Module 4 Education

Unit 1 How long

have you studied English?

Step1 Lead-inThis is Ms. Li.

She became an English teacher in 1998.

She has taught English since 1998.

She has taught English

for 9 years.

It means from 1998 to the present( 现在 ) time.

Question: How long has she been an English t

eacher?She has been an English teacher since

1998. She has been an English teacher for ei

ght years.How long + have/has + 主语 + 过去分词 + 宾语

GrammarAsk students to read the sentences.Then summarize the usage of since and for.

2002 2003 2004 2005 for 3 years

since 2002

现在完成时中的 for 和 sincefor 和 since 是现在完成时重要的标志，这两个词区别在于：

for 后接表示一段时间的状语； since 后接表示一个时间点的状语或句子。e.g.He has been a teacher for three years. He has been a teacher since 2003.用介词“ for+ 一段时间”时，谓语动词要用延续性动词，不可用非延续性动词。

He has lived here for three year.不可说： He has moved there for three years.

• Fill in the blanks with “ for ’’ or “ since”:

①Uncle Wang has worked on the farm ______ three days.

②I have stayed at home _______ a day.③They have lived in GuiLin _______ two years

ago.④She has known this man ________ ten years.⑤He has studied here ________ last month.⑥We have been here ________ three o’clock.⑦I haven’t seen my grandpa _______ 1989.⑧The boy has learned English _______ he was

five.

for

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since

sincesince sinc

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Complete the sentences:1.How long have you studied Eng I’ve studied English for__since2. How long have you lived here? I’ve lived in my hometown for_____since___

___.3. How long have you been a student

at your school?I’ve been at this school for______since______.4. How long have you known yourI’ve known my best friend for______since___

___.best friend?

____.

lish?

Step2 Listening In this procedure, you will listen to a conver

sation about the “years” and match the years with the activities. Pay attention to the present perfect tense( 现在完成时 ) and how long…?

Listen and match the years with the activities.

be live know study teach work

f.work at in Beijing International School

199519982001200320042006

a. be a teacherb. live in Chinac. know our head teacherd. study Chinesee. teach English

Pair work: Practice since and How long…? Make a short conversation.

Ms. James

1998

BettyS1: How long has

Ms. James been a teacher?

S2: He has been a teacher since 1998.

e.g.

Change it use “for”

Step3 Reading1.New words:Poor 贫穷的Project 计划 ,工程foreign 外国的 ,国外的difficult 困难的get on well with 与…相处融洽really 真正地hear about 听说same 想同的 ,同一的

2.Now, listen to the tape recorder and find out what Betty and Lingling are talking about.After listening, ask and answer the questions in Activity4 on page27.One asks and the other answers. Then you will show your answers to the class. Then, let’s check the answers together.

Answers (Activity 4):1.How long has Lingling known Sally?

2.Does she still know her?

3.How long has Sally studied Chinese?

4.Is she still studying it?

For two years.

Yes, she does.

For a year.

Yes, she is.

5.How long has Betty lived in China? 6.Is she still living there?

7.How long has Project Hope built schools all over China?

8.Are they still building them.

Since 2004.

Yes, she is.

Since 1989.

Yes, they are.

3.Complete the sentences.(Activity6)

1.Lingling knows Sally quite well,but she

_________________________________________ 2.Sally and Lingling get on well because _________________________________________

3.Sally hasn’t been to China,so speaking Chinese ____________________________

hasn’t met her yet.

they like the same things.

is very difficult.

4.Sally is coming to China because

_________________________________________

5.She has heard about the Hope Schools,so _________________________________________

6.Since 1989 Project Hope _________________________________________

her school orchestra has some concerts in China.

she wants to visit one.

has built schools all over China.

Step4 Discussion In this procedure, practice the words a

nd expressions in Activity 5.

Step6 Homework To finish the exercises in Grammar pa

rt on P124 in the Workbook.

Thank you!H

ave a nice day!