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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