Reporter: Have you just made a new film, Miss Marsh?
Miss Marsh: Yes, I have.
Reporter: Are you going to make another?
Miss Marsh: No, I’m not. I’m going to retire. I feel very tired.
I don't want to make another film for a long time.
Kate: let’s buy a newspaper, Millie.Listen to this!
“ Karen Marsh: Sensational News!（轟動新聞） By our reporter, Alan Jones. Miss Karen Marsh arrived at London Airport today. She was wearing a blue dress and a mink coat. She told me she had just made a new film. She said she was not going to make another. She said she was going to retire. She told reporters she felt very tired and didn’t want to make another film for a long time.”
Millie: Well, fancy that, Kate!
1．Have you just made a new film, Miss Marsh? 您剛拍完一部電影嗎，馬什小姐？
make 可表示“作出某種舉動”，其意義根據賓語而定。本句中的make可理解爲“拍（攝）”。
2．make another,再拍一部。
之後省略了film。
3．by our reporter = written by our reporter。
語法 Grammar in use
需改變時態的間接陳述句
間接引語裏常要改變時態，這是因爲原來講的話與轉述這些話之間有一段間隔。選擇哪種恰當的形式取決於轉述者的着眼點。在間接引語裏通常並不確切地重複講話者說過的話。轉述通常發生在過去，所以引述動詞通常是過去時。因此，轉述時從句的時態通常要“往回移”（back shift）。一條普遍的規則是：現在時變爲過去時，過去時變爲過去完成時。爲過去時的情態助動詞和過去完成時在轉述時不變，因爲不可能再往回移了。
使用間接引語主要是爲了簡潔、緊湊地把說話內容轉述給第3者。請看下面直接引語變成間接引語時在時態等方面必須作出的相應變化：
（1）一般現在時改爲一般過去時：
‘I'm thirsty,’she said.
She said (that) she was thirsty.
她說她渴了。
（2）現在進行時改爲過去進行時：
‘I'm having a rest,’ she told them.
She told them (that) she was having a rest.
她告訴他們說她當時正在休息。
（3）現在完成時改成過去完成時：
‘I've just made a new film,’ she told me.
She told me(that) she had just made a new film.
她告訴我說她剛完成一部新影片。
（4）一般將來時改成過去將來時（一般用would +動詞原形）：
‘I'll have to ask my husband,’she said.
She said (that) she would have to ask her husband.
她說她將得去問問她丈夫。
（5）情態動詞由現在時改成過去時或條件時態：
‘I can see you tomorrow,’she said.
She said (that) she could see me the next day.
她說她下一天可以見我。
‘I'll help you,’she said.
She said (that) she would help me.
她說她將幫助我。
‘I may return at six o'clock,’ she told me.
She told me (that) she might return at six o'clock.
她告訴我說她可能6點鐘回來。
（6）爲過去時或條件時態的情態助動詞不變：
‘I could see you tomorrow,’she said.
She said (that) she could see me the next day.
她說她第2天會見我。
‘I would complain if I were you,’she told me.
She told me (that) she would complain if she were me.
她告訴我說，如果她是我的話她就會抱怨的。
詞彙學習 Word study
1．wonder v.
（1）感到好奇；想要知道：
I wonder why he hasn't come.
我很想知道他爲什麼沒來。
I was wondering if I could borrow your bicycle.
我在想是否能借用你的自行車。
（2）感到驚訝（或詫異）：
She wonders at his rudeness.
她對他的無禮感到驚訝。
I shouldn't wonder if she is elected.
如果她當選，我不會感到驚奇。
2．sensational adj.
（1）令人興奮的；轟動性的：
The discovery was sensational.
那個發現引起了轟動。
（2）<貶>聳人聽聞的；企圖追求轟動效應的：
The sensational news report didn't have much effect on them.
那起聳人聽聞的新聞報導對他們並無多大影響。
（3）<口>非常好；給人深刻印象的：
She looks sensational in that dress!
她穿那條裙子的樣子真令人難忘！