Indirect speech 间接引语
"Hello! I am a student from China. I have a question about indirect speech. Would you please tell me which of the sentences is right? a) He asked me what was the matter. b) He asked me what the matter was. Thank you so much. "
Zeng Chenxiao
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在日常生活中我们经常需要引述别人的话或转告一件事，这就涉及到间接引语的使用问题了。
Zeng Chenxiao 列举的第一句话，表达不正确，错就错在没有把疑问词和动词进行有效的转换。当我们把What’s the matter? 这句问话转换为一个陈述句时，就要说 He asked me what the matter was。请试试看，能不能把以下四句话从直接引语转换为间接引语，再从间接引语转回到直接引语呢？
What – What is her name? He asked me what her name was.
How – How can I find her number? He asked me how he could find her number.
Where – Where am I going to meet her? He asked me where he was going to meet her.
When – When can you finish the job? He asked me when I could finish the job.
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