Unit1FriendshipPeriod2(Direct&IndirectSpeech(Ⅰ)statements&questions)AimsTodiscoverusefulwordsandexpressionsTodiscoverusefulstructuresProceduresI.WarmingupWarmingupbydiscoveringusefulwordsandexpressionsTurntopage4anddoExercises1,2,3and4first.Thencheckyouranswerswithyourclasspartner.II.Learningaboutgrammar:DirectandIndirectSpeech1.DirectSpeechIndirectspeech,theoriginalspeaker'sexactwordsaregivenandareindicatedbyquotationmarks.★“Idon’tknowwhattodo,”saidDean.Insomegrammarbooks,‘saidDean’isreferredtoasareportingclause.“Idon'tknowwhattodo,”isreferredtoasthereportedclause.2.IndirectSpeechInindirectspeech,theexactmeaningofthespeaker’swordsisgiven,buttheexactwordsarenotdirectlyquoted.★Deansaidthathedidn’tknowwhattodo.Toconvertdirectspeechintoindirectspeech:Ifthemainverbispasttense,presenttenseverbsin‘thatclause’mustalsobechangedtopasttense.Deansaidthathedidn’tknowwhattodo.Firstandsecondpersonpronounsmustbechangedtothirdpersonpronouns.Deansaidthathedidn’tknowwhattodo.(Theword‘that’canoftenbeleftout:Deansaidhedidn’tknowwhattodo.)3.IndirectQuestions2\nDirectquestion:“DidMarama’shorsewinaprize?”Owenasked.Indirectquestions:Owenaskedwhether(orif)Marama’shorsehadwonaprize.Thesamerulesapplytoindirectquestionsastoindirectstatements.Thedifferenceisthatawh-clauseisusedinsteadofathatclause.Directquestion:“Whywon’tyoumarryme?”askedDonald.Indirectquestion:Donaldaskedherwhyshewouldn’tmarryhim.Intellingastoryorrecountingevents,aspeakerusingdirectspeechhasalltheresourcesofintonationtoproducealivelyaccount.Becauseindirectspeechisalwaysspeechreportedbysomeoneelse,theaccountismorereservedandrestrained.“Whatshallwedo?”askedBev.“Don’tworry,Bev,”saidDuncan,“I’vegotaplan.”BevaskedDuncanwhattheyshoulddo.Hetoldhernottoworryandthathehadgotaplan.Theabilitytochangedirectspeechintoindirectspeechisausefulskillforthoseengagedintakingtheminutesofameetingorreportingonevents.Directspeech:“Firstofall,Iwouldliketothankeverybodywhohelpedwiththefair.Theresultswereverygood,andwewillnowbeabletobuytwomorecomputers.”Indirectspeech:Theprincipalsaidthathewouldliketothankeverybodywhohadhelpedwiththefair.Heannouncedthattheresultswereverygoodandthattheschoolwouldnowbeabletobuytwomorecomputers.III.DiscoveringwordsandexpressionsDoexercises1,2,3and4onpage4and5.Checkyourworkwithyourpartner’s.IV.DiscoveringstructuresDoexercise1and2.Checkyourworkwithyourpartner’s.2
