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Unit3 Learning About Language
直接引语和间接引语
(Direct speech&Indirect speech)
目录
含义
互相转换
祈使句的直接引语与间接引语的变换
例题精选
一、含义
引用或转述别人的话时有两种方法:
(1)放在引号内,不用连词连接,直接引述别人的原话称为直接引语(Direct Speech)。
(2)不用引号,通常用连词连接主句,用自己的话转述别人的话,称为间接引语(Indirect Speech),间接引语在多数情况下构成宾语从句。
Li Hua said, “I am proud of my motherland.”李华说:“我为我的祖国感到自豪。”(直接引语)
Li Hua said that he was proud of his motherland.李华说他为他的祖国感到自豪。(宾语从句是间接引语)
二、直接引语与间接引语的转换
间接引语比直接引语使用起来更加灵活,而且还可以达到委婉、礼貌等交际目的,因此在语言交际中间接引语比直接引语更加常用。使用间接引语时,所转述的信息要便于听者理解,这就要求说话人根据时间、地点、指代关系等语境因素的变化,对直接引语中的部分词语在语言形式上进行必要的变化。
1. 人称的变化
直接引语中的人称代词在转化为间接引语时要有相应的变化。一般遵循“一随主,二随宾,第三人称不更新”的原则。
一随主:直接引语中出现的第一人称代词要按照引述动词的主语的人称变化。
二随宾:直接引语中出现的第二人称代词要按引述动同的宾语的人称变化;若引述动词后没有宾语,也可用第一人称。
第三人称不更新:直接引语中出现的第三人称代词一般不需要变化。
He said, “I like the film very much.”
→ He said that he liked film very much.
他说他非常喜欢这部电影。
She said, “My brother wants to go with me. ”
→ She said that her brother wanted to go with her.
她说她弟弟想跟她一起去。
He said to me, “Are you coming tomorrow?”
→He asked me if I was coming the next day.
他问我第二天是否要来。
The librarian said, “You may have this book for one week.”
→The librarian said that I might have that book for one week.
图书馆管理员说那本书我可以借一个星期。
Mr Smith said, “Jack is a good workmate.”
→Mr Smith said that Jack was a good workmate.
史密斯先生说杰克是个不错的同事。
2. 时态的变化
(1) 时态变化如下:
一般现在时→ 一般过去时
现在进行时→过去进行时
现在完成时→ 过去完成时
般过去时→ 过去完成时
过去完成时→ 不变
一般将来时→ 过去将来时
"I never get up before 8 a.m. on Sundays," said he.
→ He said that he never got up before 8 a.m. on Sundays.
他说他星期天上午8点之前从不起床。
Lisa said, “My brother is doing his homework.”
→ Lisa said that her brother was doing his homework.
莉萨说她弟弟正在做作业。
Tom said, “I have not heard from Jim since February."
→Tom said that he had not heard from Jim since February.
汤姆说自从二月份以来他就没收到过吉姆的信。
The mother said to her