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一、直接引語和間接引語的定義
1. 直接引語:別人直接說的話,一般直接放在引號內(nèi)。如:
(1) My mother told me, “You should finish your homework first, then
you can play with your friends.”
(2) Our teacher said, “Class is over, we should have a rest.”
2. 間接引語:用自己的話加以轉(zhuǎn)述,被轉(zhuǎn)述的話不放在引號內(nèi)。上面兩個例句變成間接引語應(yīng)該是:
(1) My mother told me that I should finish my homework first and
then I could go out and play with my friends.
(2) Our teacher said class was over and we should have a
rest.
二、直接引語與間接引語的變化
直接引語變成間接引語時,由于引述動詞(said,told等)一般都是過去時形式,因此間接引語中的動詞時態(tài)、人稱代詞、限定詞、時間狀語、地點(diǎn)狀語等一般都要做相應(yīng)的變化。有下面幾種情況:
1. 現(xiàn)在時間推移到過去時間
所謂現(xiàn)在時間推移到過去時間指一般現(xiàn)在時變?yōu)橐话氵^去時,現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時變成過去進(jìn)行時,現(xiàn)在完成時變成過去完成時。例如:
She said, “I am hungry.” → She said (that) she was hungry.
Vince said, “I have found what’s wrong with the computer.” → Vince
said he had found what was wrong with the computer.
在下列場合,盡管陳述動詞為過去時形式,間接引語中的動詞時態(tài)卻不必改變,即:
(1) 當(dāng)引述的是客觀事實(shí)、科學(xué)真理、現(xiàn)在習(xí)慣工作以及格言等內(nèi)容時:
He said, “The word ‘laser’ is an acronym(首字母縮略詞).” → He said the
word ‘laser’ is an acronym.
(2) 當(dāng)動詞所表示的狀態(tài)或動作在引述時仍在繼續(xù)時:
“I’m forty,” he said. → He said he is forty.
(3) 當(dāng)謂語動詞包含無過去時形式的情態(tài)助動詞時:
He said, “It must be pretty late. I really must go.” → He said it
must be pretty late, and he really must go.
He said, “You mustn’t smoke in the room.”→ He said I mustn’t smoke
in the room.
2. 過去時間推移到過去的過去
這里需要注意以下幾點(diǎn):
(1) 當(dāng)強(qiáng)調(diào)動作或狀態(tài)先于引述動詞時,一般過去時要變成過去完成體。例如:
He said, “I didn’t know you.” → He said he hadn’t known me.
當(dāng)“過去的過去”已經(jīng)不言自明,或者通過其他詞匯手段予以體現(xiàn),或者側(cè)重于強(qiáng)調(diào)所轉(zhuǎn)述的事實(shí)本身時,一般過去時形式可以不變。例如:
Ann said, “She was born in
1981.” → Ann said she was born in 1981.
(2) 過去進(jìn)行時可以變成過去完成進(jìn)行時,也可以不變。例如:
Robert said, “I was joking with Mary.”
→ Robert said he had been joking with Mary.
Robert said he was joking with Mary.
(3) 過去完成時仍為過去完成時,不需改變。例如:
He said, “We hadn’t returned to the store when she came.”
→ He said they hadn’t returned to the store when she came.
(4) 時間狀語分句中的一般過去式或者過去進(jìn)行時可以不變。例如:
John said, “When I lived in London I often saw Jane.”
→ John said when he lived in London he had often seen Jane.
3. 將來時間推移到過去將來時間
最常見的是把表示將來時間的助動詞由現(xiàn)在時形式變?yōu)檫^去時形式。例如:
He said, “We’re spending next weekend at home.”
→ He said they were spending the next weekend at home.
They said, “We’re going to Hawaii this summer vacation.”
→ They said they were going to Hawaii that summer vacation.
但是,在引述時,如果原話中的動作或者狀態(tài)屬于尚未到來的將來時間,那么,可以不推移到過去將來時間。例如:
He said, “I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow.” → He said he will be
waiting for me tomorrow.
4. 人稱代詞、限定詞、時間狀語、地點(diǎn)狀語的變化
由上面的例子可以看出,當(dāng)直接引語變成間接引語時,除動詞時態(tài)變化外,人稱代詞、限定詞、時間狀語、地點(diǎn)狀語等通常也作相應(yīng)的變化。
(1) 人稱代詞,除引述本人原話外,通常第一、二人稱變?yōu)榈谌朔Q,或者第二人稱變?yōu)榈谝蝗朔Q;限定詞也作相應(yīng)的變化。例如:
He said, “We love our country.” → He said they love their
county.
(2)
指示代詞this,these分別變成that/it,those/they或them;指示限定詞this,those通常變?yōu)閠hat,those或the。例如:
“This house is very expensive,” she said. → She said that house was
very expensive.
(3) 時間狀語在間接引語中的變化有三種情況:
a. 時間狀語和動詞時態(tài)兩者都變。例如:
He said, “It was completes a
year ago.” → He said it had been completed a year before.
b. 時間狀語不變,動詞時態(tài)可變可不變。例如:
She said, “We left Paris at 8 a.m.”
→ She said they had left Paris at 8 a.m.
She said they left Paris at 8 a.m.
c. 時間狀語變與不變需視具體情況而定,如果引述時間和說話時間(如同一年、同一月、同一天等),時間狀語可不變。例如:
Mr. Black said, “We started learning Chinese last month.”
→ Mr. Black said they had
started learning Chinese last month. (同一月引述)
→ Mr. Black said they had
started learning Chinese the previous month.
(可在同一月引述,也可不在同一月引述)
直接引語
間接引語
today
that day
this
morning/afternoon
that morning/afternoon
yesterday
the day before, the previous day
(the) day before
yesterday
two days before
tomorrow
the next day, the following day
(the) day after
tomorrow
two days after, in two days’ time
next
week/month
the next week/month
last
week/month
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