间接引语时态转换规则
间接引语时态转换规则介绍如下：
直接引语改为间接引语时，主句中的谓语动词如果是过去时，从句（即间接引语部分）的谓语动词在时态方面要作相应的变化，变成过去时范畴的各种时态（实际也是宾语从句的时态要求），变化如下：
指示代词、时间状语、地点状语和动词的变化： 直接引语 间接引语 herethereagobeforethis that these those now then today that day this week(month,etc.) that week(month,etc.) yesterday the day before the day before yesterday
last week(year,etc.) two days before
the week (year,etc.)before tomorrow the next/following day the day after tomorrow two days later(in two days' time) next week(year,etc) the next/following week(year,etc) 客观真理时态不变具体时间时态不变注意：情态动词的时态转换： can could may might must must\had to shall should 例如：
“I am very glad to visit your school”, she said.
——>She said she was very glad to visit our school.
“我能参观你的学校非常高兴。“她说。
——>她说她很高兴参观我们的学校。
Tom said, “We are listening to the pop music.”
——>Tom said that they were listening to the pop music.
汤姆说，“我们正在听流行音乐。”
——>汤姆说他们正在听流行音乐。
Mother asked, “Have you finished your homework before you watch TV?”
——>Mother asked me whether I had finished my homework before I watched TV.
妈妈问，“你在你看电视之前完成你的家庭作业吗？“
——>母亲问我是否在我看电视之前完成我的作业。
He asked the conductor, “Where shall I get off to change to a No. 3 bus?”
——>He asked the conductor where he would get off to change to a No. 3 bus.
他问售票员，“我应该在哪儿下车换乘3路公共汽车？“
——>他问售票员，他应该在哪儿下车换乘3路公共汽车。
“Why did she refuse to go there?” the teacher asked.
——>The teacher asked why she had refused to go there.
“她为什么拒绝去那里？“老师问。
——>老师问她为什么拒绝去那里。
Tom said, “We were having a football match this time yesterday.”
——>Tom said that they were having a football match that time the day before.
汤姆说，“我们昨天的这模顷个时候正在进行一场足球比赛。”
——>汤姆说他们前一天正在进行一场足球比赛的。
He said，“I haven't heard from my parents these days.”
——>He said that he hadn't heard from his parents those days.
他说，“这些天我没有收到我父母的来信。”
——>他说这些天他没有收到我父母的来信。
She said, He always feels tired.
→She said (that) he always feels tired.
她说，“他总乎码喊是感到累。”
她说他总是觉得累。
直接引语变成间接引语时，从句时态无须改变的情况：
1）当主句的谓语动词是一般现在时的时候，如：
He always says, “I am tired out.”
——>He always says that he is tired out.
2）当主句的谓语动词是将来时的时候，如：
He will say, “I'll try my best to help you.”
——>He will say that he will try his best to help me.
3）当直接引语部分带有具体的过去时间状语时，如：
He said, “I went to college in 1994.”
——>He told us that he went to college in 1994.
4）当直接引语中有以when, while引导的从句，表示过去的时间时，如：
He said，“When I was a child, I usually played football after school.”
——>
He said that when he was a child, he usually played football after school.
5）当直接引语是客观真理或自然现象时，如：
Our teacher said to us, “Light travels faster than sound.”
——>Our teacher told us that light travels faster than sound.
6）当引语是谚语、格言时，如：
He said，“Practice makes perfect.”
——>He said that practice makes perfect.
7）当直接引语中有情态动词should, would, could, had better, would rather, might, must, ought to, used t-o, need时，如：
例如：
The doctor said, “You'd better drink plenty of water.”
——>The doctor said I'd better drink plenty of water.
He said, “She must be a teacher.”
——> He said that she must be a teacher.
He said, “She ought to have arrived her office by now.”
——>He said that she ought to have arrived her office by then.
The teacher said, “You needn't hand in your compositions today.”
——>The teacher said we needn't/didn't need to/didn't have to hand in our compositions.
She asked, “Must I take the medicine?”
——> She asked if she had to take the medicine.
〔注〕：此处用had to代替must更好
8）此外转述中的变化要因实际情况而定，不能机械照搬，如果当地转述，here不必改为there, 动词come不必改为go，如果当天转述yesterday, tomorrow, this afternoon等均不必改变。如：
Teacher: You may have the ball game this afternoon.
