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Grammar and usage
Present perfect continuous tense
Unit 3
Fit for life
Lead-in
Read the personal account given by a girl who is equipped with a robotic hand and fill in the following table.
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Read and complete the table.
Before having the new robotic hand •The girl began to 1. ______________________ after losing her right hand in a car accident two years ago.
•The old artificial hand could not help her much because 2. ____________________________________________________
With the new robotic hand •The girl can 3. ______________________________ and hold on to small things.
•The new robotic hand is capable of 4. ____________________________________
•The new robotic hand looks very lifelike with 5. _______________________________________
Over the past three months •The girl has rediscovered old hobbies.
•The girl has become more 6. __________________________
withdraw into herself
it didn't feel like part of her
move her individual fingers
feeling varying degrees of pressure
special rubber used on the outside
confident and outgoing
be equipped with
withdraw into oneself
lead a normal life
hold on to
more amazingly
be capable of doing sth.
be grateful for ...
open up new possibilities
Useful Expressions
装备有,配备有
离群索居
过正常的生活
抓住不放;握住;控制
更加令人惊异的是
有能力做某事
因......而感激
开启新的可能性
Find the sentences using the present perfect continuous tense.
1. Scientists have been making great progress in robotic technology in recent years, ...
2. Over the past three months I have been testing out the limits of what I can do with my new hand, ...
3. ..., I have been cooking for my family again since I got my new hand.
A Exploring the rules
• We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is still continuing now, or an action that has just finished but is still connected with (1)_______________ (the past/ the present/ the future) in some way.
• The verb form of the presen