语法点：间接引语：疑问句 (Reported Questions)
转述别人问过的问题时，不再用问号和倒装语序，而是把问句变成一个从句。一般疑问句（能用 yes / no 回答的）用 if 或 whether 引导；特殊疑问句保留原来的疑问词（where, who, why…）。从句一律用陈述句语序：主语在前，动词在后，并去掉助动词 do / does / did。如果主句是过去时（asked、wanted to know），从句时态要往后移一格：does he live → lived，has gone → had gone。本课 Patrick 三次去问同一个问题 'Does Mr. Lane live here?'，作者用 he asked if Mr. Lane lived there 把它转述出来，警察的回答也用 told him that … had gone abroad 转述。
结构
| 原问句类型 | 直接引语 | 间接引语 |
|---|---|---|
| 一般疑问句 | 'Does Mr. Lane live here?' | He asked if (whether) Mr. Lane lived there. |
| 一般疑问句 | 'Has he gone abroad?' | He asked whether he had gone abroad. |
| 特殊疑问句 | 'Where is Mr. Lane?' | He asked where Mr. Lane was. |
| 特殊疑问句 | 'Why do you keep asking?' | The policeman asked why he kept asking. |
要点：1) 用 if / whether 或疑问词连接，去掉问号；2) 恢复陈述语序，去掉 do / does / did；3) 主句过去时，从句时态后移；4) here → there，this → that，人称相应变化。
课文中的例句
- [句 5] When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad. — 一般疑问句 Does Mr. Lane live here? 转述为 asked if … lived there：live → lived，here → there；回答用 told him that … had gone
- [句 7] The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. — asked the same question 指的就是句 5 里的转述问句
- [句 9] The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. — 再次提到那个问题，说明转述可以用 the same question 代替重复
- [句 11] 'I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr.Lane was defeated in the elections.' — 直接引语，与句 5 的间接引语形成对比
补充例句
- Patrick asked the policeman whether Mr. Lane was at home. — 帕特里克问警察莱恩先生是否在家。
- The policeman asked him why he kept asking the same question. — 警察问他为什么老是问同一个问题。
- I wanted to know where the former Prime Minister had gone. — 我想知道前首相去了哪里。
易错点
- ❌ He asked if did Mr. Lane live there. → ✅ He asked if Mr. Lane lived there. — 转述问句要去掉助动词 did，恢复陈述语序。
- ❌ He asked if Mr. Lane lives there. → ✅ He asked if Mr. Lane lived there. — 主句 asked 是过去时，从句时态要后移为 lived。
- ❌ He asked that Mr. Lane lived there. → ✅ He asked if Mr. Lane lived there. — 转述一般疑问句要用 if / whether，不能用 that。
- ❌ He asked where was Mr. Lane. → ✅ He asked where Mr. Lane was. — 特殊疑问句转述后同样不能倒装。