Student : What did the teacher say, Monitor?
Monitor: He said we might have the ball game this afternoon.
地点状语及某些对比性的指示代词和动词变化：
1）指示代词：these 变成those
2）地点状语：here变成there
She said, “I won't come here any more.”
——> She said that she wouldn’t go there any more..
3）动词：come变成go，bring变成take
5、直接引语变成间接引语，句子结构的变化
1）陈述句。用连词that引导，that在口语中常省略。主句的谓语动词可直接用引语中的said, 也可用told来代替，注意，可以说said that, said to sb. that, told sb. that，不可直接说told that, 如：
He said, “I have been to the Great Wall.”
——>He said to us that he had been to the Great Wall.
He said, “I'll give you an examination next Monday.”
——>He told us that he would give us an examination the next Monday.（不可说told that）
此外主句中的谓语还常有：
repeat, whisper, answer, reply, explain, announce, declare, think等，又如：
He said，“I'm late because of the heavy traffic.”——> He explained to us that he was late because of t-he heavy traffic.
如果间接引语是由that引导的两个或两个以上的并列从句，第一个连词可以省略，以后的连词一般不省略，以免混乱。
The doctor said, “You are not seriously ill, You will be better soon.”——>
The doctor said（that）I was not seriously ill and that I would be better soon.
2）直接引语为一般疑问句，（也称是否疑问句，）间接引语用连词whether或if引导，原主句中谓语动词sai-d要改为asked（me/him/us等），语序是陈述句的语序，这一点非常重要。
He said, “Do you have any difficulty with pronunciation?”
——>He asked（me）whether/if I had any difficulty with my pronunciation.
He said, “You are interested in English, aren't you?”
——>He asked whether I was interested in English.
3） 直接引语为选择疑问句，间接引语用whether…or…表达，而不用if…or…，也不用either…or…. 如：
He asked, “Do you speak English or French?”
——>He asked me whether I spoke English or French.
I asked, “Will you take bus or take train?”
——>I asked him whether he would take bus or take train.
4）直接引语为特殊疑问句，改成间接引语时，原来的疑问词作为间接引语的连词，主句的谓语动词用ask（sb.）来表达，语序改为陈述句语序。如：
He asked，“What's your name?”
——> He asked（me）what my name was.
He asked us, “How many car factories have been built in your country?”
——>He asked us how many car factories had been built in our country.
5）直接引语为祈使句时，改为间接引语，用带to的不定式表达，谓语动词常是ask, advise, tell, warn, orde-r, request等。如ask sb. to do，（由肯定祈使句变成）ask sb. not to do（由否定祈使句转变），并且在不定式短语中的时间状语、地点状语、人称及时态都作相应的变化。如：
He said，“Be seated, please.”
——> He asked us to be seated.
“Do be careful with your handwriting.” He said.
——>He told me to be careful with my handwriting.
“Never come here again!” said the officer nearby.
——>The officer ordered the villagers never to go there again.
“Don't touch anything in the lab without permission,” the teacher said.
——>The teacher warned the students not to touch anything in the lab without permission.
6）有些含有“建议”、“劝告”的祈使句，可用suggest, insist, offer等动词转述，如：
He said, “Let's have a rest.”
——> He suggested our having a rest.
He said, “Let me help you.”
——> He offered to help me.
7）当直接引语形式上是疑问句，有表示请求，建议意义时，可用ask sb. to do sth. /suggest doing/advise s-b. to do sth. 等形式转述。如：
“Would you mind opening the door?” he asked.
——>He asked me to open the door.
“Why not going out for a walk?” he asked us.
——>He advised us to go out for a walk. 或He suggested we go out for a walk.
8）直接引语是感叹句时，变间接引语可用what或how引导，也可用that引导，如：
She said, “What a lovely day it is!”
——> She said what a lovely day it was. 或She said that it was a lov-ely day.
嵌套间接引语的从句：
如果间接引语当中还镶嵌有另一句从句，则被称为嵌套间接引语的从句，英文叫：the subordinate clause i-n indirect statement。这时，这样的从句要使用虚拟语气。从句动词的时态与主句动词的时态相关联。如：
Dux dicebat militem qui fugisset poenas daturum esse. 统帅曾常说，那个逃跑的士兵将要受到惩罚。
