3. The Big Bang Theory: Season
3, Episode 15
The Large Hadron Collision
(8 Feb. 2010)
Leonard can only bring one guest
on a trip to see CERN's Large
Hadron Collider (the world's largest
and highest energy particle
accelerator) in Switzerland on
Valentine's Day.
4. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's
largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. It
was built by the European Organization for Nuclear
Research (CERN) over a ten year period from 1998 to
2008, with the aim of allowing physicists to test the
predictions of different theories of particle physics
and high-energy physics, and particularly for the
existence of the hypothesized Higgs boson
6. Leonard: Sheldon, I’m not taking you to Switzerland.
Sheldon: Well, of course you are. Who else would you take?
Leonard: Penny.
Sheldon: What? That’s absurd. Penny has no interest in subatomic
particle research.
Leonard: Yes, but it’ll be Valentine’s Day. We can go sightseeing and
skiing and make love in front of a roaring fire in the shadow of the
snowcapped Alps.
Sheldon: But Penny has no interest in subatomic particle research.
Leonard: I’m sorry, Sheldon.
Sheldon: Sorry? I’ve been dreaming about going to the
Large Hadron Collider since I was nine years old.
Leonard: Yeah, well, I’ve been dreaming about spending
Valentine’s Day with a girl since I was six.
Sheldon: Shame on you! That’s no dream for a scientist!
7. Focus on meaning:
Sheldon
1. When did Sheldon start dreaming about going to the LHC?
2. Does he still dream about it?
3. He says “………………………………………..”
Leonard
1. When did he start dreaming about spending Valentine`s Day
with a girl?
2. Does he still dream about it?
3. He says “…………………………………………
8.
How long ....? Since.... For....
PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
9.
We use the Present Perfect Continuous to express
an activity that began in the past and is still
continuing now.
Sheldon: Sorry? I’ve been dreaming about going to
the Large Hadron Collider since I was nine years old.
Leonard: Yeah, well, I’ve been dreaming about
spending Valentine’s Day with a girl since I was six.
Unfinished past actions
continuing up to now
10.
SUBJ + HAVE/’VE + BEEN + -ING FORM
We have been waiting to use the phone for an hour.
We’ve been waiting to use the phone for an hour.
SUBJ + HAS/’S + BEEN + -ING FORM
Julia has been talking on the phone for an hour.
Julia’s been talking on the phone for an hour.
The structure of the present perfect
continuous tense
12.
For or since?
For
Ten years
About two weeks
20 minutes
-the length of time
Activity 1 Worksheet
Since
Last month
We met in Paris
Half past nine
- the beginning of the
time
13. FOR SINCE
TWO YEARS 2002
A MONTH THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
A FEW MINUTES AUGUST
HALF AN HOUR 8.00am
AGES CHRISTMAS
A LONG TIME I WAS BORN
14.
Non-action verbs
Remember that “Non-Action verbs” don’t take the
Continuous. (agree, be, believe, belong, depend,
forget, hate, hear, know, like, love, matter, mean,
need, prefer, realize, recognize, seem, suppose)
How long have you known each other?
They’ve been married for 20 years.
I have had a cold for two weeks.
She has been in England for six months.
15.
We use the Present Perfect Continuous to express
an activity that began in the past and is still continuing now.
I’ve been studying English for three years.
How long have you been working here?
'How long have you been waiting?' 'I've
been standing here for half an hour. These
buses never come.'
Unfinished actions
continuing up to now
17. Write a sentence for each of the following
situations, using the Present Perfect Continuous
and for or since.
She started her course a month ago and she
is still doing it.
She has been doing a course for a month.
I started reading this novel last weekend
and I’m still reading it.
I have been reading this novel since last
weekend.
1 It started raining at three o’clock and it is still raining.
2 He started playing chess when he was ten and he still plays it.
3 I started work at eight o’clock and I’m still working.
4 Helen started looking for another job two months ago and she’s
still looking.
5 We arrived here two hours ago and we’re still waiting.
18.
To say how we have been filling up our time up
to now:
For example, if you call a friend you haven’t
seen a while, the conversation might be:
A: What have you been doing? I haven’t seen you for a
couple of weeks.
B: I’ve been taking exams. (= he / she either just
finished or the exams are still in progress)
Recently, Lately
19.
What kinds movies have you been watching recently?
Would you recommend any?
What new TV series have you been watching that you
would recommend?
What are some of your favorite books, newspapers or
magazines that you have been reading lately?
Are there any blogs that you have been following?
What have you been doing with your free time recently?
Have you been getting enough exercise?
What has been happening in the news lately?
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