1. He is Li Yugang. He was born in 1978. He started singing songs in 1997. He has been singing for about 13 years. He learned Beijing Opera in 1992. He has been being famous since 2006. He has been singing like a woman since 1998.

2. Li Yugang’s musical life 1978 was born 1998 started singing like a woman 13 years 2010 singing He was born in 1978. He has been singing for about 13 years. He has been being famous since 2006. He has been singing like a woman since 1998. 1997 started singing since 1998 2006 was famous

3. Who is he? When was he born? When did he start making magic shows? Is he still making magic shows? How long has he been making shows? He is _______. He ___ ___ in 1976. He _____ ______ magic shows in 1983. He ___ ___ ______ shows for 27 years. Yes, he is. He ___ ___ _______ shows since 1983. Liu Qian was born started making has been making

4. She is Deng Yaping. She was born in 1973. She stopped playing ping-pong in 1997. She played for about 19 years. She started playing ping-pong in 1978.

5. Deng’s sports life 1973 was born 19 years She was born in 1973. She played ping-pong for 19 years. She started playing ping-pong in 1978. She stopped playing ping-pong in 1997. 1978 started playing ping-pong 1997 stopped

6. Who is he? When was he born? When did he start doing gym? When did he stop doing gym? How long did he do gym? He is _______. He ___ ___ in 1963. He _____ ______ gym in 1970. He ___ gym for 19 years. Li Ning was born started doing did He _____ ______ gym in 1989. stopped doing

7. She is __________________, Mrs. Hu. She _________ in 1982. She _________ how to teach English for 4 years in college. She ________________in 2005. She ____________________________ for 5 years. She __________________________ since 2005. our English teacher was born started teaching has been teaching English studied

8. That is Alison. What is Alison doing? He is skating now. That is Victor. What is he doing? He is skating now.

9. That is Celia. Is she skating? No, she isn ’ t. What is she doing? She is having a rest. That is Sam. Is he skating now? No, he isn ’ t. What is he doing now? He is having a rest, too.

10. Activity 1b Fill in the chart. Who?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.

11. Hello, every one! I’m the reporter from School News. Now we’re at the skating marathon. Here comes Alison. He __________________ and he is still skating now. And Victor has been skating ____ 5 hours, too. He has been skating ___9 o’clock. Celia, the only girl, ____________.She is having a rest on the grass now. Next to Celia is Sam, who started at nine and _______ at one o’clock. So we can see that he _____________. All the boys and girls did a good job. We hope they can do better in the next year’s marathon.

12. Activity 2a Listen and tick. QuestionsAnswers ____ 1.How long did you skate today? a. No, I skated in a marathon last year. ____ 2.How long have you been skating today? b. Yes, I do. ____ 3.Was this your first skating marathon? c. For six hours. ____ 4.Do you skate every day?d. Since I was seven years old. ____ 5.When did you get your first pair of skates? ____ 6.How long have you been skating? √ √ √ √ Activity 2b Listen and match.

13. I’m the reporter from School News, and I’m interviewing Alison, the winner in the _________. Alison ________ for 6 hours today. It wasn’t the first time for Alison to skate in a marathon. He ________________ last year. And he ____________ since he was seven years old. We hope he can do better and better in the future. News about the Marathon

14. 表示动作从过去开始发生一直持续进行（到现 在），可能仍在进行。 have /has been + V-ing 标志性时间副词通常为 for 或 since 。

15. “ 完成 ” 更强调现在的情况， “ 过去 ” 只表示过 去的动作或状态。 “ 过去 ” 里常见的时间状语，如 yesterday, last night, three weeks ago, in 1990 等，不 能在 “ 完成 ” 中使用。 “ 完成 ” 里常见的时间状语为 since/for 。

16. 1. 你学英语多长时间了？ How long have you ______ ________ _________? 2. --How long _______your homework? -- Since I was ten. A.did you learn B. have you been learning C. do you learn D. are you learning 3. 自从七岁以来，我就一直在滑冰。 4. 他画画已经有七年的时间了。 5. 你昨天参加他的生日聚会了么？ 不，没有。 been learning English B I have been skating since I was seven years old. He has been drawing for seven years. Did you go to his birthday party yesterday? No, I didn’t.

17. Interview your parents about their jobs or hobbies. Fill in the chart and make a report. WhoWhat When (started) When (stopped) How long How