选自Lesson23 A new house 新居 I had a letter from my sister yesterday.She lives in Nigeria.In her letter,she said that she would come to England next year.If she comes,she will get a surprise.We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.Work on it had begun before my sister left.The house was completed five months ago.In my letter,I told her that she could stay with us.The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.It is a very m
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Lesson23 A new house 新居
I had a letter from my sister yesterday.She lives in Nigeria.In her letter,she said that she would come to England next year.If she comes,she will get a surprise.We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.Work on it had begun before my sister left.The house was completed five months ago.In my letter,I told her that she could stay with us.The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.It is a very modern house,so it looks strange to some people.It must be the only modern house in the district.
请分析In my letter,I told her that she could stay with us.（还有为何用could）
请详细分析（不是翻译），从时态，结构，that，could分析
根据上文，这句话是包含宾语从句的复合句，其中因为主句用过去时所以从句中应使用过去系列的时态，所以使用了“could”.
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tell后面是可以跟复合宾语的，that引导的是宾语从句。could没有特别的意思，只是在时态上与前面told一致而已。
意思就是在我的回信中,我告诉她可以与我们住在一起,因为前面提到现在住到了一个新房子里,could表示可能,可以的意思,用过去时为了与前面的时态保持一致