A 从理论上讲,间接引语中一般过去时应当变成过去完成时,但在口语中,如果不至于使人对于动作发生的相对时间产生混淆,则常保持不变。
例如:He said,I loved her(他说:我爱过她)必须变成He said he had loved her(他说他爱过她),否则句子的意思就会不一样了。但He said,Ann arrived on Monday(他说:安是星期一到的)可以转述为He said Ann arrived/had arrived on Monday(他说安是星期一到的/他说安已于星期一到达)。
B 从理论上讲,过去进行时应当变成过去完成进行时,但实际上除非所指的是已完成的动作,否则一般都不变:
She said,We were thinking of selling the house but we have decided not to.
她说:我们曾想卖掉这所房子,但现在已经决定不卖了。相当于:
She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
她说他们曾想卖掉这所房子,但现在已经决定不卖了。
但是:
He said,When I saw them they were playing tennis.
他说:我看到他们时,他们在打网球。相当于:
He said that when he saw them they were playing tennis.
他说他看到他们时,他们在打网球。
C 英语书面语中,一般过去时在间接引语中固然常常变成过去完成时,但也有以下几种例外情况:
1 时间从句中的一般过去时及过去进行时常不需改变:
He said,When we were living /lived in Paris
他说:我们住在巴黎的时候相当于:
He said that when they were living in Paris
他说他们住在巴黎的时候
这类间接引语的主句中的主要动词既可保持不变,也可以变成过去完成时:
He said,When we were living/lived in Paris we often saw Paul.
他说:我们住在巴黎时,常常看到保罗。相当于:
He said that when they were living/lived in Paris they often saw/had of- ten seen Paul.
他说他们住在巴黎时,常常看到保罗。
2 如一般过去时被用来叙述转述时仍继续存在的情况,则在间接引语中保持不变:
She said,I decided not to buy the house because it was on a main road.
她说:我决定不买这座房子了,因为它在交通要道上。相当于:
She said that she had decided not to buy the house because it was on amain road.
她说她决定不买这座房子了,因为它在交通要道上。
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