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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上高二英语必修五Unit 4课文翻译Unit 4 Makingthenews ReadingMY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENTUnforgettable, says new journalist我的第一项工作任务 “难以忘怀，”新闻记者说Never will Zhou Yang (ZY) forget his first assignment at the office of a popular English newspaper. His discussion with his new boss, Hu Xin (HX), was to strongly

2、 influence his life as a journalist.周阳永远不会忘记他在一家畅销英文报纸的第一项工作任务。他同新上司胡欣的讨论对他的记者生涯必将产生强烈的影响。HX: Welcome. Were delighted youre coming to work with us. Your first job here will be an assistant journalist. Do you have any questions?胡：欢迎你，非常高兴你来参加我们的工作，你来这里首先就是当助理记者。有什么问题吗?ZY: Can I go out on a story imme

3、diately?周：我可以马上去采访吗?HX: (laughing) That s admirable, but I m afraid it would be unusual ! Wait till you re more experienced. First well put you as an assistant to an experienced journalist. Later you can cover a story and submit the article yourself.胡：(笑)真是勇气可嘉!不过恐怕这不太合乎常规，还是等到你比较有经验以后吧。我们先要派你给有经验的记

4、者作助理。以后，你才能独自去进行新闻采访并提交自己的新闻稿。ZY: Wonderful. What do I need to take with me? I already have a notebook and camera.周：太好了!我需要随身带些什么?我已经带了笔记本和照相机。HX: No need for a camera. Youll have a professional photographer with you to take photographs. Youll find your colleagues very eager to assist you, so you ma

5、y be able to concentrate on photography later if you re interested.胡：不需要照相机!你们将带上一名专业摄影师去拍照。你将发现你的同事们会热情地帮助你。如果你对摄影感兴趣，以后你可以集中精力去钻研。ZY: Thank you. Not only am I interested in photography, but I took an amateur course at university to update my skills.周：谢谢你。对摄影我不仅只是感兴趣，在大学里我还专修过业余摄影课来更新我的技术。HX: Good.

6、胡：那很好啊。ZY: What do I need to remember when I go out to cover a story?周：我出去采访时还需要记住些什么事呢?HX: You need to be curious. Only if you ask many different questions will you acquire all the information you need to know. We say a good journalist must have a good nose for a story. That means you must be able

7、to assess when people are not telling the whole troth and then try to discover it. They must use research to inform themselves of the missing parts of the story.胡：你需要有好奇心。你只有提出了许多不同的问题之后才有可能获得你需要知道的信息。我们说，一个好的记者必须有一个对新闻非常敏感的“嗅觉“。那就是说，在人们没有说出全部真相时，你必须能够判断出，并努力发现真理。记者必须通过调查研究，来使自己了解到被遗漏的那部分情况。ZY: What

8、 should I keep in mind?周：我应该注意些什么呢?HX: Here comes my list of dos and donts: dont miss your deadline, dont be rode, dont talk too much, but make sure you listen to the interviewee carefully.胡：下面是我的行为准则：不要延误任务规定的期限，不可对人粗鲁，不可自己说得太多，务必认真倾听被采访人回答问题。ZY: Why is listening so important?周：为什么听人家讲话这样重要呢?HX: We

9、ll, you have to listen for detailed facts. Meanwhile you have to prepare the next question depending on what the person says.胡：你得听清楚事实的细节。同时，你还要根据被采访人所说的话准备提出下一个问题。ZY: But how can I listen carefully while taking notes?周：在我记笔记的同时，怎么能仔细倾听对方的答话呢?HX: This is a trick of the trade, If the interviewee agre

10、es, you can use a recorder to get the facts straight. Its also useful if a person wants to challenge you. You have the evidence to support your story.胡：这就是我们职业的诀窍了。如果被采访人允许，你可以使用录音机，录下全部事实。如果有人提出质疑，这也有用，你就有证据来支持自己的报道了。ZY: I see! Have you ever had a case where someone accused your journalists of gett

11、ing the wrong end of the stick?周：我明白了!你有没有过这样的情况：别人控告你的记者，说他的报道失实?HX: Yes, but it was a long time ago. This is how the story goes. A footballer was accused of taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win. We went to interview him. He denied taking money but we were

12、 sceptical. So we arranged an interview between the footballer and the man supposed to bribe him. When we saw them together we guessed from the footballers body language that he was not telling the truth. So we wrote an article suggesting he was guilty. It was a dilemma because the footballer could

