2. Unit 6 How long have you been collecting shells? Section A

3. What sport do you play? When did you start it? How long have you been doing it?

4. 1999 6 years old 2003 10 years old When did you start playing the piano? I started playing the piano when I was six years old. How long have you been playing the piano? I have been playing the piano since 1999.

5. 1999 6 years old 2003 10 years old How long have you been playing basketball? I have been playing basketball since 2003. When did you start playing basketball? I started playing basketball when I was ten years old.

6. When did Yao Ming start playing basketball? How long has he been playing basketball? 姚明 1980:be born 1989 ~now: basketball player He started playing basketball in 1989. He has been playing basketball since 1989. He has been playing basketball for 22 years.

7. Yao Ming’s sports life 1980 was born 1989 started playing basketball has been playing 22 years He started playing basketball in 1989. He has been playing basketball since 1989. He has been playing basketball for 22 years. 2011 plays

8. 成龙（ Jackie Chan ） 1954:be born 1961~now: act He has been acting for 50 years. How long has he been acting? He has been acting since he was 7 years old. He has been acting since 1961. When did Jackie start acting? He started acting in 1961.

9. Miss Li 1975: be born 2001~now:teach Chinese How long has Miss Li been teaching Chinese? She has been teaching Chinese for 10 years. She has been teaching Chinese since 2001. She has been teaching Chinese since she was 26 years old. When did Miss Li start teaching? She started teaching in 2001.

10. 当我们谈论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时，我们常常用以下句型来表示 : for + 一段时间 have / has been + doing sth. + since + 过去的时间点 since + 从句 ( 一般过去时 ) e.g. How long have you been swimming? I have been swimming for 3 years. How long has she been skating? She has been skating since nine o’clock. 现在完成进行时

11. 现在完成进行时的构成形式： have / has 是助动词 been 是 be 的过去分词 表示从过去开始一直持续到现在的动作， 并有可能持续下去． have / has been + doing 注意：动词应是延续性动词。

12. (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

13. 用 for 和 since 填空 1.They have been learning Chinese _____ they came to China. 2. I haven’t seen her _____ a long time. 3. He has been living here _____ 2001. 4. She has been doing her homework ____ two hours. 5. It’s 5 years _____ we left school. 6. – How long has Mary been a teacher? – _____ two years ago. since for since for since Since

14. 1a GROUPWORK Discuss theses questions. 1. How long did you sleep last night? 2. When did you start class today? 3. How long have you been in class today? For eight hours. At seven thirty in the morning. I have been in class for three hours.

15. 1b Listen. A reporter is talking to the participants in a skating marathon. Fill in the chart below. How long? AlisonI’ve been skating for five hours. SamI skated for four hours. Victor Celia I’ve been skating for five hours. I skated for two hours.

16. Victor AlisonSam 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. Celia

17. A: …,what sport do you play? B: Tennis. A: When did you start ? B :When I was eleven. A: How long have you been doing it? B :Three and a half years.

18. Groupwork Interview your classmate. Ask them what sports they play and fill in the chart. NameSportWhen started How long Ye Lantennis11 years oldThree and a half years

19. 2a Listen to the interview with the skating marathon winner and check (√) the questions you hear. 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 skate? 6. How long have you been skating? Answers a. No, I skated a marathon last years. b. Yes, I do. c. For six hours. d. Since I was seven years old. √ √ √ √

20. 2b Listen again. Draw lines to match the questions with answers in activity 2a.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 skate? 6. How long have you been skating?Answers a. No, I skated a marathon last year. b. Yes, I do. c. For six hours. d. Since I was seven years old.

21. 2c PAIRWORK Student A is the reporter. Student B is Alison. Role play the interview. A: How long have you been skating? B: I’ve been skating since I was seven years old.

22. 3a Read the passage and then complete the table. I’m talking to you from the Hilltop School Skating Marathon. Here, students are skating to raise money for charity. For every hour they skate, each student raises ten yuan for charity. The skating marathon has been going for five hours now, and several skaters are still skating. Alison was the first one to start, and has been skating for the whole five hours. Next is Sam, and he has been skating for four hours. Lu Ning has been skating for four hours too, and Li Chen just started an hour ago.

23. NameHas been skating for Alison5 hours 4 hours 1 hour Sam Lu Ning Li Chen

24. It’s now 2 pm. Write the students’ names from activity 3a on the time line. 9 am10 am11 am12 am1 pm2 pm Alison Lu Ning Sam Li Chen

25. ※ 课堂练习 1.Where is the reporter talking? 2.Why are the students skating? 3.How much does each student raise? 4.How long has the skating marathon been going? 5.How many skaters are still skating ? She is talking from the Hilltop School Skating Marathon. They are skating ( in order ) to raise money for charity. They raise ten yuan for every hour. It has been going for five hours (For five hours ). Four skaters are still skating (Four ).

26. 1. Each student raises ten yuan for charity. each student = each of the students 作主语时表单数 Each boy in our class likes basketball. 2. Alison was the first one to start the first to do sth. 第一个做 ---- 的 He was the first student to come to school this morning In my family, My mother is always the first one to get up. 扩充 : the + 序数词 / 形容词 + to do e.g. He is always the first to get to the office, and the last to leave

27. 3. the whole five hours. the whole two days the whole afternoon 4. three and a half years= three years and a half one and a half days = one day and a half two and a half months= two months and a half

29. Report : Different people like different sports. I asked my classmates about their sports, Ye Lan likes playing tennis, he began playing tennis when he was 11years old, so he has been playing tennis for three and a half years

32. Homework Finish off the other exercises in Section A.