不过在日常生活中，说“She told her mother she passed all her exams”要比“She said to her mother she passed all her exams”更自然。请听下面这两句话，你觉得哪个说法是对的？

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She said hello to her mother. 

She told her mother hello. 

正确的句子应该是“She said hello to her mother”，因为与人打招呼是我们用行动“表达、表述”的事情，所以不能“tell 告诉”一个人我们在和他打招呼，而应该是“say hello”。 

当然 say 和 tell 都可以用在间接引语的句子里，比如：“Martin said he was in a hurry”或“Martin told me he was in a hurry”；换成直接引语可以说：“Martin said: 'I’m in a hurry!'”或者“Martin told me: 'I’m in a hurry!'”

接着我们再来看看 say and tell 的一些其它常用方法。首先，动词 tell 可以表示“命令，吩咐”的意思。

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The teacher told me to write an essay on birds.

老师让我写一篇关于鸟的文章。

Tell me what to do!

告诉我应该怎么做。 

Tell 还可以表达“知道，明白”的意思。

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I can tell if she’s pleased.

她要高兴的话，我能看得出来。 

How do you tell if a cake is ready?

我怎样才能知道蛋糕是不是烤好了？ 

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