说出持续了多长时间
能说出以前开始、现在还在继续的事情已经持续了多长时间。
标注的核心时长。核心模块中有两项未标注时长,因此实际课时比总和更长。
语法
4 分钟完成时也能回答“多长时间”——讲的是过去开始、一直持续到现在的事。
| I have lived here for five years. | 我在这里住了五年了(现在还住在这里)。 |
| She has worked here since 2020. | 她从2020年起就在这里工作。 |
| How long have you known him? | 你认识他多久了? |
for 和 since 分担同一件事:
| 后面接什么 | 例子 | |
|---|---|---|
| for | 一段时间 | for two hours, for five years, for a long time |
| since | 起点 | since Monday, since 2020, since I was a child |
检验方法:如果能问“多长时间”,就用 for;如果能问“从什么时候起”,就用 since。
中文母语者的常见错误
已针对你的语言编写用现在时代替完成时。
✗ I live here for five years
✓ I have lived here for five years
。这是本级别最主要的错误。 汉语说“我在这里住了五年了”,动词本身不变,所以很容易只用现在时。英语的看法不同:既然是从过去开始算的,就要用完成时。换成 I lived here for five years,意思又变了:你现在已经不住在这里了。
用 from 代替 since,用 since 代替 for。
✗ I've worked here from 2020 → ✓ I've worked here since 2020;✗ since five years → ✓ for five years。 “从2020年起”的“从”容易译成 from,“五年以来”的“以来”又容易译成 since。 since 后面只接起点,for 后面接一段时间。
How long time。
✗ How long time you live here?
✓ How long have you lived here?
“多长时间”里的“时间”不用译出来:how long 本身就是“多长时间”。这里同样要用完成时, have 放在主语前面。
发音
3 分钟for 不重读,读 /fə/,后面是元音时要和下一个词连读: for an hour 读作 /fərənˈaʊə/,连成一串,中间不停顿。
since 读 /sɪns/,末尾的 /s/ 要清楚,但后面不要加元音。
课文
3 分钟How long have you lived in Shanghai?
I've lived here for twelve years. I came when I was twenty.
And how long have you worked for this company?
Since March. I've only worked here for a few months.
Have you known Tom for a long time?
Yes, since we were at school.
练习
8–10 分钟1. 填空。
- five years
- 2020
- Monday
- a long time
- I was a child
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2. 填空。
- I (live) here for five years
- She (work) here since March
- How long you (know) him?
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3. 改错。
- I live here for five years.
- I've worked here since two months.
- How long time you live here?
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4. 配对。
- three days
- a week
- Monday
- 2019
- I was a child
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小结
本课已学:表示持续时间的完成时,for 和 since 的区别,How long…? 疑问句。下一课——第6课:复习第1–5课。
核心内容结束
完成练习后即视为课程结束。此后的内容均为可选。
可选
词卡词汇
12 词- since /sɪns/ 自从,从(某个时候)以来
- how long /haʊ ˈlɒŋ/ 多长时间,多久
- month /mʌnθ/ 月,月份
- a few /ə ˈfjuː/ 几个,一些
- a long time /ə lɒŋ ˈtaɪm/ 很长时间,很久
- company /ˈkʌmpəni/ 公司
- child /tʃaɪld/ 孩子
- childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ 童年
- know /nəʊ/ 知道,认识
- known /nəʊn/ 知道了,认识了(know 的第三种形式)
- married /ˈmærid/ 已婚
- own /əʊn/ 自己的
写作
写三个句子:你在自己的城市住了多久,在现在的工作单位工作了多久,认识你的朋友多久了。
范例: I've lived in Shanghai for twelve years. I've worked for this company since March. I've known Tom since we were at school.
检查清单:用的是完成时,而不是现在时吗?for 后面是一段时间,since 后面是起点吗?