直接引语变间接引语的时态问题书上说表示引述的状态和情况到现在仍是事实时,也经常用一般现在时.书上有句话Icanspeakthreelanguages变为Shesaidshecouldspeakthreelanguages.我觉得can不应该变啊

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直接引语变间接引语的时态问题
书上说表示引述的状态和情况到现在仍是事实时,也经常用一般现在时.书上有句话I can speak three languages变为She said she could speak three languages.我觉得can不应该变啊.再比如She said:"I am a teacher."应该怎么变

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因为她说她能讲三种语言,不代表她现在不会讲第四种语言,如果直接引语所述事实在当时和目前同样生效,变为间接引语时,一般现在时不改为一般过去时.比如说：she said ：“I'm a girl ,not a boy."这里她是女孩不是男孩这个事实现在以后都不变.在变为间接引语时就应该是she said she is a girl ,not a boy.所以she said:"I am a teacher."应该变成she said she was a teacher.因为她现在是老师,现在可能变成商人什么的.希望能帮到楼主.