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单元 12: Moving and migration
Present perfect with 'for' and 'since'

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课程 2

In this unit we've already heard from people talking about our emotional move to the BBC World Service's new home. In this session we'll be looking at the grammar you can use to talk about this kind of experience: the present perfect with the words for and since. We'll also hear from someone who has worked at the BBC since 1991!

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练习题 2

How has the World Service changed?

"Whether you like it or not, you have to work with other colleagues"

In Session 1 there was a video with a few different people speaking about working at the BBC. One of them was Raymond Li, Editor of the Chinese Service at the BBC. He has worked at the BBC World Service for a long time - but how long exactly? Listen to him speak about his experience to find out.

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Raymond Li
Chinese Service Editor

My name is Raymond Li. I'm the Chinese Editor at the BBC World Service.  I've worked for the BBC since 1991.

I think the major change we have seen so far since moving to Broadcasting House is about collaboration and integration with other BBC production units. In the past we were working in more like a silo. But nowadays we are in a very big, open office and we are sitting together with other colleagues. So, whether you like it or not, you have to work together with other colleagues.

BBC Chinese Service has stopped producing radio programmes. Since then we have been focusing on producing online content. I would say the internet has changed radio broadcastingtremendously, in terms of the skills requirement for the radio producers or broadcasting journalists. 

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Did you get it? Raymond has worked at the BBC since 1991. So he's worked here for over 20 years!

To do

How much do you remember from the interview? Try this activity and answer the questions.

Questions about the Chinese Service

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So, you've heard about someone who has worked at the BBC for quite a long time. And he used the present perfect with since to talk about the experience. Remember this is to talk about what has happened from a particular moment in time.

Next, it's time to hear from someone who joined the organisation more recently. Listen to Sourena in the next activity and you'll work out the link between Iran, fashion and the BBC!

本课语法

  • The present perfect is often used to talk about situations that started in the past and are continuing now.

    We talk about how long using the words for and since.

    for = throughout (a period of time)

    They've been married for six months.

    since = from (an exact point in time) until now

    They've been married since March.

    We can also use present perfect + since + past simple.

    I haven't seen Tanya since we graduated.

    The present perfect is made with subject+have/has (positive) or haven't/hasn't (negative) +past participle.

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本课词汇

  • editor
    a person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a publication (for example, magazine, newspaper, radio programme)

    collaboration
    working together with someone to produce something

    integration
    (here) combining to work with others in an organisation

    silo
    (here) a department that operates separately from the other parts of an organisation

    online content
    the text, video and audio content that make up the user experience on the internet, including text, images, sounds, videos, and animations

    radio broadcasting
    one-way wireless transmission over radio waves designed to reach a wide audience

    tremendously
    (here) in a big way

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