→The old gentleman often says that time is life.

2.指示代词、时间状语、地点状语和动词的变化一览表

直接引语 间接引语 This 这 that 那 these 这些 those 那些 now 现在 then 那时，当时 today 今天 that day 那天 yesterday 昨天 the day before 前一天 tomorrow 明天 the next (following)day第二天 tonight 今晚 that night 那天晚上 last week 上周 the week before 前一周 next week 下周 the next week 第二周 two weeks ago两周前 two weeks before 两周前 the day before yesterday前天 two days before 两天前 the day after tomorrow后天 two days later 两天后 here 这里 there那里 come 来 go去 bring 带来 take拿走 3.人称代词的变化

(1)"一随主"。若直接引语中有第一人称,变间接引语时应与主句中主语的人称相一致。

(2)"二随宾"。若直接引语中有第二人称,变间接引语时应与主句中宾语的人称相一致。

(3)"第三人称不更新"。直接引语中的第三人称变间接引语时不需要变化。

4.疑问句直接引语变间接引语

(1)直接引语为一般疑问句，变成间接引语时，常用if或whether引导，引述动词用 asked，

没有间接宾语的可以加一个间接宾语me，him 等。

He asked me,"Are you good at English？"

→He asked me if/whether I was good at English.

(2)反意疑问句变间接引语时，只能用whether来引导。

(3)特殊疑问句变间接引语时，用原句中的疑问词作连词，将句子改为陈述语序。

The teacher asked the boy,"Why are you late again？"

→The teacher asked the boy why he was late again.

I asked her,"When did you come here？"

→I asked her when she had been there.

5.直接引语变间接引语时，还要注意几种特殊情况：

(1)陈述句由直接引语变为间接引语时，如果有两个或两个以上的宾语从句并列时，仅

能省略第一个 that，其余的均不可省略。

He said,"I want to visit the Great Wall，and my father will go with me then."

→He said (that) he wanted to visit the Great Wall and that his father would go with him then.