牛津實用英語語法:193 現在完成進行時進一步舉例

　　A：I havent seen your brother lately.Has be gone away?

　　甲：我近來一直沒有見到過你的兄弟。他是不是到別的地方去了?

　　B：Yes，hes/he has been sent to America.

　　乙：是的，他被派到美國去了。

　　A：When did he go?

　　甲：他什么時候走的?

　　B：He went last month.

　　乙：他是上個月走的。

　　A：Have you had any letters from him?

　　甲：你收到他的來信了嗎?

　　B：I havent，but his wife has been hearing from him regularly.

　　乙：我沒有收到，但他的妻子常收到他的來信。

　　A：Does she intend to go out and join him?

　　甲：她想出去跟他團聚嗎?

　　B：Theyve been thinking about it but havent quite decided yet.Unfortu-nately theyve had a lot of expense lately and perhaps havent got themoney for her fare.

　　乙：他們正在考慮這件事，可還沒有最后決定。但是不巧得很，最近他們開銷很大，也許沒有錢給她買票。

　　Tom：What have you done with my knife?

　　湯姆：你怎么動我的小刀了?(你把我的小刀放在哪里了?)

　　Ann：I put it back in your drawer.

　　安：我把它放回你的抽屜里了。

　　Tom(taking it out)：But what have you been doing with it?The blades alltwisted!Have you been using it to open tins?

　　湯姆(拿出小刀)：可你用這刀子干什么來著?刃都卷了!你用它開罐頭了吧?

　　A：Do you see those people on that little sandy island?Theyve been wav-ing handkerchiefs for the last half hour.I wonder why.

　　甲：你看見小沙洲上的那些人了嗎?半小時了，他們一直揮舞著手絹。我不知是怎么回事。

　　B：They need help.The tides coming in and very soon that little islandwill be under water.Have you been sitting here calmly and doing noth-ing to help them?

　　乙：他們需要救援。潮水正在上漲，不一會兒那小島就要被淹沒。你難道一直在這里無動于衷地坐視不救嗎?

　　A：Ive never been here before.I didnt know about the tides.

　　甲：我以前從來沒來過這里。我不了解潮水的情況。

　　A：I havent seen your brother lately.Has be gone away?

　　甲：我近來一直沒有見到過你的兄弟。他是不是到別的地方去了?

　　B：Yes，hes/he has been sent to America.

　　乙：是的，他被派到美國去了。

　　A：When did he go?

　　甲：他什么時候走的?

　　B：He went last month.

　　乙：他是上個月走的。

　　A：Have you had any letters from him?

　　甲：你收到他的來信了嗎?

　　B：I havent，but his wife has been hearing from him regularly.

　　乙：我沒有收到，但他的妻子常收到他的來信。

　　A：Does she intend to go out and join him?

　　甲：她想出去跟他團聚嗎?

　　B：Theyve been thinking about it but havent quite decided yet.Unfortu-nately theyve had a lot of expense lately and perhaps havent got themoney for her fare.

　　乙：他們正在考慮這件事，可還沒有最后決定。但是不巧得很，最近他們開銷很大，也許沒有錢給她買票。

　　Tom：What have you done with my knife?

　　湯姆：你怎么動我的小刀了?(你把我的小刀放在哪里了?)

　　Ann：I put it back in your drawer.

　　安：我把它放回你的抽屜里了。

　　Tom(taking it out)：But what have you been doing with it?The blades alltwisted!Have you been using it to open tins?

　　湯姆(拿出小刀)：可你用這刀子干什么來著?刃都卷了!你用它開罐頭了吧?

　　A：Do you see those people on that little sandy island?Theyve been wav-ing handkerchiefs for the last half hour.I wonder why.

　　甲：你看見小沙洲上的那些人了嗎?半小時了，他們一直揮舞著手絹。我不知是怎么回事。

　　B：They need help.The tides coming in and very soon that little islandwill be under water.Have you been sitting here calmly and doing noth-ing to help them?

　　乙：他們需要救援。潮水正在上漲，不一會兒那小島就要被淹沒。你難道一直在這里無動于衷地坐視不救嗎?

　　A：Ive never been here before.I didnt know about the tides.

　　甲：我以前從來沒來過這里。我不了解潮水的情況。