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reporter

【用法】n. 记者

【扩展】report v. 报道；公布

n. 报告；成绩报告单

【词组】weather report 天气预报sensational

【用法】adj. 爆炸性的，耸人听闻的（贬）

令人兴奋的；轰动性的

非常好的；给人深刻印象的（口）【扩展】sense n. 感觉，感官

sensation n. 感觉（富有感情的）；感受

sensitive adj. 敏感的；灵敏

sensible adj. 明智的

【例句】He has a sense of humor. 他有幽默感。

She has sensitive skin. 她的皮肤敏感。

It is sensible of you to leave that company. 你离开那家公司是明智的。

【同义】wonderful adj. 太好了；精彩的

excellent adj. 好极了；优秀的

great adj. 棒极了；伟大的

fantastic adj. 极好的；不切实际的

【例句】The sensational news report didn’t have much effect on them. 那起耸人听闻的新闻报道对他们并无多大影响。

The discovery was sensational. 那个发现引起了轰动。

She looks sensational in that dress! 她穿那条裙子的样子真令人难忘！

I don’t want to make another film for a long time.

【译文】我早就不想再拍片子了。

【用法】○1make a film 拍电影；make another film 再拍一部电影

动词make与不同的宾语搭配有不同的含义，如：make tea 沏茶；make the bed 铺床○2for a long time很长时间；用for + 段时间

瞬间性动词不能与段时间搭配，需作变换，但是在否定句中是可以的。如：

His grandfather has been dead for 20 years. 他祖父去世20年了。

We haven’t bought any clothes for 3 years. 我三年都没买新衣服了。

The soldier hasn’t come back home for 2years. 这个士兵两年都没回家了。

By our reporter.

【译文】由本报记者报道。

【用法】by our reporter = (It is) Reported/written by our reporter.

本句是被动语态的省略说法，被动语态的结构为be done。

I wonder why!

【译文】我想知道为什么！

【用法】动词wonder = want to know “想知道”；

wonder后接宾语从句，wonder why/how/who/when/where …

本文中出现的间接引用的句子

需改变时态的间接引语

【介绍】直接引语变间接引语时常要改变时态，这是因为原来讲的话与转述这些话之间有一段时间间隔。主句中的谓语动词如果是过去时态，间接引语的时态通常要“往回移”。

【用法】（1）一般现在时变成一般过去时，现在进行时变成过去进行时，现在完成时变成过去完成时。

○1She said, “I am a teacher.”她说：“我是个老师。”

She said that she was a teacher. 她说她是个老师。

○2He said, ”We are having dinner.”他说：“我们正在吃饭。”

He said that they were having dinner. 他说他们正在吃饭。

○3She said, “I have finished my homework.”她说：“我已经做完作业了。”

She said that she had finished her homework. 她说她已经做完作业了。

注意：如果直接引语时客观真理，一般现在时则不变。

○4She said, “The moon travels around the earth.”她说：“月球环绕地球转。”

She said that the moon travels around the earth. 她说月球环绕地球转。

（2）一般过去时变为过去完成时，过去完成时则不变，仍是过去完成时。

○1She said to me, “I saw you last week.”他对我说：“我上周见到你了。”

She told me that she had seen me the week before. 他告诉我她上周见到我了。

○2He said, “I had watered the garden before supper.”他说：“我已经在晚饭前浇过花园了。”

He said that he had watered the garden before supper. 他说他已经在晚饭前浇过花园了。

注意：直接引语中的一般过去时如果与一个具体的过去时间连用，一般过去时可不变。

○3Mum told me, “The museum was built in 1979.”妈妈告诉我：“这家博物馆建于1979年。”

Mum told me that the museum was built in 1979. 妈妈告诉我说这家博物馆建于1979年。

（3）一般将来时变成过去将来时，将来进行时变成过去将来进行时，将来完成时变成过去将来完成时。

○1She said, “I’ll go there.”她说：“我会去那儿。”

She said that she would go there. 她说她会去那儿。

○2She said, “I shall be working tonight.”她说：“我今晚将工作。”

She said that she would be working that night. 她说她那天晚上要工作。

○3She said, “We shall have finished the work by next month.”她说：“到下个月，我们就会完成工作。”

She said that they would have finished the work by the next month. 她说下个月他们就能完成工作了。

汇总：时态的改变对应规则

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