牛津实用英语语法:314 间接引语中的时间及地点表达法

　　A 表示时间的副词及副词短语的变化：

　　例句如：

　　I saw her the day before yesterday，he said.

　　他说：我是前天看到她的。相当于：

　　He said hed seen her two days before.

　　他说他是两天前看到她的。

　　Ill do it tomorrow，he promised.

　　他答应道：这件事我明天就做。相当于：

　　He promised that he would do it the next day.

　　他答应第二天就做这件事。

　　Im starting the day after tomorrow，mother，he said.

　　他说：妈妈，我后天动身。相当于：

　　He told his mother that he was starting in two daystime.

　　他告诉他妈妈他两天后动身。

　　She said，My father died a year ago.

　　她说：我爸爸一年前去世了。相当于：

　　She said that her father had died a year before/the previous year.

　　她说他父亲在前一年去世了。

　　B 但如果说话和转述发生在同一天，则不必作时间上的改变：

　　At breakfast this morning he said，Ill be very busy today.

　　今天早餐时他说：今天我会很忙。相当于：

　　At breakfast this morning he said that he would be very busy today.

　　今天早餐时，他说他今天会很忙。

　　C 如果在说话的一两天之后才转述，当然要作合乎逻辑的修正。如星期一杰克对汤姆说：

　　Im leaving the day after tomorrow.

　　我打算后天动身。

　　如果汤姆在第二天(星期二)转述这句话，他会说：

　　Jack said he was leaving tomorrow.

　　杰克说他打算明天动身。

　　如果汤姆在星期三转述这句话，他可能会说：

　　Jack said he was leaving today.

　　杰克说他打算今天动身。

　　D here 可能转述为there，但所指的是什么地方必须要很清楚才可这样用：

　　At the station he said，Ill be here again tomorrow.

　　在火车站他说：我明天还会来这儿。相当于：

　　He said that hed be there again the next day.

　　他说他第二天会再到那儿去。

　　通常here需用某种适当的短语来代替：

　　She said，You can sit here，Tom.

　　她说：汤姆，你可以坐在这里。相当于：

　　She told Tom that he could sit beside her etc.

　　她告诉汤姆他可以坐在她的旁边等等。

　　但是He said，Come here，boys(他说：到这儿来，孩子们)一般转述为：

　　He called the boys.

　　他叫孩子们来。