Chinese history can you think of? Make a list. 3. Can you think of famous characters from the history of other countries? Make a list.

47. My name is Leo. I’m from Australia, And I’ve been teaching in China for two years. I teach in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province. This really an interesting city with a very colorful history. There is some European influence in the city, and some of the old buildings in Harbin are in Russian style. capital n. 省会；首都 European adj. 欧洲的 Russian adj. 俄罗斯 ( 人 ) 的 influence n. 影响 be in…style 具有 … 的风格

48. Since I came to China, I’ve been learning a lot about my family history. Although I’m Australian, my family is Jewish. So it was very interesting for me to learn that a lot of Jews came to live in Harbin many years ago. My parents were so surprised when I told them about this in China. In fact, the first Jews probably came to Kaifeng more than a thousand years ago, and were welcomed by the Song Emperor. Jewish adj. 犹太人的； Jew n. 犹太人 more than 比 … 多 ; 多于 …( = over ) thousand n. 一千 emperor n. 皇帝 It is + 形容词 + for sb to do sth 对于某人而言，做某事很 …

49. When I lived in Australia, I studied history at school, but we usually studied Australian or western history. However, when I heard that I was going to work in China, I started studying Chinese history. I’ve been studying for over two years now. My friends in Australia said that Chinese history was very hard to understand, but I don’t really agree. I think if you study hard, you’ll be able to understand any culture. For a foreigner like me, the more I learn about Chinese history, the more I enjoy living in China. foreigner n. 外国人 for a foreigner like me 对于象我这样的外国人来说 the more…, the more… 越 … 越 …

50. Although I live quite far from Beijing, I’m certain I will be here for the Olympic Games in 2008! quite adv. 相当；十分 certain adj. 确实的；无疑的 be certain 确信 … ，肯 定 …=be sure the Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会

51. 3a Scan the text for information to complete the sentences below. 1. Leo has been teaching in China for. 2. Some of the old buildings in Harbin are. 3. The welcomed the first Jews to China. 4. In Australia, students usually study and history. 5. The more Leo learns about, the more he enjoys in China. two years in Russian style Song Emperor Australian western Chinese historyliving

52. Thank you