间接引语,这里为何用told

问题描述:

间接引语,这里为何用told
当直接引语部分带有具体的过去时间状语时,
如:He said,“I went to college in 1994.”
——>He told us that he went to college in 1994.
这里为什么用told 不是said呢?

He told us that he went to college in 1994.
He said that he went to college in 1994.
以上两句都行