1. Section B 八年级人教新目标下册 Unit 6 How long have you been collecting shells?

2. snow globe 内有雪花的球型玻璃器 （装饰品）

3. monster a birthday cake bears penguins

4. Dear Jack, Thanks for sending me the snow globe of thesnow globe 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. 3a. Read the following message.

5. 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

6. 3b. Dear ________, I want to tell you about my hobby. I collect kites. I’ve been collecting them for four years. and I have123 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. Linda

7. 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

8. 4a. GROUPWORK A: What’s your hobby, Wen Li? B: I like flying kites. A: How long have you been doing that? B: For about two years. A: Where do you fly them? B: In the park.

9. NameHobbyHow long More information Wen liflying kites for about 2 years in the park

10. 4b. GROUPWORK  What is the most common hobby?  What is the most interesting hobby?  What is the most unusual hobby?  What hobby would you like to try?

11. 1. I ___________ ( 收集贝壳 )because they are beautiful. 2. He’s been collecting kites _____________________. ( 自他十岁起 ) 3. They have to return because they ____________ ____________( 已用尽钱 ). 4. ____________( 顺便问一下 ), What’s your hobby? 5. She _____________________.( 对滑冰感兴趣 ) 6. The players always _____________( 竭尽全力 ) to become a champion athlete. Ⅰ. 根据汉语提示, 完成句子。 collect shells since he was 10 years old By the way is interested in skating do their best have run out of money

12. 1.How long _____ you ________________ (collect) stamps? 2. --How long ______ he _____________(skate)? --Since I ______ (be) ten years old. 3. When ____ he ______ (start) learning to dance? 4. We ____________________ (run) on the playground since 6 o’clock a.m. have hasbeen skating was didstart been collecting have been running Ⅱ. 时态填空

13. 1. How long ____ you _____ last year? A. have/slept B. have/been sleeping C. were/sleeping 2. When ____ he____ class today? A. did/start B.is/start C.has/been starting 3. How long ____ you____? A. have/swum B. have/ been swimming C. did/swim 4. I have been learning English since I___ seven years old. A. am B. was C. have been 5. Thank you for______ to me. A. write B. writing C. wrote A A B B B Ⅲ. 单项选择

14. 7. I’m interested _____ science now. A. on B. at C. in 8. I have a good friend _____ France. A. of B. in C. for 9. Can you tell me the differences _______Chinese food ____Western food? A. / and B. / or C. between; and C B C

15. 10. I’m glad to hear that Tom has ________. A. arrived B. arrived in C. got 11. Can you tell me ______ in today’s newspaper? A. some interesting things B. any interesting thing C. something interesting A C

16. Homework 1.Interview your classmates and make some dialogues according to 4a. 2. Describe your or your friends’ hobbies using “have/has been doing. ( 用 have/has been doing 来描述你或你朋友的 爱好, 至少包含五个句子 )