How long have you been collecting shells?

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

3. 1999 6 years old 2003 10 years old now 13 years old When did you start playing piano? I started playing piano when I was six years old. How long have you been playing piano? I have been playing piano since 1999.

4. 1999 6 years old 2003 10 years old now 13 years old I started playing basketball when I was ten years old. When did you start playing basketball? How long have you been playing basketball? I have been playing basketball since 1999.

5. 现在完成进行时态 表示从过去某一时刻开始一直延续到现在的 动作，这个动作可以仍然进行。 Have/has been + 现在分词

6. Listen. A reporter is talking to the participants in a skating marathon. Fill in the chart below. I’ve been skating for five hours. I skated for two hours.

7. 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. PAIRWORK

8. Listen to the interview with the skating marathon winner and check (√) the questions you hear. √ √ √ √

9. 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.

10. 5 hours 4 hours 4 hours 1 hours

11. GoodBye!