Lesson Nine Part One Grammar---Indirect Speech(1) There are two ways of relating what a person has said:direct and indirect. In direct speech(直接引语)we repeat the original speaker's exact words: He said,"I am writing a letter." Remarks thus repeated are placed between inverted commas(引号)，and a comma or colon(冒号)is placed immediately before the remark. In indirect speech(间接引语)we give the exact meaning of a remark or a speech,without necessarily using the speaker's exact words:Part One Grammar---Indirect Speech(1) There are two ways of relating what a person has said: direct and indirect. In direct speech（直接引语）we repeat the original speaker’s exact words: He said,“I am writing a letter.” Remarks thus repeated are placed between inverted commas（引号）, and a comma or colon（冒号） is placed immediately before the remark. In indirect speech（间接引语）we give the exact meaning of a remark or a speech, without necessarily using the speaker’s exact words: Lesson Nine