Unit 6How long have you been collecting shells?

Section A

Ask and answer:Do you like collecting stamps?How long have you been collecting stamps?

Collect shells

Collect coins

Collect stamps

Collect kites

Collect toy animals

Read the sentences:

1.How long did you sleep last night?

2.When did you start class today?

3.How long have you been in class today?

Pairwork:

A:How long have you been skating?

B:I have been skating since I was seven years old.

How long has she been playing computer? (four hours)

She has been playing computer for four hours

How long has he been playing baseball?(two hours)

He has been playing baseball for two hours.

How long have they been working?(a week)

They have been working for a week .

How long has he been riding a motorcycle?(ten hours)

He has been riding it for ten hours.

How long ?

Alsion: I have been skating for five hours?

Sam: I skated for four hours.

Victor:

I have been skating for five hours

Celia I skated for four hours.

Pairwork.

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.

Since, 自从 . 自……以来

I started skating since I was seven years old

a pair of 一双 , 一对

a pair of Stakes 一双溜冰鞋

Marathon 马拉松 .

New words:

1.Hilltop School

2.Skating marathon.

3.Raise money.

4.Charity

5.Several

6.Skater

山顶学校

溜冰马拉松

筹集钱 . 筹集资金慈善机构

几个 , 一些溜冰者

Questions

_√__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?

Anwsers

a.No,I skated in a marathon last year

b.Yes I do.

c.For six hours.

d.Since I was seven years.

Been ---be 的过去分词

现在完成进行时 :have/ has been +doing.

表示动作持续了多久．并仍在进行中

与过去时的比较：

１ I watched tv for three hours. 我看了三小时的电视．

（我现在没有看电视了）

2.I have been watching tv for three hours.

我看了三小时的电视．（我现在仍然在看电视）

Match these words

1.School

2.For fifteen

3.How

4.At six

5.Since

6.skating

a.Hours

b.9:00

c.Long

d.o’clock

e.Skating

f.marathon.

Write the questions:

1_______________________________?

He has been standing there for four hours.

2___________________________?

I have been riding a bike since I was ten years old.

3___________________________________?

She has been walking for five hours.

4._____________________________?

I’ve been watching tv since 7:00

5._____________________________?

He’s been waiting for the train for an hour.

Fill in the blank with for or since

1.I have been practicing the piano ____ 10:30.

2.Maricia has been running ____ 15 minutes.

3.Sarah has been sleeping since_____ 9:00.

4Dale has been talking on the phone _____5 minutes.

5.Louie has been studying Chinese ____ he was 6 years old..

6.I have been watching you ____10 minutes.

since

for

since

for

since

for

Write the questions:

1_______________________________?

He has been standing there for four hours.

2___________________________?

I have been riding a bike since I was ten years old.

3___________________________________?

She has been walking for five hours.

4._____________________________?

I’ve been watching tv since 7:00

5._____________________________?

He’s been waiting for the train for an hour.

I collect… I would like to collect…..

I collect shells because they are beautiful .

I ‘d like to collect stamps because they are interesting.

Talk about some things you did in the last 24 hours.Did you … yesterday/last night?

When did you …? I … at (concrete time).

Hong long did you …? I … for(some time).

Talk about how long we have been doing things by using “for”.

Do you … ?Can you…?

When did you start … ? I started in …/… ago.

When I was …years old.

Hong long have you been ___ing …?

I’ve been ___ing for …

Class survey

Questions Answers

How studying English

long going to school

have playing soccer

you been riding a bike

---? learning to swim

1b: listeningName How long

Alison

Sam

Victor

Celia

1c: Pairwork

I’ve been skating for five hours.

I skated for four hours.

I’ve been skating for five hours.

I skated for two hours.

Ask and answer questions about the people in the picture.

How long have you been doing…? since nine o’clock. since 1997. I have been doing… since five years ago. since I was …years old.

Talk about we have been doing things by using “since”.

After - class survey

1.How long have you been wearing glasses?2.How long have you been working at the same job?3.How long have you been living in the city?4.How long have you been studying English?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?8.How long have you been having a cold?

You can design some questions.

Questions Persons Results

How Father

long Mother

have Aunt

you been Uncle

wearing glasses?

Brother

2a: listening

Questions Answers1.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 seven years old.

2.How long have you been skating today?

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Grammar

Questions Answers Difference

How long did you do…?

I did … for… stop

How long have you been doing…?

I have been doing …

for…

since nine o’clock

since 1995.

since ten year ago.

since I was …years old.

continue

3a. Reading: read the passage and complete the table.

Name Has been skating for

3b. It’s now 2pm. Write the students’ names from 3a on the time line.

9am 10am 11am 12am 1pm 2pm

Alison 5 hours

Sam 4 hours

Lu Ning 4 hours

Li Chen 1 hour

Alison Sam

Lu NingLi Chen

3a. Questions

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?

Name Sport When(Which year, how old)

How long(for ,since)

Groupwork & report: Interview your classmates

My hobby

Section B:1b. Tell your partner about collection.

I collect Why How long

How many

I would like to collect

Why

Name What How long How many

Bob

Marcia

Liam

2a.Listening: What do they collect? How long have they been collecting? How many do they have?

2c.Pairwork: Ask and answer questions about Bob, Marcia, Liam.

Snow globes

3b.Writing:look at activity 2a on P47.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. collect__________.

I have been collecting them__________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Group work & reportName Hobby How long More 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?

Reading

Country Favorite food

China Beijing Duck ,Dumplings

England Fish and chips

America Hamburgers and chips , Hot dog

India Hot food ,curry

Italy Pizza

Japan Sushi Borscht

Unit6

How long have you been collecting shells?

Section B

•I am still teaching English now.

•How long have you been

teaching English?

I have been teaching English

for five years.

since 2001

*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.

How long have you been doing…?

I’ve been doing…for…

since…

2 hours

How long has she beenreading ?

She has been reading for2 hours.

She has been reading since2 hours ago.

half an hour

How long has he been playing computer games?

He has been playing computer gamesfor half an hour.

since half an hour ago.

45 minutes

How long have they been playing soccer?

They have been playing soccerfor 45 minutes.

since 45 minutes ago.

an hour

How long have they been swimming?

They have been swimmingfor an hour.

since an hour ago.

15 minutes

How long has he been drawing a picture?

He has been drawing a picture for 15 minutes. since 15 minutes ago.

PAIRWORKA: 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.

ten years old.

(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

Homework:

1.Finish 3b

2. Interview your classmates and make some dialogues according to 4a.