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引述某人的话一般采用两种形式:
一种是直接引语(Direct Speech),即原封不动地引用原话,把它放在引号内;
另一种是间接引语(Indirect Speech),即用自己的话加以转述,被转述的内容不放在引号内。间接引语在大多数情况下构成宾语从句。
学习直接引语变间接引语时,我们需要注意四点变化:
★ 人称变化 ★
直接引语转换为间接引语时,代词要根据说话人所处的立场而进行适当的改变。
人称代词的变化
①当主句的主语是第一人称时,引语中的人称代词不变。如:
I said, “You are the first to reach here today.”
→I said that you were the first to reach there that day.
②当直接引语中主语是第一人称时,改写后的间接引语的主语人称与主句中的主语人称一致。如:
Linda said to Tim, “I’ll go there with you.”
→Linda told Tim that she would go there with him.
③当直接引语中主语是第二人称时,改写后的间接引语的主语人称和主句宾语一致。如:
Her husband said to her, “Where did you put my coat?”
→Her husband asked her where she had put his coat.
提示:
如果主句中无宾语,改写时应根据语境或想象,自行添加适当的宾语;如果直接引语中有呼语,则在改写间接引语时变为主句的宾语。如:
“Why do you cry again, Carol?” asked the teacher.
→The teacher asked Carol why she cried again.
④当直接引语中主语是第三人称时,改写时不发生变化。如:
He said to Tom, “She can help them.”
→He told Tom that she could help them.
物主代词的变化
改写时,句中的物主代词也要随句子的具体情况而发生改变。如:
“Have you found your handbag?” Father said to me.
→Father asked me whether I had found my handbag.
指示代词的变化
一般情况下,指示代词this改成that,these改为those。如:
He said to me, “I don’t like these coats.”
→He told me that he didn’t like those coats.
★ 时态变化 ★
直接引语转换为间接引语时,宾语从句中的谓语一般要转换成与直接引语相对应的过去的时态。
当然,若直接引语使用了过去完成时,转换时就不需要再作改变了。
但在下列情况下,间接引语中的谓语动词时态可以保持不变。
1. 主句为现在时或将来时。如:
He says, “I have won the competition held in my school.”
→He says he has won the competition held in his school.
2. 间接引语表示的是现在的习惯动作、科学真理、客观事实、格言等。如:
The professor said to the students, “The sun always rises in the east.”
→The professor told the students that the sun always rises in the east.
3. 间接引语中动词表示的动作说话时仍在进行或状态仍然存在。如:
Just now Mrs Smith said, “My husband is in Beijing today.”
→Mrs Smith told me just now that her husband is in Beijing today.
4. 间接引语中有明确的过去时间状语,仍可用一般过去时,不必改为过去完成时。如:
The lady said, “I first met the man in 2015.”
→The lady said that she first met the man in 2015.
★ 状语变化 ★
直接引语转换间接引语,状语变化有其内在规律。
时间状语由“现在”改为“原来”,如now改为then,today改为that day,yesterday改为the day before,tomorrow改为the next da