问题
选择题
The teacher said to us, “Failure is the mother of success”.26-30 CBCCA
→ The teacher ＿＿ that failure ＿＿the mother of success.
A．said to us; was
B．told us; was
C．told us; is
D．spoke to us; is
答案
答案：C
直接引语变间接引语，引语中的人称，时态，时间状语都要进行相应的转换，前面的said to us改为told us that, 但引语若是客观真理，客观事实，则不需转换时态，“失败是成功之母”是客观真理，因此，转换时不用更改时态，故选C
点评：直接引语变间接引语，引语中的人称，时态，时间状语都要进行相应的转换，但引语若是客观真理，客观事实，则不需转换时态