Grammar and usage(1): Direct speech and reported speech优质课教案整理

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● Grammar and Usage However, we often prefer to use reported speech or indirect speech to report the meaning of what has been said without using the exact words.

report (TELL)

1.

vi. & vt.

to give a description of sth. or information about it to someone:

We rang the insurance company to report the theft.

The assassination(暗杀) was reported in all the newspapers.

I want you to report (to me) on progress (= on what you have done) every Friday.

[+ ing form of verb] Spies reported seeing a build-up of soldiers.

[+ object + adjective] He was reported missing in action.

The inquiry reports (= will officially make its results known) next week.

2.

be reported to be/do sth. to be described by people as being or doing a particular thing although there is no real proof:

The storm is reported to have killed five people.

3. vt. to make a complaint to a person in authority about sth. or someone:

My neighbours reported me to the police for firing my rifle in the garden. report

n.

[C]

1. (ALSO

school report, US ALSO

report card) a teacher's written statement to the parents about a child's ability and performance at school

2.

a description of an event or situation:

a news/weather report

a company's financial/annual report

I gave/made/submitted a report of the theft to the insurance company.

She sent in weekly reports on the situation.

3.

plural n. stories for which you do not yet have real proof:

According to reports, ten pupils were expelled.

We're getting reports of a plane crash in Paris. reporter

n.

[C]

a person whose job is to discover information about news events and describe them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or television

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