引述某人的話一般采用兩種形式:
一種是直接引語(Direct Speech),即原封不動(dòng)地引用原話,把它放在引號(hào)內(nèi);
另一種是間接引語(Indirect Speech),即用自己的話加以轉(zhuǎn)述,被轉(zhuǎn)述的內(nèi)容不放在引號(hào)內(nèi)。間接引語在大多數(shù)情況下構(gòu)成賓語從句。
學(xué)習(xí)直接引語變間接引語時(shí),我們需要注意四點(diǎn)變化:
直接引語轉(zhuǎn)換為間接引語時(shí),代詞要根據(jù)說話人所處的立場而進(jìn)行適當(dāng)?shù)母淖儭?/p>
人稱代詞的變化
①當(dāng)主句的主語是第一人稱時(shí),引語中的人稱代詞不變。如:
I said, “You are the first to reach here today.”
→I said that you were the first to reach there that day.
②當(dāng)直接引語中主語是第一人稱時(shí),改寫后的間接引語的主語人稱與主句中的主語人稱一致。如:
Linda said to Tim, “I’ll go there with you.”
→Linda told Tim that she would go there with him.
③當(dāng)直接引語中主語是第二人稱時(shí),改寫后的間接引語的主語人稱和主句賓語一致。如:
Her husband said to her, “Where did you put my coat?”
→Her husband asked her where she had put his coat.
提示:
如果主句中無賓語,改寫時(shí)應(yīng)根據(jù)語境或想象,自行添加適當(dāng)?shù)馁e語;如果直接引語中有呼語,則在改寫間接引語時(shí)變?yōu)橹骶涞馁e語。如:
“Why do you cry again, Carol?” asked the teacher.
→The teacher asked Carol why she cried again.
④當(dāng)直接引語中主語是第三人稱時(shí),改寫時(shí)不發(fā)生變化。如:
He said to Tom, “She can help them.”
→He told Tom that she could help them.
物主代詞的變化
改寫時(shí),句中的物主代詞也要隨句子的具體情況而發(fā)生改變。如:
“Have you found your handbag?” Father said to me.
→Father asked me whether I had found my handbag.
指示代詞的變化
一般情況下,指示代詞this改成that,these改為those。如:
He said to me, “I don’t like these coats.”
→He told me that he didn’t like those coats.
直接引語轉(zhuǎn)換為間接引語時(shí),賓語從句中的謂語一般要轉(zhuǎn)換成與直接引語相對(duì)應(yīng)的過去的時(shí)態(tài)。
當(dāng)然,若直接引語使用了過去完成時(shí),轉(zhuǎn)換時(shí)就不需要再作改變了。
但在下列情況下,間接引語中的謂語動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)可以保持不變。
1. 主句為現(xiàn)在時(shí)或?qū)頃r(shí)。如:
He says, “I have won the competition held in my school.”
→He says he has won the competition held in his school.
2. 間接引語表示的是現(xiàn)在的習(xí)慣動(dòng)作、科學(xué)真理、客觀事實(shí)、格言等。如:
The professor said to the students, “The sun always rises in the east.”
→The professor told the students that the sun always rises in the east.
3. 間接引語中動(dòng)詞表示的動(dòng)作說話時(shí)仍在進(jìn)行或狀態(tài)仍然存在。如:
Just now Mrs Smith said, “My husband is in Beijing today.”
→Mrs Smith told me just now that her husband is in Beijing today.
4. 間接引語中有明確的過去時(shí)間狀語,仍可用一般過去時(shí),不必改為過去完成時(shí)。如:
The lady said, “I first met the man in 2015.”
→The lady said that she first met the man in 2015.
直接引語轉(zhuǎn)換間接引語,狀語變化有其內(nèi)在規(guī)律。
時(shí)間狀語由“現(xiàn)在”改為“原來”,如now改為then,today改為that day,yesterday改為the day before,tomorrow改為the next day等;
地點(diǎn)狀語(尤其表示方向性的或用指示代詞修飾的狀語)由“此”改為“彼”,如this 改為that, these改為those,here改為there等。如:
He said, “I bought these books here yesterday.”
→He said he had bought those books there the day before.
