直接引述别人的原话叫直接引语;用自己的话转述别人的话,叫间接引语。间接引语的实质就是宾语从句。直接引语变为间接引语时应注意以下四个问题。 一. 连词的选择 1. 直接引语为陈述句时,间接引语用that连接(that可以省略)。 He says, “I will have a try.” →He says(that)he will have a try. 2. 直接引语为一般疑问句、选择疑问句或反意疑问句时,间接引语用if/whether连接。 He asked me, “Have you finished you work?” →He asked me if/whether I had finished my work. 3. 直接引语为特殊疑问句时,间接引语由原句中的特殊疑问词连接。注意:此时的间接引语已变成由特殊疑问词引导的宾语从句,故从句应用陈述语序。 Sue asked me, “Where do you live?” →Sue asked me where I lived. 4. 直接引语为祈使句时,间接引语则变成一个不定式短语(否定式则在其前加not),同时根据语气选用适当的谓语动词,如:ask,tell,order等。 He said to me, “Pass me the ruler, please.” →He asked me to pass him the ruler. 5. 直接引语为感叹句时,间接引语由原句中的what/how连接,语序不变。 John said, “What a beautiful day it is!” →John said what a beautiful day it was. 二. 时态的变化 当引述动词(即引起间接引语的动词)为过去时态时,间接引语的时态一般往前推一步。时态变化和举例如下: 一般现在时→一般过去时 现在进行时→过去进行时 一般将来时→过去将来时 过去时/现在完成时/过去完成时→过去完成时 Li Lei said, “I’m sure about it.” →Li Lei said that he was sure about it . Helen said, “I’ve finished writing the report.” →Helen said that she had finished writing the report. 注意:表示不变的真理和事实或引语中有时间状语时,间接引语中的动词时态不变。 Mr. Brown said to us, “The earth goes around the sun.” →Mr. brown told us that the earth goes around the sun. The Smiths said, “We came in 1998.” →The Smiths said that they came in 1998. 三. 指示代词、时间/地点状语和方向动词的变化 直接引语 | 间接引语 | 直接引语 | 间接引语 | now | →then | last week | →the week before | today | →that day | next week | →the next week | yesterday | →the day before | here | →there | tomorrow | →the next day | this | →that | ago | →before | these | →those | this week | →that week | come | →go | Sam said to me, “Come to my house tomorrow.” →Sam asked me to go to his house the next day. Read said to me, “We visited the Great Wall last week.” →Read told me that they had visited the Great Wall the week before. 四. 语态的变化 直接引语改为间接引语,时态须作相应变化,但语态不变。 The shopkeeper said, “This book has been sold out.” →The shopkeeper said(that)that book had been sold out. |
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