在引用別人的話時,如直接引用原話,被引部分稱為直接引語。如轉(zhuǎn)述別人的話(作了某些改動)則稱為間接淫津。直接引語外面要加引號,間接引語則不加引號,引用部分常常成為賓語從句:
Lao Yang said , " I'm not free . " (直接引語)
Lao Yang Said that he wasn't free . (間接引語)
在把直接引語變?yōu)殚g接引語時要注意下面幾點:
1 .在引語的開頭用連詞that :
He said , " M other , the boy is very naughty . "
He told his mother that theboy was very naughty .
他告訴他媽那孩子很調(diào)皮。
在動詞say 后,that 有時可以省略。
2 .根據(jù)意思改變?nèi)朔Q:
He said ( to me ) , " I have left my book in your room . "
He told me that he had left his book in my room .
☆ 他告訴我他把書丟在我房里了。
3 .注意引語中的謂語與句子主要謂語在時態(tài)上的一致:
She said , " I need some gauze . "
She said that she needed some gauze .
她說她需要一點紗布。
Kitty said , "I'll call again after supper. "
Kitty said that she would call again after supper .
凱蒂說她晚飯后再來。
4 .根據(jù)意思將指示代詞、地點及時間狀語等作必要的更動:
She said , "I will come here again tonight . "
She said ( that ) she would 90 there again that night .
她說她那一天晚上再去那里。
He said , "I arrived yesterday morning . "
He said ( that ) he had arrived the morning bcfore ,
他說他是頭一天上午到的。
She said , " My sister will be back tomorrow evening. "
She said ( that ) her sister would be back the following evening.
誰說她姐姐第二天晚上回來。
一般來講,here 常改為there , today 改為that day 等。
在某些情況下,變?yōu)殚g接引語時,時態(tài)不變。