Question

Read and translate the joke. Mind the use of the Present Perfect Continuous Tense. «I hear you have a little sister?» a gentleman asked a small boy. «Yes», answered the boy. «Do you like her?» wondered the gentleman. «I’d like to have a brother so that we could play football and other games together», said the boy. «Then can’t you exchange her for a boy?» the gentleman replied. «It’s too late now. W e’ve been using her four days», sighed the boy.

Answer 1

Ответ:

Объяснение:

«Я слышал, у тебя есть младшая сестра?» - спросил джентльмен маленького мальчика.

«Да»,- ответил мальчик.

"Она тебе нравится?" - задал вопрос джентльмен.

«Я бы хотел иметь брата, чтобы мы могли играть в футбол и другие игры вместе »,- сказал мальчик.

«Тогда не можешь ты обменять её на мальчика? » - ответил джентльмен.

"Слишком поздно сейчас. Мы пользуемся ею уже четыре дня »,- вздохнул мальчик.

Answer 2

In the joke, the Present Perfect Continuous Tense is used to indicate an action that started in the past and has continued up to the present or has just recently ended. Let's break it down:

"I hear you have a little sister?" a gentleman asked a small boy. (Here, the gentleman is asking about the boy's sister in the Present Simple tense.)

"Yes," answered the boy. (Boy's response in the Present Simple tense.)

"Do you like her?" wondered the gentleman. (Another question in the Present Simple tense.)

"I’d like to have a brother so that we could play football and other games together," said the boy. (Here, the boy uses the Present Simple tense to express his desire for a brother.)

"Then can’t you exchange her for a boy?" the gentleman replied. (The gentleman suggests exchanging the sister for a brother using the Present Simple tense.)

"It’s too late now. We’ve been using her for four days," sighed the boy. (In this sentence, the boy uses the Present Perfect Continuous Tense: "We've been using her." This tense suggests that the action of "using" the sister started in the past and has continued up to the present. The boy is humorously referring to the time spent with his sister as if she were a tool or object.)

The humor in the joke comes from the boy's use of the Present Perfect Continuous Tense to humorously emphasize the idea that they have been "using" his sister for four days, as if she were something they could exchange.