由直接引语变为间接引语,分以下情况:
1. 直接引语是陈述句时
间接引语为that引导的宾语从句(口语中that可以省略),
主句的引述动词主要有say ,tell, repeat, explain,
think等。
He said , "You are younger than I."-’He said
(that ) I was younger than him.
2.直接引语是疑问句时
间接引语为陈述语序:主句的谓语动词say 改为ask,或改为
wonder, do not know, want to know, be not sure,
be puzzled等。
(1) 一般疑问句或反意疑问句变为if (whether)引导的宾
语从句。
She said, "Do you often come here to read
newspapers?"
→She asked me if (或whether)I often went there
to read newspapers.
She asked me , "You have seen the film, haven’t
you?"
→She asked me whether(或if )I had seen the film.
(2) 选择疑问句变为whether….or 宾语从句。
I asked him, "Will you stay at home or go to a
film tonight?"
→I asked him whether he would stay at home or go
to a film that night.
(3)特殊疑问句变为由原来的疑问词引导的宾语从句。
He asked , "Where do you live?"
→He asked me where I lived.
3.直接引语是祈使句时
间接引语为不定式,作ask , tell, beg, order, warn,
advise等动词的宾语补足语(don’t 变为not ).
The teacher said to the boy, "Open the window."→
The teacher told the boy to open the window.
His father said to him , "Don’t leave the door
open."→His father told him not to leave the door
open.
[注意]
(1) 有些表示建议、提议、劝告或要求的祈使句,可以用
suggest ,insist等动词 加以转述。例如:
He said, "Let’s go to the theatre."
→He suggested (our )going to the theatre.或He
suggested that we(should) go to the theatre.
(2) "Would you mind opening the window?" he
asked.
→He asked me to open the window.
"Why don’t you take a walk after supper?" he
asked .
→he advised me to take a walk after supper.
"Shall we listen to the music?" he asked.
→He suggested listening to the music.
4.直接引语是感叹句时
间接引语为what 或how 引导,也可以用that 引导。
She said, "What a lovely day it is !"
→She said what a lovely day it was .或She said
that it was a lovely day.
5.如果主句谓语动词为各种现在时或一般将来时,则间接引
语中的动词仍保持直接引语原来时态。如果主句谓语动词为
过去时,间接引语中的动词时态按下列变化:
(1) 一般现在时变为一般过去时
(2) 现在进行时变为过去进行时
(3) 一般将来时变为过去将来时
(4) 现在完成时变为过去完成时
(5) 一般过去时变为过去完成时
(6) 过去完成时不变,仍为过去完成时
[注意]
(1) 如果直接引语是表示客观真理时,变为间接引语,一
般现在时不改为一般过去时。如:
The teacher said "The earth goes round the sun."
→The teacher said that the earth goes round the
sun.
(2) 如果直接引语中有明确表示过时间的状语,变为间接
引语时,一般过去时不改为过去完成时。如:
He said to me, "I was born in 1973."
→He told me that he was born in 1973.
(3)如果直接引语所述事实在当时和目前同样生效,变为间接
宾语时,一般现在时不改为一般过去时。如:
He said, "I’m a boy, not a girl."