3.2. Modes of Speech ReportingAccording to Leech & Short (1981), the intensity of reporter’s intervention and control differs in different modes of speech reporting. More specifically, FDS exerts the least control while NRSA exerts the most, as illustrated in Figure 1. In direct speech, reporter exerts less control and intervention, thus the words and ideas of speakers’ are faithfully expressed. While in indirect speech, reporters can manipulate discourse with their own will and understanding. Since FDS and FIS hardly appear in news reports (Xin, 2006), they are not discussed in this paper. The author only presents further introduction to DS, IS, NRSA and DS’ (partial quotation) as following. (1) Direct Speech (DS): it is expressive in that the colloquial style of the original speaker is remained. It can faithfully and objectively reproduce the exact words of speaker. Direct speech usually consists of two parts: an introductory clause which includes a subject and a reporting verb, and a reported statement which is quoted in quotation marks. For example: “I’m here,” Mrs. Clinton said, “not my husband.” (The New York Times, January 22, 2008)