老师, 你好!请问主句时态是现在完成时的话,宾语从句的谓语动词用什么时态?非常感谢!
【答】当主句中谓语动词表示现在或将来概念时,即为现在时、现在完成时或将来时时,宾语从句可根据需要用各种时态。如:
Mr. Smith tells us / Mr. Smith has told us / Mr. Smith will tell us that he works in the steel plant. 史密斯先生告诉我们他在钢厂工作。
Mr. Smith tells us / Mr. Smith has told us / Mr. Smith will tell us that he is
working in the steel plant. 史密斯先生告诉我们他目前在钢厂工作。
Mr. Smith tells us / Mr. Smith has told us / Mr. Smith will tell us that he has
worked in the steel plant since 1985. 史密斯先生告诉我们自从1985年他一直在钢厂工作。
Mr. Smith tells us / Mr. Smith has told us / Mr. Smith will tell us that he
worked in the steel plant last year. 史密斯先生告诉我们去年他在钢厂工作。
Mr. Smith tells us / Mr. Smith has told us / Mr. Smith will tell us that he was
working in the steel plant when we got acquainted with him. 史密斯先生告诉我们我们认识他时,他在钢厂工作。
Mr. Smith tells us / Mr. Smith has told us / Mr. Smith will tell us that he had worked in the steel plant for five years when we first met him. 史密斯先生告诉我们我们第一次遇见他时,他已在钢厂工作了5年。
(摘自赵俊英《现代英语语法》pp.1232-1233)