直接引语的疑问句变为间接引语的疑问句时引号和问号不再使用,且直接疑问句中的倒装语序在转述疑问句里要还原为陈述句语序(主语+动词),有必要还要改变时态。
if 或 whetherwhether 表示的怀疑程度比 if 稍大 | She asked if/whether you were tired. 因为是陈述句所以助动词 do/does 和did 在转述中不再使用。 |
| I wonder if/whether he’s phoned the doctor.ask\want to know\wonder 等后面的 if 和 whether 通常可以互换 |
| She asked me whether I wanted tea or coffee. 表示两者挑一时更常用 whether |
| He wants to know whether or not we want dinner.有 or not 时,通常用 whether 引导(Did the children say they’d eaten?) |
| Tom asked if / whether Jack would arrive the next day.通常用原来的疑问词 |
| Jane asked why I hadn't written to her.针对主语提问时态和情态助动词照常有变化,但语序保持不变。 |
如果直接引语是问句,变为间接引语时,主句不说 He said,而用 He asked;told 可以后跟问句,还可以跟陈述句。直接引语是表示命令、请求、建议的祈使句通常可用适当的动词后跟不定式来转述,常用的这类动词 有 advise,ask,tell,order,command,warm,invite 等,这些动词后往往有间接宾语,在转述这类祈使句的否定形式时,必须将 not 放在带 to 的不定式之前:
- She reminded/told me to turn off all the lights.
- The teacher was telling/ordering/commanding her students to close their books.
| tell sb. to do sth. | ask sb. to do sth. |
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| The teacher told me (not) to open the door. | I'll ask Steve to take it.我要请史蒂夫接受。 |
| suggest 转述建议(用should) | insist 转述要求(用should) | hope 转述期望 |
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| He suggests that they should sell the flat. | He still insisted that we should help him. | I hope they won’t sell the flat. |