C 英语书面语中,一般过去时在间接引语中固然常常变成过去完成时,但也有以下几种例外情况:
1 时间从句中的一般过去时及过去进行时常不需改变:
He said,When we were living /lived in Paris
他说:我们住在巴黎的时候相当于:
He said that when they were living in Paris
他说他们住在巴黎的时候
这类间接引语的主句中的主要动词既可保持不变,也可以变成过去完成时:
He said,When we were living/lived in Paris we often saw Paul.
他说:我们住在巴黎时,常常看到保罗。相当于:
He said that when they were living/lived in Paris they often saw/had of- ten seen Paul.
他说他们住在巴黎时,常常看到保罗。
2 如一般过去时被用来叙述转述时仍继续存在的情况,则在间接引语中保持不变:
She said,I decided not to buy the house because it was on a main road.
她说:我决定不买这座房子了,因为它在交通要道上。相当于:
She said that she had decided not to buy the house because it was on amain road.
她说她决定不买这座房子了,因为它在交通要道上。
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