1、 直接引语和间接引语一. 定义交际中我们常常需要引述别人说的话,一种是一字不差地直接引用别人的话,放在引号内,称为直接引语(The Direct Speech), 另一种是间接地引述别人的话,称为间接引语( The Indirect Speech)。例如:He said, “I will choose a book from my students.” 他说:“我将为学生选一本书。”= He said that he would choose a book from his student. 他说他将为学生选一本书。二. 直接引语与间接引语的转化1. 标点符号的变化:He said to me
2、, “Dont live in London!” = He told me not to live in London.2. 语序的变化: 疑问语序变为陈述语序。He said to me, “Do you live in London?”= He asked me if/whether I lived in London.3. 动词的变化: say (to) 在陈述句中多变为tell等词,在疑问句中多变为ask等词,在祈使句中表示命令多变为tell, order等词,表请求时多变为ask等词。He said to me, “Could you please live in London?”
3、= He asked me if/whether I could live in London. = He asked me to live in London.4. 连接词的变化:连接词1. 陈述句用that连接He said to me, “I live in London.”= He told me that he lived in London. 2. 一般(选择,反意)疑问句用if或whether连接 l He said to me, “Do you live in London?” = He asked me if/whether I lived in London.l He as
4、ked me, “Do you live in London or Paris?”= He asked me if/whether I lived in London or Paris.l He asked me, “You live in London, dont you?”= He asked me if/whether I lived in London.3. 特殊疑问句仍用原来的特殊疑问词连接 He said to me, “When do you live in London?”= He asked me when I lived in London.5. 时态的变化:时态变化1.
5、如果主句中的谓语动词是一般现在时态,间接引语中的动词时态保持不变。 l He says, “I live in London.”= He says that he lives in London.l He says, “I have lived in London for years.”= He says that he has lived in London for years.2. 如果主句中的谓语动词是过去时态,间接引语中的动词时态作如下变化:一般现在时-一般过去时一般将来时-过去将来时现在完成时-过去完成时现在进行时-过去进行时一般过去时-过去完成时l He said, “I live
6、 in London.” = He said that he lived in London.l He said, “I am living in London now.”= He said that he was living in London then.l He said, “I will live in London next year.”= He said that he would live in London the next year.l He said, “I lived in London for years.”= He said that he had lived in
7、London for years.3. 但是过去进行时,过去完成时,过去将来时保持不变。l He said, “When I saw her, she was living in London.”= He said that when he saw her she was living in London.l He said, “When I got to London, she had lived there for years.”= He said that when he got to London, she had lived there for years.4. 表示过去具体年份的状
8、语不变。l He said, “I was born in 1956.”= He said that he was born in 1956.5. 表示真理,格言,谚语等不受时间限制的句子不变。l He said, “The earth turns around the sun.”= He said that the earth turns around the sun. 6. 强调所谈情况仍然存在时不变。l She said that the bus leaves at 5:40. (公交车尚未开走)l He told me that he works as a teacher. (现在仍是
9、教师)7. could, would, should, neednt, had better, ought to, used to等情态动词不变。l He said, “I would like to live in London.”= He said that he would like to live in London.l He said, “I used to live in London.”= He said that he used to live in London. 6. 人称代词的变化:人称代词变化1. 一主(根据引号外的主语变换引号内的人称代词)l Tom said to
10、Kate, “I have finished my homework.”= Tom and Kate that he had already finished his homework.2. 二宾(根据引号外的宾语变换引号内的人称代词)l Tom said to Kate, “You speak English better than me.”= Tom told Kate that she spoke English better than him.3. 三不变(第三人称不变)l Tom asked Mike, “Does she often come to school late?”= T
11、om asked Mike if/whether she often went to school late. 7. 指示代词,地点副词,动词, 时间状语的变化指示代词,地点副词,动词变化1. 指示代词的变化:thisthat thesethosel He said to me, “Ive known you since you came to this place.”= He told me that he had known me since I went to that place.l He said to me, “Will you come here today or tomorro
12、w?”= He asked me if I would go there that day or the next day.l He said to me, “Did you come yesterday, a few days ago or last Sunday?” =He asked me if I had gone the day before, a few days before or the Sunday before. l She said, “Ill bring you this book next month.”=She said that he would go there
13、 again that night.l She said, “He will come here again tonight.”= She said that he would go there again that night.l He asked me, “Did you leave London yesterday morning or the day before yesterday?”= He asked me if I had left London the morning before or two days before.2. 地点副词的变化:herethere nowthen3. 动词的变化:comego bringtake4. 时间状语的变化:todaythat day tonightthat nightyesterdaythe day beforeyesterday morningthe morning beforelast weekthe week beforenext weekthe next weektomorrowthe next daytomorrow morningthe next morning3 days ago3 days beforethe day after tomorrowin 2 days time