Unit 6How long have you been collecting shells?

Section A --period 1

1995

started skating

2011

skates

16 years

has been skating

WangMeng started skating in 1995. She is still skating now.

How long has she been skating?

She has been skating for 16 years.

WangMeng’s skating life

skaterWangMeng

1999

started skating

2011

skates

for 12 years

ZhouYang started skating in 1999. She is still skating now.

How long has she been skating?

She has been skating since 1999.

ZhouYang’s skating life

skater自从

She has been skating for 12 years.

ZhouYang

My teaching life

1993

started teaching English

2011

teach English

I have been teaching English for

I have been teaching English since

18 years

18 years.

1993.

现在完成进行时

概念 : 动作从过去某一时间开始一直延续到现在 , 并且有可能持续下去。

How long has she been skating?

She has been skating for 16 years.

How long have you been teaching?

I have been teaching since 1993.

for+ 一段时间

since+ 过去时间点 have / has been + doing sth构成：

一、用 for 和 since 填空

1. I have been teaching English _____ 18 years.

2. We have been having class _____ 8:00 am.

3. Alison has been skating ______ she was 7 years old.

4. I have been skating today ______ six hours.

since

since

for

for

A: How long has YaoMing been playing basketball ?

B: He has been playing basketball for 22 years.

Jackie Chan1954: be born1961~2011: （ 50 ） actYao Ming

1980: be born1989 ~ 2011: （ 22 ）play basketball

theyskate5 hours

since 1989.

Alison

Skating Marathon 马拉松

How long?

Alison I’ve been skating for five hours.

Sam I skated for four hours.

Victor I’ve been skating _______________.

Celia I skated _____________ .

for five hours

for two hours

试比较：I’ve been skating for five hours 与

I skated for two hours有何区别？

A: How long has Alison been skating?

B: She’s been skating for 5 hours.

A: How long did Sam skate?

B: He skated for 4 hours.

A: How long has Victor been skating ？B: He’s been skating for 5 hours.

A: How long did Celia skate?

B: She skated for two hours.

1.

2.

Answer the questions:

Who stopped skating? Who is still skating? Who won the first place in the skating

marathon?

Answers

a. No, I skated in a marathon last year.

b. Yes, I do.

c. For six hours.

d. Since I was seven years old.

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?

Listening

滑冰鞋

Name Sport How long

LiuYan skate for 5 years

Tom swim

Interview your classmates and then and then make a report. make a report.

In our group , there are four students. Liu Yan likes skating. And she has been skating for 5 years. Tom likes swimming ...

Name Sport How long

LiuYan skate for 5 years

Tom

In our group , there are four students. Liu Yan likes skating. And she has been skating for 5 years. Tom likes ...

A: Alison, how long have you been skating?

B: I’ve been skating for five hours.

A: Sam, how long did you skate?

C: I skated for four hours. I started at nine o’clock in the morning and stopped at one o’clock in the afternoon. I’m very tired!

A: When did you start skating, Victor?

D: At nine o’clock.

A: So you’ve been skating for …

D: I’ve been skating for five hours.

A: How long did you skate, Celia?

E: Umm, let’s see… I skated for two hours.

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