牛津实用英语语法 309 过去时态有时保持不变
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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 arrivedhad 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 thinking1 of selling the house but we have decided2 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 livinglived 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 livinglived in Paris they often sawhad 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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1 thinking ggzz2u     
n.思考,思想;adj.思考的,有理性的;vbl.想,思考
参考例句:
  • All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
  • Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
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  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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