I've just met simon. - oh, how is he? а. do you; б. have you; в. didn’t you; г. aren’t you.

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Б.. тут же present perfect

A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes he’s lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says: "Yes. You're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."

"Well," sas the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but It's of no use to anyone."

The man below replies, "You must w√√ork in management."

"I do," replies the balloonist, *"But how'd you know?"

"Well", says the man, "you don’t know where you are or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. 

По-моему это просто упростили его слова, сделав фразу короче и понятнее

вот, что нашла за 30 минут поиска: 
Because if the territory were the meaning of the map, it would be impossible to say what the meaning of any particular map were if that map did not correspond to any territory -- i.e. any picture that could not be compared with what it was supposedly a picture of would be without meaning. - Поскольку, если бы территория была смыслом карты, невозможно было бы сказать, каково значение какой-либо конкретной карты, если бы эта карта не соответствовала какой-либо территории, то есть любая картина, которую нельзя было бы сравнить с тем, что она якобы была картина была бы без смысла.