1. Unit 6 ___________________ collecting shells? Period 1 How long have you been

2. What do people like collecting? People like collecting_______. coins CDs toy cars kites key rings

3. posters tickets snow globes stampsstamps stuffed animals

4. 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 years stuffed animals cute 2000 10 years

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 ago 1999 12 years old

8. Activity 2a & 2b Listen and fill in the chart WhatHow longHow many Bob Marcia Liam kites stuffed animals theater and movie tickets since he was ten years old 22 for five years35 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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”

12. 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.

13.  Write a report about one of the people in 2a. Homework for today