Unit 6___________________

collecting shells?

Period 1

How long have you been

What do people like collecting?

People like collecting_______.

coins

CDs

toy cars

kites

key rings

posters

tickets

snow globes

stamps

stuffed animals

A: What do you like collecting?B: I like collecting ____________. A: Why do you like collecting them?B: Because I think they’re ______. A: When did you start collecting them?B: I started collecting them in ______.A: Are you collecting them now?B: Yes, I am. A: So you have been collecting them for _______

10 yearsstuffed animals

cute

2000

10 years

How long have you been collecting stuffed animals?

10 years

2010

collecting

I have been collecting them for 10 years.

I started collecting stuffed animals in 2000.

I have been collecting them since 2000.

2000

started collecting

since 2000

A: What do you like collecting?B: I like collecting ____________. A: Why do you like collecting them?B: Because I think they’re ______. A: When did you start collecting them?B: I started collecting them in ______.A: Are you collecting them now?B: Yes, I am. A: So you have been collecting them for _______

3 years

6 years

4 years

A: What do you like collecting?

B: I like collecting _________. They’re ______.

A: How long have you been collecting them?

B: I have been collecting them since ______.

10 years ago1999 12 years old

Activity 2a & 2b Listen and fill in the chart

What How long How many

Bob

Marcia

Liam

kites

stuffed animals

theater and movie tickets

since he was ten years old

22

for five years 35

since last year 20

Bob likes collecting kites. He has been collecting kites since he was ten years old. He has 22 kites.

Marcia likes collecting stuffed animals. She has been collecting them for five years. She has 35 of them.

Liam likes collecting tickets. He has been collecting them just since last year. But he has 20 tickets so far.

• Where does Bob fly kites? In the park.

• Which two stuffed animals does Marcia like very much?

Panda and tiger. • Where does Liam put the tickets? In the book.

Bob is an athletic boy and he often spends his weekends flying kites in the park. And he likes collecting kites very much. He has been collecting kites since he was ten years old and he has about 22 kites so far.

for: (prep) 表示时间的持续，后面加时间段，表示一段时间，多与带数词的名词连用。I have been skating for five hours.We have been collecting shells for three months.The skating marathon has been going for eight hours.I have been collecting kites for seven years.

Difference between “since” and “for”

since: (prep) 表示“自从过去某一时间点以来”，后面接表示时间点的词汇，强调动作或状态从那时起一直延续到现在。I have been skating since 9 o’clock. He has been teaching math since five years ago.He has been watching English movies since 1998.I have been listening to music videos since I was seven years old.

Fill in the blanks on your handouts.

Write a report about one of the people in 2a.

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