Lesson 39  Am I all right?

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'

当约翰•吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生他的手术是否成功，但医生拒绝告诉他。第二天，这位病人要了一部床头电话。当房里只剩他一个人时，他挂通了医院的交换台，要求与米灵顿医生讲话。当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰•吉尔伯特的先生。他问吉尔伯特先生的手术中否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功。然后他又问吉尔伯特先生什么时候可以回家，医生说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期。之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。“不是，”病人回答说，“我就是约翰•吉尔伯特先生。”

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Grammar

间接引语。

直接引语转为间接引语时需要注意人称和时态的变化。

1. 人称的变化规则是：一随主，二随宾，三不变；

2. 时态变化则要根据主句的时态以及间接引语的内容进行相应变化。

3.需要注意的是：陈述句转为间接引语用that引导；一般疑问句转为间接引语用whether/if来引导；特殊疑问句用特殊疑问词引导，语序都必须是陈述句语序。

4. 直接引语变间接引语时， 指示代词、时间状语、地点状语等要作相应的变化。如：this/that→ these/those, now→then, today→that day, yesterday→the day before, last year→the year before, ago→before, here→there

Exercises.

把直接引语改为间接引语

1. -- “Where is your school?” she asked me.

-- She asked me_____________________________________.

A. where is my school

B. where my school is

C. my school was where

D. where my school was

2. “Did you do your house cleaning yesterday”, she asked Amy. (改为间接引语)

She asked Amy ___________________________________.

1.解析：本题考查直接引语转为间接引语，直接引语为特殊疑问句，故由特殊疑问词来引导，同时主句为一般过去时，且需要遵循陈述句的语序，所以答案为D。

2.解析：本题考查直接引语转为间接引语，直接引语为一般疑问句，需由whether或if来引导，且主句为一般过去时，间接引语需要退格成过去完成时，yesterday需要改成that day，所以答案为：whether/ if she had done her house cleaning that day。