英语就是这样( 91 ) Why can he or why he could…..

在英语的会话中，有时我们听到“Why can he do it ?”，偶尔也会听到“Why he can do it?”。

以上两段句子的意思都是一样的 但其用法却是在不同的场合。前者是属于一般的问答惯用语（Direct Speech），后者是用在英语中所谓的报道式的讲话(Reported Speech)

She asked me: “Why can he do it?”.　若要把这句子换着报道式的讲话(REPORTED SPEECH)来告诉他人，你就必须把句子中的现在式(PRESENT TENSE)转换为过去式(PAST TENSE)，如　She asked me why he could do it.

看看下例的示范题：

1. “ John, be quiet!” said he.

He told John to be quiet.

2. “ Are you coming tonight?” asked Julie.

Julie asked me if I was coming tonight.

3. “ Where have you been” she asked me.

She asked me where I had been.

记得要把直接引语（Direct Speech）换着报道式的讲话(Reported Speech)时，你的文法要统一（ＨＡＲＯＭＮＹ）不可一半是现在式(PRESENT TENSE)另一半却是过去式(PAST TENSE)。

直接引语（Direct Speech）

She said : “ My father wakes up at 7.00 every morning.”

换着报道式的讲话(Reported Speech)

She said her father woke up at 7.00 every morning.　或者 She told me that her father woke up at 7.00 every morning. 句子中的My father也要换着her father。