韓金煌
進(jìn)入初三,學(xué)生必須掌握的一個(gè)很重要的英語(yǔ)語(yǔ)法就是直接引語(yǔ)和間接引語(yǔ)之間的轉(zhuǎn)化。什么是直接引語(yǔ)和間接引語(yǔ)呢?當(dāng)直接引用別人的原話時(shí),被引用的部分稱為直接引語(yǔ);當(dāng)用自己的話轉(zhuǎn)述別人的話時(shí),被轉(zhuǎn)述部分稱為間接引語(yǔ)。間接引語(yǔ)在多數(shù)情況下構(gòu)成賓語(yǔ)從句,一般要加引號(hào),不用引號(hào)。本語(yǔ)法的要點(diǎn)、要素較多,學(xué)生常難以完整、系統(tǒng)地理解、掌握和運(yùn)用。在多年的教學(xué)中,我認(rèn)為要透徹理解,掌握以下幾個(gè)要素至關(guān)重要。
一、找準(zhǔn)引導(dǎo)詞,關(guān)鍵第一步
直接引語(yǔ)變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí),引導(dǎo)詞共有三種:(1)that;(2)if/whether;(3)疑問(wèn)詞。
當(dāng)直接引語(yǔ)為陳述句時(shí),變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí)引導(dǎo)詞用that。例如:
The doctor says:“The patient must take the medicine three times a day.”
→The doctor says(that)the patient must take the medicine three times a day.
當(dāng)直接引語(yǔ)為一般疑問(wèn)句時(shí),變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí)用if或whether。例如:
Maria asked:“Do you still want to live here,Tom?”
→Maria asked Tom if/whether he still wanted to live there.
當(dāng)直接引語(yǔ)為特殊疑問(wèn)句時(shí),變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí)用本身的疑問(wèn)詞。例如:
Li Ping asked me,“What are you doing?”
→Li Ping asked me what I was doing.
二、陳述句語(yǔ)序
在直接引語(yǔ)變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí),直接引語(yǔ)無(wú)論是陳述句或疑問(wèn)句,一律都用陳述句語(yǔ)序。例如:
The teacher asks Jane,“Are you hungry?”
→The teacher asks Jane if/whether she is hungry.
當(dāng)間接引語(yǔ)的疑問(wèn)詞作主語(yǔ)時(shí),語(yǔ)序不變。例如:
She asked us:“Who is knocking at the door?”
→She asked us who is knocking at the door.
三、人稱的變化
直接引語(yǔ)為第三人稱,變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)后,人稱不變;主語(yǔ)為其他人稱(第一,第二人稱),變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)后,人稱要做相應(yīng)調(diào)整。例如:
Tom thinks,“He isnt good at English.”→Tom thinks that he isnt good at English.由此可總結(jié)出人稱變化的規(guī)律:一隨主;二隨賓;三不變。其中一,二,三分別指直接引語(yǔ)中的第一,第二,第三人稱;主賓分別指主句中的主語(yǔ)和賓語(yǔ)。
四、時(shí)態(tài)的轉(zhuǎn)化
主句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)或?qū)?lái)時(shí),間接引語(yǔ)的時(shí)態(tài)不變。主句是一般過(guò)去時(shí),間接引語(yǔ)一般改成過(guò)去的某種時(shí)態(tài)。具體情況可參照下面表格中的規(guī)律。
現(xiàn)舉例說(shuō)明:He says:“Im tired.”
→He says(that)he is tired.
要特別注意的是:不管主句是什么時(shí)態(tài),直接引語(yǔ)表示自然科學(xué)和客觀真理之類的,改成間接引語(yǔ)時(shí)均用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。例如:The teacher told us,“The earth moves around the sun.”
→The teacher told us(that)the earth moves around the sun.
五、關(guān)鍵詞的轉(zhuǎn)換
當(dāng)直接引語(yǔ)轉(zhuǎn)化為間接引語(yǔ)時(shí),直接引語(yǔ)中的指示代詞、時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)、地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)及某些詞都會(huì)發(fā)生相應(yīng)的變化,其規(guī)律一般是:
注意:如果在當(dāng)天轉(zhuǎn)述,today,yesterday,tomorrow,there,come等不要改變。
現(xiàn)舉例說(shuō)明:Jane said:“These exercises are easy.”
→Jane said(that)those exercises were easy.
六、特殊句型,特別對(duì)待
1.當(dāng)祈使句變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí),要用不定式表示,句型為ask(tell,order)sb.(not)to do sth.。例如:He said to her:“Dont open the door.”
→He told her not to open the door.
2.帶有l(wèi)et的祈使句(表請(qǐng)求、建議或命令)變?yōu)殚g接引語(yǔ)時(shí),主語(yǔ)后用其他動(dòng)詞表示相應(yīng)的意思。例如:He said:“Lets make a plan.”
→He suggested making a plan.
→He advised them to make a plan.
七、引述動(dòng)詞
直接引語(yǔ)為陳述句,改為間接引語(yǔ)時(shí),引述動(dòng)詞常用say,tell等。直接引語(yǔ)為疑問(wèn)句,變成間接引語(yǔ)時(shí)引述動(dòng)詞常用ask,wonder等。
總之,直接引語(yǔ)與間接引語(yǔ)的轉(zhuǎn)化在掌握以上要素的基礎(chǔ)上,還須通過(guò)大量的練習(xí)、實(shí)踐,方能熟練運(yùn)用。endprint