Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (1) 直接引语和间接引语 引用或转述别人说的话时，采用两种形式：一是一字不改地将别人的话加以引用，这叫直接引语；二是用自己的话加以转述，这叫间接引语。一般来讲，直接引语须放在引号内，间接引语不必用引号，而用宾语从句表达。一、直接引语变为间接引语时 要在人称、时态、指示代词、时间状语、地点状语、方向动词等方面作相应的变化。注意：时态保持不变的情况 : 1 ，如果引述的动词（即主句的谓语动词）为现在形式 ( 一般现在时或现在完成时 ) ，间接引语中的动词时态不变。 eg: a, Mary says,″Our head teacher is strict with us ." Mary says that their head teacher is strict with them. b, He has said,'' I had a good time last night." He has said he had a good time the night before .2, 过去进行时 , 过去完成时不变 . eg: '' American Indians had already been in America by that time," the historian said.The historian said American Indians had already been in America by that time .3, 间接引语中动词所表示的情况说话时仍继续进行或存在 , 其时态可以不变 . eg: '' I am eight," the boy said.The boy said that he is eight.4, 直接引语中若有具体的过去某年 ,某月 , 某日作状语 , 变为间接引语时 ,时态不变 . eg: Tom said,''I was born in 1991."Tom said that he was born in 1991. 5, 直接引语表达的是习惯性动作 , 客观事实 ,或科学真理时 , 变为间接引语时态不变 .eg: ''The moon moves around the earth," the astronomer said.The astronomer said the moon moves around the earth. 二、直接引语变为间接引语时 如果间接引语是宾语从句的话，其引导词要看情况选定1 、直接引语是陈述句时， 间接引语用 that 引导（在口语中 that 常省略）。 主句动词 said to sb. 通常变为 told sb.eg: Mum said to me, ''I came back half an hour ago ."Mum told me that she had come back half an hour before.二 , 时间状语不变情况 如果在当地或当天转述， here, go, 以及 yesterday 和 tomorrow 等时间状语不必改变。 eg: When I...
