An unsupervised flower shop operated by a college student in Beijing is attracting many young customers, Chinese media reported.
Different from traditional shops in the capital, the young storekeeper surnamed Wang opened the first unsupervized flower shop where people can select flowers and pay via mobile payment systems including WeChat and Alipay.
Born after 1995 and a lover of fiction, the young man said he ____began____the startup because it will not take up his time. People go to flower shops at any time, he said. I cannot focus on reading when I have to serve customers. So Wang opened the self-service flower shop after doing market research.
为何这里答案是began呢。个人理解：
由于 said 是过去的事，begin这个startup是said之前的事，完全符合过去的过去啊。
而且宾语从句中时态应该注意的问题就是假如主句用过去时的话，从句要用相应的过去时态，假如从句动作发生在主句之前，那样从句就要用过去完成时，完全符合，那样为何这里填began呢。。求解。
Born after 1995 and a lover of fiction, the young man said he ____began____the startup because it will not take up his time. People go to flower shops at any time, he said. I cannot focus on reading when I have to serve customers. So Wang opened the self-service flower shop after doing market research.
你试一试在said后加逗号和引号，将he 改为 I, his 改为 my。是否这就是直接引语了：
Born after 1995 and a lover of fiction, the young man said, I beganthe startup because it will not take upmy time. 这说明该新闻稿作者在将直接引语改为间接引语时，只做了人称的调整，并没做时态的调整。你只注意到了began 没改为过去完成时，没注意到will 也没改为 would .
你把这视为新闻语体吧。
