Lesson 63 She was not amused

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

杰里米•汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 -- 人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！

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Grammar

1. 直接引语改写间接引语（特殊疑问词）

2. 表推测词组

如果直接引语是特殊疑问句，在转为间接引语的时候直接由特殊疑问词引导，时态也会随着主句的时态进行相应变化，但是值得注意的是：语序需要转为陈述句语序。

Exercise

1. –“Who is the man in the park?” She asked

She asked ___________________________________.

2. He said he ________ never seen ________ an exciting football match before.

A. has; so   B. has; much   C. had; so   D. had; such

解析：1.考查特殊疑问句的间接引语，故答案为：who the man was in the park。

2.考查间接引语句式，主句为一般过去时，从句要往回退一个时态，使用过去完成时，而so加上形容词或副词，such加上名词，因此选择D。