Question

Rewrite each sentence about Schliemann as reported speech.
a 'I have always been interested in the story of Troy,' he told journalists.
He told journalists (that) he had always been interested in the story of Troy.
b 'My father read the stories to me when I was a child,' he said.
c I have always believed that Troy was a real place,' he said.
d 'At an early age I decided to discover the site of the city,' he said.
e 'For many years I worked as a merchant in the USA and Russia,' he said.
f
I am a wealthy man and I have retired from business,' he said.
g 'I first went to the site at Hissarlik in 1868,' he said.
h 'Since then I have spent a lot of my own money on the excavation,' he said.
i 'I am working with a British archaeologist,' he said.
j 'We are hoping to prove that Hissarlik is the site of ancient Troy,' he said.

Answer 1

Ответ:

He said his father had read the stories to him when he had been a child.

He said he had always believed that Troy was / had been a real place.

He said at an early age he had decided to discover the site of the city.

He said for many years he had worked as a merchant in the USA and Russia.

He said he was a wealthy man and he had retired from business.

He said he had first gone to the site at Hissarlik in 1868.

He said that since then he had spent a lot of his own money on the excavation.

He said  he was working with a British  archaeologist.

He said they were hoping to prove that Hissarlik was the site of ancient Troy.

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