新编商务英语精读第4册unit-7汇.ppt

Special Use Special Use Direct and Indirect speech Unit 7 Modern Office 在引述他人的话时，一字不改地直接引用原话，叫直接引语（direct speech）。直接引语须用引号（“”），句首的第一个字母须大写。例如： He said, “I have finished my work．” She insisted, “I know nothing about it．” The teacher said, “You are late again．” He said, “I have lost my money．” 如说话人用自己的话加以转述，这就是间接引语（indirect speech ／ reported speech）。间接引语不用引号，通常以宾语从句的形式出现。例如： He said he had finished his work． She insisted she knew nothing about it． The teacher said I was late again． He said he had lost his money． 直接引语和间接引语通常需要由诸如say, tell, order, ask等动词引出，这类动词叫做引述动词（reporting verb）。主语和引述动词可以位于直接引语之前，例如： Notes Notes Unit 7 Modern Office 1． Sticky-backed message slips: small， narrow pieces of paper with a sticky back for people to leave messages． 2． procrastination: the behavior of putting off doing something， especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness． 3． equivalent to: having the same use， function， size， or value as something else； equal to． 4． frustrating searches for lost paperwork: the searches for missing paper records turn out to be unsuccessful and disappointing． 5． accepted norm: behavior accepted by the public or particular groups of people． 6． tackle: to take action in order to deal with． 7． ．．．are suffocating under mountains of unwanted paper: ．．． feel greatly stressed because of the huge amount of useless paper． 8． ．．．workers admit to habitually handling paperwork several times before deciding what to do with it: workers say that it is true that they usually have to look for the paper several times before they know what to do with it． Notes续表1 Notes Unit 7 Modern Office 9． What you shouldn’t do is add to the pile of paper that’s already there: We should avoid keeping the paper mountain piling up． Here the infinitive marker “to” is omitted before “add．” In this kind of structure the infinitive marker “to” is often omitted． For example: What I am going to do is call the police． All you need to do is press the button． 10． an empty desk is th