Mr Green said to them that Joe told him all about his story when he asked for a job.
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3、直接引语变成间接引语时,从句时态无须改变的情况
1）当主句的谓语动词是一般现在时的时候,如：
He always says,“I am tired out.” ——>He always says that he is tired out.
2）当主句的谓语动词是将来时的时候,如：
He will say,“I’ll try my best to help you.” ——>He will say that he will try his best to help me.
3）当直接引语部分带有具体的过去时间状语时,如：
He said,“I went to college in 1994.” ——>He told us that he went to college in 1994.
4）当直接引语中有以when,while引导的从句,表示过去的时间时,如：
He said,“When I was a child,I usually played football after school.” ——>
He said that when he was a child,he usually played football after school.
5）当直接引语是客观真理或自然现象时,如：
Our teacher said to us,“Light travels faster than sound.” ——>
Our teacher told us that light travels faster than sound.
6）当引语是谚语、格言时,如：
He said,“Practice makes perfect.” ——>He said that practice makes perfect.
7）当直接引语中有情态动词should,would,could,had better,would rather,might,must,ought to,used to,need时,如：
例如：
The doctor said,“You'd better drink plenty of water.” ——>
The doctor said I'd better drink plenty of water.
He said,“She must be a teacher.”——> He said that she must be a teacher.
He said,“She ought to have arrived her office by now.”——>
He said that she ought to have arrived her office by then.
The teacher said,“You needn't hand in your compositions today.”——>
The teacher said we needn't/didn't need to/didn't have to hand in our compositions.
She asked,“Must I take the medicine?”——> She asked if she had to take the medicine.
〔注〕：此处用had to代替must更好
8）此外转述中的变化要因实际情况而定,不能机械照搬,如果当地转述,here不必改为there,动词come不必改为go,如果当天转述yesterday,tomorrow,this afternoon等均不必改变.如：
Teacher:You may have the ball game this afternoon.
Student :What did the teacher say,Monitor?
Monitor:He said we might have the ball game this afternoon.