1) 如果从句所叙述的为真理或相对不变的事实,则用现在时。例如:
At that time, people did not know that the earth moves. 那时,人们不知道地球是动的。
He told me last week that he is eighteen. 上星期他告诉我他十八岁了。
2) 宾语从句中的,助动词ought, need, must, dare 的时态是不变的。例如:
He thought that I need not tell you the truth. 他认为我不必告诉你真相。