高二英语必修五第4单元课文翻译

高二英语必修五

Unit 4

课文翻译

Unit 4 Making the news

Reading

MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT

我的第一项工作任务

“

难以忘怀，

”

新闻记者说< /p>

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 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. We're delighted you're 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 immediately?

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 we'll 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

?

< br>我已经带了笔记本和照相机。

HX: No need for a camera. You'll have a professional photographer

with you to take photographs. You'll find your colleagues very eager to

assist you, so you may 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.

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

must be able 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 should I keep in mind?

周：我应该注意些什么呢

?

HX: Here comes my list of dos and don'ts: don't miss your deadline,

don't be rode, don't 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: Well, 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 agrees, you can

use a recorder to get the facts straight. It's 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 getting 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 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 footballer's 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 have demanded damages if