We use falling intonation for statements.

我们在陈述句中使用降调。

We don't only use reported speech for statements.

我们不只在陈述句情况下进行转述。

And let's just appreciate that statement for a moment.

让我们暂时欣赏一下这一段话。

I've prepared a statement for you on behalf of the network.

我代表电视台准备发表讲话。

Lincoln and Douglas talked for two hours. Then the Senator gave a statement for the newspapers. He said he still opposed the administration on political questions.

林肯和道格拉斯谈了两个小时。随后，参议员向报纸发表了一份声明。他说，他在政治问题上仍然反对政府。

The Interior Ministry said the Roman Catholic religious group had failed to fulfil its obligations and had not supplied financial statements for the past three years.

内政部表示，该修会未能履行其义务，过去三年没有提供财务报表。

Okay, so let's look at the zero conditional, which is the simplest one, really, and this is for statements which are true in general, they're generally true.

好的，让我们看一下零条件，这是最简单的， 真的，这是针对一般情况下为真的陈述， 它们通常是真的。