内容正文:
Adversity and Courage
Unit 4
Discover useful structure
Grammar—The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
To learn the present perfect continuous tense
To practice the present perfect continuous tense by completing some exercises
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Lead-in
Lead in
Enjoy an English song & fill in the blanks.
I __________________ with a shadow overhead.
I __________________ with a cloud above my bed.
I have been lonely for so long.
Trapped in the past, I just can’t seem to move on.
I __________________ all my hopes and dreams away.
Just in case I ever need them again someday.
I __________________ aside time to clear a little space in the corners of my mind……
have been living
have been sleeping
have been hiding
have been setting
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
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Usage of Present Perfect continuous Tense
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense
基本结构:
基本含义:表示动作从过去某一时间开始一直持续到现在,可能刚刚停止,也可能仍在继续。
Present
Past
Future
“have / has been + 现在分词”
Presentation
1. We have been waiting for you for half an hour.
2. The Chinese have been making paper for two thousand years.
3. I have been learning English since three years ago.
The usage of the tense (1)
①现在完成进行时态表示动作还未结束,还要继续 下去。其动作是否继续下去,则由上下文而定。这个时态多用于 动词,如live, learn, lie, stay, sit, wait, stand, rest, study等,并常和all the time, this week/month, all night/morning, recently, these few days, in the past + 时间, several times等时间状语以及 连用(与since和for连用时,动作常会继续下去)。
持续
延续性
since + 时间点
for + 时间段
1. All these days he has been writing articles to our magazine.
2. He has been promising to help you. Hasn’t he done it?
3. I _______________ (take) part in races for about four years.
4. Jack _______________ (phone) Jane every night for the last week.
②表示动作并不是一直不停地进行,而是在断断续续地 。
have been taking
has been phoning
The usage of the tense (2)
重复
1. Tom has always been working hard.
2. You have been coughing a lot lately!
3. What have you been doing to my dictionary?
③带有 ,使语言表达更加生动。
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