- What can you know about movies? You can't tell good ones from bad ones: you never even go to the cinema.
- Why, I've been to the cinema one hundred thousand times!
(which means: "I am not worse at understanding movies than you are.")
Или таким:
- Honey, where are we going today? Wouldn't you like to go to the cinema with me?
- I've been to cinema one hundred thousand times!
(which means: "Think of something better, darling. I'm fed up with your movies.")
(11) - если это не вопрос к рассказу, то это перфект. Подразумевается: "И что, мне теперь нечего есть?"
- Has he eaten all the soup?
(which means: "And there's nothing left for me?")
(14) - такой же случай, какой разбирался выше про человека, похоронившего восемь жен. "He's been married four times". Теперь придумайте сами, что может иметь в виду человек, говорящий такие слова:
1. I have washed my hands.
2. He has come back from Paris.
3. He has gone to Poland.
4. We have already written them two letters.
5. He has slept well.
6. She has had a nightmare.
7. I haven't written the address on the envelope.
8. You haven't salted the soup.
9. I haven't spoken to him.
10. He has smoked all my cigarettes.
11. Have you walked the dog?
12. He has broken the iron.
Вот примерные варианты, но у вас, конечно, могут быть сотни других:
1. I hope I can go to table now.
2. You can go see him if you want to.
3. We can't get in touch with him right now.
4. Now we can expect them to reply.
5. He'll be able to work properly today.
6. She is very nervous.
7. I can't mail this letter yet.
8. I can't eat it.
9. I don't know his opinion.
10. I have nothing to smoke.
11. Do I have to walk him now?
12. He can't iron his shirt.
Наоборот, постарайтесь выразить следующие контексты одной фразой в перфекте.
Например:
Very soon I'll have a lot of money, 'cause I'm coming into legacy =
= My rich uncle has died.
или
What more explanation do you need? =
= I've already explained it to you one hundred times.
1. There's a lot of dirty dishes in the sink.
2. Are you going to take the garbage out?
3. He won't be able to use his left hand for a few weeks.
4. I can recite this poem by heart.
5. I am looking for my dog.
6. Don't make such a noise, you're going to wake your mother up.
7. She was pretty, but now she looks so ugly.
8. There's milk on the floor.
9. Do you have to buy a new pair of spectacles now?
10. Where is your test-paper?
11. Can you describe the Eiffel Tower to me?
12. I can't speak to him about it again.