13、have demanded damages if we were wrong. He tried to stop us publishing it but later we were proved right.胡：有的。不过这是很久以前的事了。事情是这样的：一位足球运动员被指挥受贿，故意不进球，好让对方球队赢球。我们去采访了他。他否认收了钱，但我们对此表示怀疑。于是，我们安排这名球员和被认为行贿的人一起接受采访，而当我们看到他们在一起时，我们就从足球运动员的体态语上猜到他没有说真话。我们写了一篇文章，暗示足球队员有罪。这事有些为难，因为如果我们错了，他就可以向我们索要赔偿。他竭力阻止我们发表这

14、篇文章，但后来证实我们是正确的。ZY: Wow! That was a real scoop. Im looking forward to my first assignment now. Perhaps Ill get a scoop too!周：哇!那才是真正的独家新闻哩!我期盼着即将到来的首次任务。说不定我也会搞到独家新闻呢!HX: Perhaps you will. You never know.胡：也许你会的，谁知道呢。Using LanguageGETTING THE SCOOP抢发独家新闻Quick, said the editor. Get that story ready.

15、We need it in this edition to be ahead of the other newspapers. This is a scoop. Zhou Yang had just come back into the office after an interview with a famous film star. Did he really do that? asked someone from the International News Department. Yes, I m afraid he did, Zhou Yang answered. He set to

16、 work.周阳刚刚采访了一位著名影星回到办公室，编辑就说：“快点把那篇报道准备好， 我们这一版就要用，这样我们就抢在其他报纸的前面了，这就是抢先的独家新闻。“国际新闻编辑部有人提出问题：“他真的干了那种事吗?”周阳回答说：“是的，恐怕是这样的。”接着他便着手准备报道了。His first task was to write his story, but he had to do it carefully. Although he realized the man had been lying, Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly. H

17、e would have to be accurate. Concise too! He knew how to do that. Months of training had taught him to write with no wasted words or phrases. He sat down at his computer and began to work.他的第一件事就是写报道稿，他必须认认真真地写。尽管他认为那个人一直在说谎话，但周阳懂得，他决不能直接指责那个人。他必须做到准确无误，还要简明扼要。他知道该如何做。经过几个月的培训，他已经学会了写文章，全然没有废话。他在电脑前

18、坐下就开始工作了。The first person who saw his article was a senior editor from his department. He checked the evidence, read the article and passed it on to the copy-editor. She began to edit the piece and design the main headline and smaller heading. “This will look very good on the page,” she said. Where

19、is a good picture of this man? Then as the article was going to be written in English Zhou Yang also took a copy to the native speaker employed by the newspaper to polish the style. She was also very happy with Zhou Yangs story. You are really able to write a good front page article, she said. Zhou

20、Yang smiled with happiness. Last of all, the chief editor read it and approved it. Well done, he said to Zhou Yang. But please show me your evidence so were sure weve got our facts straight.” “Ill bring it to you immediately, said Zhou Yang excitedly.第一个看到这篇文章的人的他们部里的一位编审。他核查了文中的证据，阅读了整篇报道，然后递给技术编辑。

21、她就开始了编辑工作，设计了主标题和副标题。她说：“在版面上这会很好看。这个人的照片该放在哪儿好呢?”因为这篇文章要用英文来写，所有周阳拿了一份稿子给一位母语为英语的外国雇员，请她对语言风格进行润饰。这位雇员对周阳的报道也很满意。她评价说：“你确实能写很好的头版新闻了。”周阳高兴地笑了。最后主编审读了这篇稿子，并且批准发表了。他对周阳说：“文章写得很好，不过你还得拿出证据来表明事实确凿。”周阳激动地说：“我马上拿来。”The news desk editor took the story and began to work on all the stories and photos until

22、all the pages were set. All the information was then ready to be processed into film negatives. This was the first stage of the printing process. They needed four negatives, as several colours were going to be used on the story. Each of the main colours had one negative sheet and when they were comb

23、ined they made a coloured page for the newspaper. After one last check the page was ready to be printed. Zhou Yang waited excitedly for the first copies to be ready. Wait 611 tonight, his friend whispered. I expect there will be something about this on the television news. A real scoop!新闻文字编辑取走这篇报道，开始对所有的报道和图片进行编排，直至把各版面全部编定。此后，所有的报道材料就要被制成胶片。这是印制过程的第一道工序。由于这篇报道要用好几种颜色，因此需要四张胶片。每一种主色要用一张底片，四张底片结合起来就制成一张报纸的彩页。经过最后一次校对后，这个版面就可以准备印制了。周阳兴奋地等待着第一批报纸的印出。“要等到今天晚上。”他的朋友轻声地告诉他说。“我期望电视新闻会对这件事作一点报道。真是独家新闻了!”专心-专注-专业