直接話法
I had a blind date. I waited two hours on the corner. A girl walked by, and I said, "Are you Louise?" She said, "Are you Rodney?" I said, "Yeah." She said, "I'm not Louise."
―― Rodney Dangerfield
間接話法
Somehow, I don't think I'm going to marry my current boyfriend. Last night when I casually asked him how much money he had in the bank, he said he would have to go home and open the pig to find out.
... I said to him, "How much money do you have in the bank?" he said, "I will have to go home and open the pig to find out.
