说明
间接引语中的一般现在时
核心问题
Galileo concluded that heavy objects and light objects ____ at the same speed.
A. fell B. fall C. falling D. are fallen
根据时态呼应原则,that 从句中谓语应当用一般过去时,而答案却是一般现在时(fall),这是怎么回事呢?
词典解答
如果间接引语中的谓语表示客观真理或者说话的时刻仍是正确或有效的话，就要违背时态呼应原则，而采用一般现在时，见 indirect speech ，sequence of tenses 。
练习题
请做下面的英语试题：
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As a child, I was told that the moon ____ no light of its own. I simply didn't believe it. A. has B. have C. had D. had had
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The teacher told them since light ____ faster than sound, lightning ____ to go before thunder.
simple present tense 1338
A. travelled, appeared B. travels, appears C. travels, will appear D. travelled, would appear
- The teacher said that the sun ____ in the east and ____ in the west.
A. rose, set B. rises, sets C. raises, sets D. raised, set