Unit 12 Working at the Vet’s
老人坐在車里,把虎虎摟在懷里,摸著它的小軟毛。虎虎則溫順地舔著老人的臉,尾巴高興地快速擺來擺去,好像要從身體上飛出去。這真是一舔鐘情。
7. “she’s perfect!” the old man exclaimed. “它太可愛了!”老人高興地說。
exclaim 驚叫;呼喊, 大叫, 大聲叫 例如:
he can not help exclaiming at how tall his son have grown.
他的兒子已長那么高了,他不禁驚叫起來。
she exclaimed in astonishment at the size of the bill.
她看到賬單上的數(shù)目嚇得叫起來。
“what? are you leaving without me?” she exclaimed.
8. i felt relieved at this. i was thankful that huhu finally found her good home.
看到這些,我終于放心了,虎虎總算找到了一個好的歸宿。
feel relieved at this
六、語法項目:
直接引語和間接引語:
直接引語就是直接引用或復(fù)述別人所講的話。直接引語一般放在引號之內(nèi)。用自己的語言轉(zhuǎn)述別人的話叫間接引語。間接引語一般用賓語從句或帶動詞不定式的復(fù)合賓語表達。下面我們主要介紹如何將直接引語轉(zhuǎn)換為間接引語:
(1)間接引語的時態(tài)往往受引述動詞的影響,如果動詞是過去時,間接引語的時態(tài)通常也是過去的某種時態(tài),同時將人稱根據(jù)上下文進行調(diào)整,當(dāng)引述詞是過去式時,間接引語的時態(tài)變化如下表:
在直接引語中 在間接引語中
動詞時態(tài) 一般現(xiàn)在時do/does/am/are
現(xiàn)在進行時 be( am/is/are)doing
現(xiàn)在完成時 have/ has done
一般過去時 did/was/ were
過去完成時 had done
一般將來時 will do; am/is/are going to do 一般過去時 did/was/ were
過去進行時be( was/were)doing
過去完成時 had done
過去完成時 had done
過去完成時 had done
過去將來時 would do; was/were going to do
例如:
mr green answered, “i work for a computer company.”
格林先生回答說:“我為一家電腦公司工作。”
mr. green answered that he worked for a computer company.
格林先生說他為一家電腦公司工作。
mom said to me, “we’ll have a visitor this sunday.”媽媽對我說:“我們周日會有客人來。”
mom told me that we would have a visitor this sunday. 媽媽告訴我這周日我們家會來客人。
(2)如果被引述的句子是關(guān)于客觀真理時,時態(tài)可以不變。例如:
dad said, “the earth goes around the sun.” 爸爸說:“地球圍繞著太陽轉(zhuǎn)。”
dad told me that the earth goes around the sun爸爸告訴我地球圍繞著太陽轉(zhuǎn)。
(3)如果直接引語是陳述句,在變?yōu)殚g接引語時,由連詞that引導(dǎo)(that 可以省略)。主句中如果有say to somebody, 通常變?yōu)閠ell somebody。例如:
grace said to alex, “i will go shopping and buy some presents for my parents.”
格蕾絲告訴亞歷克斯:“我要去購物,給我父母買些禮物。”
grace told alex that she would go shopping and buy some presents for her parents.
格蕾絲告訴亞歷克斯她要去購物并給她父母買些禮物。
如果直接引語是兩個并列的陳述句,變?yōu)殚g接引語時,第一個賓語從句前的that 有時可以省略,但第二個賓語從句前的that 不可省略。