第1个回答 2014-01-14
直接引语变间接引语时态六不变
(1)直接引语如果叙述客观真理,变为间接引语时,时态不变。
He said, “Light travels much faster than sound.”
→ He said that light travels much faster than sound.
(2) 直接引语中有明确表示过去时间的状语,在变为间接引语时,一般过去时通常不变。
He said, “I was born in 1990 in Beijing”.
→ He said that he was born in 1990 in Beijing.
(3) 主句的谓语是一般现在时,直接引语变为间接引语时,时态通常不变。
He says , “Tom is good at Chinese.”
→ He says that Tom is good at Chinese.
(4)直接引语有以since或when引导的表示过去时间的状语从句,在变为间接引语时,状语从句中的一般过去时不变,但主句的谓语动词则要改为过去完成时。
She said, “I've worked here since I finished school.”
→ She said that she had worked here since she finished school.
(5) 在含有时间状语从句的直接引语中,主句的谓语为过去进行时、过去完成时或过去将来时,在变为间接引语时这些时态通常不变。
He said, “I was watching TV when she came in.”
→ He said that he was watching TV when she came in.
(6) 当直接引语表示的是名人名言或谚语时,变为间接引语时态不变。
He said, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
→ He said where there is a will, there is a way.