間接引語一般構(gòu)成賓語從句。直接引語改寫為間接引語時(shí),賓語從句的引導(dǎo)詞可以分為幾種情況。
陳述句
直接賓語為陳述句,改寫為間接引語時(shí)要用that(that可省略)來引導(dǎo)。如:
Tom said, “My boss offered me a prize.”
→ Tom said (that) his boss had offered him a prize.
疑問句
直接引語為疑問句,改寫為間接引語時(shí)要注意賓語從句部分應(yīng)為陳述語序,同時(shí)引導(dǎo)賓語從句的連接詞要視情況而定。
①一般疑問句或反意疑問句。
直接引語為一般疑問句或反意疑問句時(shí),要用if/whether來引導(dǎo),原主句的謂語為say時(shí)要改為ask。如:
He said, “Are you interested in English?”
→He asked (me) if/whether I was interested in English.
②選擇疑問句。
直接引語是選擇疑問句時(shí),間接引語的主句謂語動(dòng)詞可以選擇wonder, ask等詞,賓語從句由whether... or (not)...來引導(dǎo)。如:
My brother said, “Will you do it today or tomorrow?”
→My brother asked (me) whether I would do it that day or the next day.
③特殊疑問句。
直接引語為特殊疑問句時(shí),引導(dǎo)詞為原句的特殊疑問詞,如:
He asked, “Where are you to get off, Alice?”
→He asked Alice where she was to get off.
④表示請(qǐng)求、提議、建議或勸告等意義的疑問句。
直接引語如果是此類疑問句,變?yōu)殚g接引語時(shí),可以變?yōu)閯?dòng)詞不定式、動(dòng)名詞形式或含虛擬語氣的賓語從句。如:
“Could you please send a car to the airport to pick me up?” Robert said to his brother.
→Robert asked his brother to send a car to the airport to pick him up.
祈使句
直接引語如果是祈使句,變?yōu)殚g接引語時(shí),通常把動(dòng)詞原形變?yōu)閯?dòng)詞不定式,并在動(dòng)詞不定式之前加上ask, order, tell, command, invite, remind, advise, request, warn等轉(zhuǎn)述動(dòng)詞,原句中please去掉。如:
“Leave the room in five minutes,” Lily said to me.
→Lily told/ordered/asked me to leave the room in five minutes.
①祈使句中有呼語的,把呼語改成轉(zhuǎn)述動(dòng)詞的賓語。若祈使句中沒有呼語,應(yīng)根據(jù)句意給轉(zhuǎn)述動(dòng)詞補(bǔ)上適當(dāng)?shù)馁e語。如:
“Jim, keep silent!” said the teacher.
→The teacher ordered Jim to keep silent.
②若祈使句為否定式,在動(dòng)詞不定式之前加not。如:
“Don’t make any noise,” said the boss.
→The boss ordered/warned/requested us not to make any noise.
③祈使句表示“請(qǐng)求”、“命令”等口氣,因而祈使句直接引語變?yōu)殚g接引語時(shí)不存在時(shí)態(tài)的變化。但是人稱、指示代詞、時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)狀語等的變化還應(yīng)根據(jù)陳述句直接引語變間接引語的方法進(jìn)行相應(yīng)的改變。如:
“Please turn off the lights when you leave my office this afternoon,” Mr Black said to her.
→Mr Black asked her to turn off the lights when she left his office that afternoon.
④帶有l(wèi)et的祈使句(表示請(qǐng)求、建議或命令),可用suggest/advise句型。如:
“Let’s have a picnic this weekend!” said the boy.
→The boy suggested having a picnic that weekend.
→The boy suggested that they (should) have a picnic that weekend.
感嘆句
①直接引語是感嘆句,其變?yōu)殚g接引語時(shí),多采用賓語從句結(jié)構(gòu),既可用what或how引導(dǎo),也可用that引導(dǎo)。如:
“What a handsome young man you are!” the old man said to him.
→The old man told him what a handsome young man he was.
→The old man told him that he was a handsome young man.
②有些感嘆句可以根據(jù)原句的意思,采用適當(dāng)?shù)膭?dòng)詞變?yōu)殛愂鼍?,不需用間接賓語來轉(zhuǎn)述。如:
“What a terrible accident it is!” he said.
→He complained about the terrible accident.
“Happy New Year!” she said.
→She wished me a happy New Year.
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