所谓的转述句也就是将他人想的或说的内容用自己的话说出来,更科学地应该称这种巨型为引用句。引用句通常包含引出间接引语的主句和间接引语从句。例如:
2. 如果引述的内容非常重要,可以完全复述他人所说的内容,这时候需要用引号标出表示自己未对他人说的内容做过修改。
例:'I suppose you've heard the latest news,' she said to me.
'Of course,' Carter replied, 'you'll have to pay him to do the job.'
间接引语从句可以放在句前,句中,句末。
3. 在小说和故事中,如果引出间接引语从句的主句在引述内容的后面,那么引述动词例如ask, continue通常要放在主语前,但是如果主语是人称代词,则动词在人称代词后面。
例:‘When will you be back?’asked Jimin. (或者...Jimin asked.)
'And after that I moved to Italy,' she continued. (不能是...continued she.)
4. 当引述他人没有说什么想什么时,用引述否定句
例:He didn't tell me how he would get to London.
5. 当引述的内容是否定句时,则间接引语从句为否定句
例:‘You're right, it isn't a good idea. ’改为引述句为He agreed that it wasn't a good idea.
根据语境引出间接引语从句的主句也可以为否定句
例:'I disagree. It's not a good idea at all.'改为引述句为 He didn't agree that it was a good idea.
但是有些动词通常是在主句否定,这类动词除以下示例外还有believe, feel, intend, plan, propose, suppose, think, want
例:'I expect he won't come.'/'I don't expect he will come.'不管原句的否定在哪个位置,只要是动词expcet,改为引述句都为 She didn't expect him to come.
6.引述wh疑问词引导的问句时从句用该词的陈述句语序。
例:She asked me what the problem was.
I asked him where to go next.
7. 引述一般疑问句时,从句用if或wheter连接在主句后,但是注意不能用if+to do
例:Liz wanted to know if/wheter we had any photos of our holiday.
8. wh、if或whether从句都是用陈述句语序
例:'Have you seen Paul recently?' 改为引述句 She wanted to know if I had seen Paul recently.
但是如果原问句句首为what, which或who,后跟系表结构,则从句中的补语部分可在be之前或之后
例:'Who was the winner?'改为转述句为 I asked who the winner was. (或...Who was the winner.)
9. wh、if或whether从句中不用do
例:She asked me where I found it. (不能为...where did I find it./...where I did find it.)
但是在引述否定句中,可以用do的否定式
例:He asked (me) why I didn't want anything to eat.