F: I am an elementary school teacher.
M: Kate told me that she was an elementary school teacher.
F: I am a third grade teacher.
M: Kate told me that she was a third grade teacher.
F: I teach arithmetic.
M: Kate told me that she taught arithmetic.
F: I introduce other subjects as well.
M: Kate told me that she introduced other subjects as well.
F: All my students are eight or nine years old.
M: Kate told me that all her students were eight or nine years old.
F: I prepare for my classes.
M: Kate told me that she prepared for her classes.
F: I have conferences with my students quite often.
M: Kate told me that she had conferences with her students quite often.
F: Sometimes I talk to my students' parents.
M: Kate told me that sometimes she talked to her students' parents.
下面一組練習是要請你引述比爾說的話. 練習的作法跟剛才大同小異, 這次是 由比爾自我介紹, 說明他能作什么, 愿意為學生作什么等等, 比方比爾告訴你
說: "我能教體育." I can teach physical training. 你聽了之后就說: "比爾告訴我 他能教體育. "Bill told me that he could teach physical training. 請你注意在引述 比爾的話的時候必須把助動詞 can 跟 will 改成 could 跟 would. 現在我們開始 作練習. 每作一句就聽老師念正確答案.
M: I can teach physical training.
F: Bill told me that he could teach physical training.
M: I will teach my students how to play tennis.
F: Bill told me that he would teach his students how to play tennis.
M: I will play volleyball with my students.
F: Bill told me that he would play volleyball with his students.
M: I will take my students swimming.
F: Bill told me that he would take his students swimming.
M: I can teach my classes outdoors.
F: Bill told me that he could teach his classes outdoors.
M: I can enjoy sunshine when I am teaching.
F: Bill told me that he could enjoy sunshine when he was teaching.
M: I will help my students.
F: Bill told me that he would help his students.
M: I can make my students healthy.
F: Bill told me that he could make his students healthy.
剛才我們引述的句子都是陳述句, 下面我們學習怎么引述問句. 比方比爾問凱
特: Is Jimmy coming to school? 引述這句話的時候就應該這么說: Bill asked Kate if Jimmy was coming to school. 請注意引述問句的時候必須用if, i-f, if 連接 前后兩句話, 并且必須把問句改為陳述句. 現在我們作一組練習, 學學這種說 法. 練習的內容都是關于比爾問凱特吉米來不來上課的事情. 每作完一個句子 就聽老師念正確答案.
M: Is Jimmy coming to school?
F: Bill asked Kate if Jimmy was coming to school.
M: Is Jimmy absent?
F: Bill asked Kate if Jimmy was absent.
M: Is Jimmy excused from class?
F: Bill asked Kate if Jimmy was excused from class.
M: Is Jimmy taking a trip?
F: Bill asked Kate if Jimmy was taking a trip.
下面請你引述凱特問比爾的話,內容都是說到吉米能夠不能夠參加校隊去比賽 的事情. 請你還是跟剛才一樣作練習.
F: Can Jimmy still be a captain?
M: Kate asked Bill if Jimmy could still be a captain.
F: Will Jimmy be chosen to be a captain?
M: Kate asked Bill if Jimmy would be chosen to be a captain.
F: Can Jimmy still play in the game?
M: Kate asked Bill if Jimmy could still play in the game.
F: Will Jimmy make it to the game?
M: Kate asked Bill if Jimmy would make it to the game.
剛才我們學習了怎么引述問句, 現在我們繼續學習. 在引述問句的時候除了用 if 連接兩句話以外, 也可以用whether, w-h-e-t-h-e-r, whether 來代替. 現在我們作 一組練習,學學這種說法. 練習的作法是比爾問凱特一些有關她的工作的問題, 凱特就用間接引句引述比爾提出的問題:比方比爾問凱特:"你有黑人學生嗎?" Do you have black students? 凱特就說: "比爾問我, 我有沒有黑人學生." Bill asked me whether I had black students. 比方, 比爾又問凱特: "你有其他少數民 族學生嗎?" Do you have other minority students? 凱特就說: "比爾問我: 我有沒 有其他少數民族學生."Bill asked me whether I had other minority students. 除了 這兩個問題以外, 比爾還問凱特是不是跟學生一起吃中飯, 是不是看著學生好 好的吃飯, 教不教學生養成良好學習習慣等等. 現在我們開始作練習. 請你注 意聽比爾問問題, 并且替凱特引述比爾的話. 每作完一個句子. 凱特會念出正 確答案讓你作個比較, 看你作對了沒有.