第1个回答 2007-02-22
一、若主句的谓语动词是一般过去式,那么间接引语中时态要变化;如果主句的谓语动词是一般现在时,从句时态无需变化.
若变化,如何变化?
往过去退一个时态
一般现在时→ →一般过去时
一般将来时→ →过去将来时
一般过去时→ →过去完成时
现在进行时→ →过去进行时
现在完成时→ →过去完成时
过去完成时→ →过去完成时
一般现在时→ → 一般过去时
He said, “I am not your friend.”
He said that he was not your friend.
一般过去时→ →过去完成时
He said, “Your young brother broke it.”
He said that my young brother had broken it.
现在完成时→ → 过去完成时
He said, “I have lived in Beijing since 1950.”
He said that he had lived in Beijing since 1950.
二、Exercise
“I have been to Beijing before”, said Liping.
→Liping said that he had been to Beijing before.
“What are you doing?”, the man asked me.
→The man asked me what I was doing.
“Will he visit Nanjing tomorrow?”, she wants to know.
→She wants to know if he will visit Nanjing the next day
“I read the newspaper.” said Mr Wu”
→Mr. Wu said that he had read the newspaper.
“The thief is running away”, said Mrs. Ma.
→Mrs. Ma said that the thief was running away.
“I am scared,” said the victim’s mother
→The victim’s mother said that she was scared.
“I’ve seen a man with blood on his shirt”, said Mrs. White
→Mrs. White said that she had seen a man with blood on his shirt.
“I will move to Moon Town”, said Mrs. Sun.
→Mrs. Sun said that she would move to Moon Town.
“We hope the police will catch the murderer soon”, people in Valley Town said
→People in Valley Town said that they hope the police would catch the murderer soon.
三、在下列情况下,即使主句谓语动词是一般过去时,从句中的时态也不变.
A.当从句中内容为客观真理时:
He said,” A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
→He said that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
He said,” Light travels much faster than sound.”
→He said that light travels much faster than sound.
B.一般过去时的句子中含有表示具体时间的状语时,时态可不变.
She said,” I was born in 1983.”
→She said that she was born in 1983.
C.过去完成时在间接引语中仍为过去完成时,与之联系使用的动词过去时不变“Another new hospital had been built when I went back to my home town last year.” he said.
→He said that another new hospital had been built when he went back to his home town the year before.