A 从理论上讲,间接引语中一般过去时应当变成过去完成时,但在口语中,如果不至于使人对于动作发生的相对时间产生混淆,则常保持不变。
例如:He said,I loved her(他说:我爱过她)必须变成He said he had loved her(他说他爱过她),否则句子的意思就会不一样了。但He said,Ann arrived on Monday(他说:安是星期一到的)可以转述为He said Ann arrived/had arrived on Monday(他说安是星期一到的/他说安已于星期一到达)。
B 从理论上讲,过去进行时应当变成过去完成进行时,但实际上除非所指的是已完成的动作,否则一般都不变:
She said,We were thinking of selling the house but we have decided not to.
她说:我们曾想卖掉这所房子,但现在已经决定不卖了。相当于:
She said that they had been thinking of selling the house but had decided not to.
她说他们曾想卖掉这所房子,但现在已经决定不卖了。
但是:
He said,When I saw them they were playing tennis.
他说:我看到他们时,他们在打网球。相当于:
He said that when he saw them they were playing tennis.
他说他看到他们时,他们在打网球。
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