你收集贝壳多久了？How long have you been collecting shells?,

筹钱raise money for,

集邮   collect stamps,

 用尽 run out of,

顺便说一下by the way,

在 的路上on the way to,

对 感兴趣be interested in,

超过more than,  

over,

放风筝fly kites,

  开始上课start class,

  开办雪球仪收集者俱乐部start a snow globe collector's club,

  最普通的爱好the most common hobby,

  最不寻常的爱好the most unusual hobby,

   最有趣的爱好，the most interesting hobby,

 听音乐碟片listen to music videos,

 为慈善机构捐钱而举办的才艺展示organize a talent show to raise money for charity,

   额外的英语课extra English lessons,

 语言方面有问题have problems with the language,

  黑龙江的省会the capital of Heilongjiang Province,

   一个有着丰富多彩历史文化的有趣的城市an interesting city with a colorful history,

 三年半three and a half years ,

 three years and a half,

 一双滑冰鞋。a pair of skates,

一双鞋。a pair of shoes,

 一副眼镜a pair of glasses,

 一条裤子a pair of trousers,

 一条牛仔裤a pair of jeans,

一双溜冰鞋多少钱？How much is a pair of skates?

How much does a pair of skates cost?,

这双溜冰鞋多少钱？How much does this pair of skates cost?,

这些溜冰鞋多少钱？How much are the skates?

How much do the skates cost?,

  你滑冰有多长时间了？ How long have you been skating?,

我从九点一直滑到现在。I've been skating since nine o'clock,

我从四岁一直滑到现在。I've been skating since I was four years old,

  我一直滑了五小时 。I've been skating for five hours,

 我对中国的历史了解得越多， 我就越喜欢住在中国。The more I learn about Chinese history, the more I enjoy living in China,

这是你第一次参加滑冰马拉松吗？不，我去年参加了马拉松比赛。Was this your first skating marathon?  No, I skated in a marathon last year,

你什么时候买的第一双溜冰鞋？。When did you get your first pair of skates?,

艾莉森是第一个开始并且已经滑了整整5个小时。Alison was the first one to start and has been skating for the whole five hours,

我是在山顶学校滑冰马拉松上跟你说话的。I'm talking to you from the Hilltop School Skating Marathon,

每滑一个小时，每位学生可为慈善事业筹集10元钱。For every hour they skate, each student raises ten yuan for charity,

谢谢你送我的怪物雪球仪。事实上，我想它可能是我的最爱。Thanks for sending me the snow globe of the monster, In fact I think it's probably my favorite,

妈妈说我必须停止了，因为我们已经没有地方来存放他们了。My mom says I have to stop, because we've run out of room to store them,

我得到的第一个雪球仪是我十二岁生日得到的生日蛋糕雪球仪。The first one I ever got was a birthday cake snow globe on my twelfth birthday,

我特别喜欢动物雪球仪。如果你知道其他人收集他们的话，请告诉我们。I particularly love globes with animals,If you know anyone else who collects them, please tell me,

顺便问一下，你的爱好是什么？我对作家的工作感兴趣。By the way, what's your hobby? I'm interested in the job as a writer,

校报需要一个撰稿人。我们会给你一些不同的话题来选择。要得到这份工作，请回答这样四个问题。The school newspaper needs a writer,We will give you different topics to choose from,To get the job, please answer these four questions,

 你能想起多少中国朝代？How many Chinese dynasties can you think of?,

从其他国家历史中，你能记起一些著名人物吗？列个表。Can you think of famous characters from the history of other countries? Make a list,

 事实上，第一批犹太人可能在一千多年前就来到开封而且受到宋朝皇帝的欢迎。In fact, the first Jews probably came to Kaifeng more than a thousand years ago and were welcomed by the Song Emperor,

这个城市有欧洲文化的影响，而且哈尔滨的一些老建筑还是俄罗斯风格的。There is some European influence in the city, and some of the old buildings in Harbin are in Russian style,

对于一个像我一样的外国人来说，我对中国文化了解越多，我就越喜欢住在中国。For a foreigner like me, the more I learn about Chinese culture, the more I enjoy living in China,

尽管我住得离北京很远，但我相信2008年奥运会我一定在这儿。And although I live quite far from Beijing, I'm certain I will be here for the Olympic Games in two thousand and eight,

现在完成进行时：表示从过去某时开始到现在这一段时间里一直在延续的动作。

现在完成进行式结构：have, 或者has, +been doing

从那时起我一直在写这封信。I have been writing the letter since then,

动作从过去一直持续到现在还在继续

自从10年前我就收集邮票了I have been collecting stamps for ten years,

动作从过去一直现在还在收集。

你在这儿已经住了多长时间了。 How long have you been living here?,

“居住”动作从过去一直现在还在继续

现在完成进行时比现在完成时更强调动作的延续性：

如果没有时间强调，现在完成进行时表示动作仍在进行，现在完成时则表示动作已经结束，

现在完成进行时一般不适用于表状态的动词，而现在完成时则可：