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Let's put our new knowledge
让我们将新学的
of hypothetical situations in the past
表示过去时间的虚拟情境的用法
into practice with another dialog
运用到下面的对话练习中去吧
If I had a chance, Timothy
蒂莫西，如果我有机会的话
I might change what I did
我会改变自己所做的事情的
Yes, Jeffery
是的，杰弗瑞
It was a little bit rash to
因为罗德里克先生冒犯了你的母亲
blow up Sir Roderick's house
我们就炸掉了他的房子
for insulting your mother
确实有些鲁莽
I agree, Timothy
我同意，蒂莫西
I wish I could see him face to face
我希望我可以跟他面对面
so that we could sort this out like men
这样就可以光明正大地解决一切了
I know what you mean, Jeffery
我知道你什么意思，杰弗瑞
If only we could get out of here
如果我们可以从这出去就好了
Never mind, Timothy
不要担心，蒂莫西
I am sure my mother will be here soon to free us
我敢担保我母亲不久就会来这里
from this dirty prison cell
将我们从这个肮脏的牢房中带出去
I wish I had seen
要是我能早点看到
those hidden cameras
那些隐藏的摄像头就好了
that had caught us in the act
那些摄像头拍下了我们行动的镜头
Indeed, Jeffery
是啊，杰弗瑞
If only I had known that his house
如果我早知道他的房子
was under constant surveillance
总是受到监视的就好了
I would have brought some masks for us to wear
我就会带面罩去让我们戴上的
If I had thought about it, Timothy
如果我当时认真考虑就好了，蒂莫西
It would have been more noble to have challenged him to a dual
我会向他提出决斗，这样会君子些
Jeffery! What have you done?
杰弗瑞！你都干了些什么?
I am so sorry mother
我很抱歉，妈妈
Shall we go home now?
我们可以回家去了吗?
Yes, lets
是的
What past words did you see
你在情景对话的字幕中
in the subtitles in that scene?
看到了什么过去时有关的单词?
if, if only, I wish if,
if only, I wish
If only I had paid attention to the dialog
如果我在情景对话第一遍播放的时候
the first time it played
集中注意力就好了
Lucky here it is again without subtitles
幸运的是我们还会重看无字幕的版本
It's time for a change of focus
该转移一下学习重点了
Now we'll learn how to report people's exact words
现在我们要学习如何引用别人的原话
We use reported speech to show what someone has said
我们用间接引语来描述某人说了什么话
without using their exact words
而又不需要鹦鹉学舌
Note that reported speech is not enclosed in quotation marks
间接引语不需要用引号括起来
In reported speech
间接引语动词
verbs generally move one tense back into the past
通常要向过去的方向移动一个时态
This is because we are usually talking about
这是因为我们谈论的是
what someone said in the past
什么人在过去已经说了什么
For example
举个例子
The actual speech
实际说的话是
I am going swimming Anna said
安娜说： 我要去游泳
The reported speech
间接引语是
Anna said that she was going swimming
安娜说她要去游泳
Let's see how reported speech
让我们看看现实中
is used in the real world
是怎样使用间接引语的吧
It's dialog time
来看情景对话
Have you got the story for me yet?
你替我弄到了那个故事吗？
The mayor said that
市长说
it wasn't likely for there to be any change in the future
未来不会有任何改变
He also said that
他还说
he made those decisions on his own free will
这些是完全由他个人意志做出的决定
