直接引语变为间接引语时,间接引语中的动词时态、人称代词、物主代词、指示代词、时间和地点状语以及主谓语词序往往要作相应的变化。

A.  时态的变化

1.时态的变化

  ①现在时间推移到过去时间

  直接引语中的时态

  一般现在时

  现在完成时

  现在进行时

  现在完成进行时

  间接引语中的时态

  一般过去时

  过去完成时

  过去进行时

  过去完成进行时

  The old man said, I have lived in this street since 1960.

  →The old man said that he had lived in that street since 1960. 那老人说他自从196年起就住在那条街上了。

  He said, Is it raining

  → He asked if it was raining. 他问是不是正在下雨。

  ②过去时间推移到过去的过去

  直接引语中的时态

  一般过去时

  过去完成时

  过去进行时

  间接引语中的时态

  过去完成时

  过去完成时(不变)

  过去完成进行时或不变

  She said to me, I wrote a letter to my parents three days ago.

  →She told me that she had written a letter to her parents three days before.她告诉我她三天前已给她母亲写了一封信。

  What were you doing at seven p.m. yesterday he asked

  → He asked me what I was doing at seven p.m. the day before. 他问我前一天晚上七点在干什么。

  ③将来时间推移到过去将来时间

  直接引语中的时态

  一般将来时

  Is/am/are going to do

  Is/am/are to do

  间接引语中的时态

  过去将来时

  Was/were going to do

  Was/were to do

  He said, We shall get ready by eight o'clock.

  →He said that they could get ready by eight o'clock. 他说他们将在8点前准备好。

  We are to meet at the school gate, she said to me.

  → She told me that they were to meet at the school gate. 她告诉我他们约定在校门口见面。

  ④间接引语中保持原来时态不变

  在下列情况下,间接引语中的谓语动词时态可以保持不变。

  a. 主句为现在时或将来时,间接引语的时态保持不变。

  He thinks, She will be back in a month.

  → He thinks she will be back in a month. 他想她将在一个月后回来。

  He says, I have accepted her invitation.

  He says he has accepted her invitation. 他说他已接受了她的邀请。

  比较:

  间接引语中的谓语动词时态对比。

  Sarah said to me, I have two brothers.  莎莎对我说:“我有两个弟弟。”

  Sarah told me that she has two brothers.  莎莎告诉我说她有两个弟弟。(说话才认为这情况是真实的)

  Sarah told me that she had two brothers.  莎拉告诉我说她有两个弟弟。(说话者对此没有什么把握)

  b. 间接引语表示的是现在的习惯动作、科学真理、客观事实、格言等。

  The geography teacher said to the students, The earth moves round the sun.

  → The geography teacher told the students that the earth moves round the sun. 老师告诉学生地球围绕太阳转。

  He said, Every dog has his day.

  → He said that every dog has his day. 他说是人皆有出头日。

  c. 间接引语中动词表示的动作说话时仍在进行或状态仍然存在,时态可保持不变。

  He said, The window is broken.

  → He said that the window is broken.他说玻璃窗碎了。

  Just now Brown said, My son is ill today.

  → Brown told me just now that his son is ill today. 布朗刚才告诉我说,他儿子今天病了。

  d. 间接引语中有明确的过去时间状语,仍可用一般过去时,不必改为过去完成时。

  The girl said, I was born in 1978.

  → The girl said that she was born in 1978.那女孩说她生于1978年。

  She said, My teacher was busy yesterday.

  → She said that her teacher was busy yesterday. 她说她老师昨天很忙。

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