Unit 4人教版高二英语 MAKING THE NEWS详解.docx

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Unit4人教版高二英语MAKINGTHENEWS详解

Unit4MAKINGTHENEWS

MYFIRSTWORKASSIGNMENT

“Unforgettable”,saysnewjournalist

NeverwillZhouYang（ZY）forgethisfirstassignment（同义词：

task/mission/duty）attheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.Hisdiscussionwithhisnewboss,HuXin（HX）,wastostronglyinfluencehislifeasajournalist.（=reporter/correspondent）

HX:

Welcome.We’redelightedyou’recomingtoworkwithus.Yourfirstjobherewillbeanassistantjournalist.Doyouhaveanyquestions?

ZY:

CanIgetoutonastoryimmediately?

HX：

（laughing）That’sadmirable,butI’mafraiditwouldbeunusual!

Waittillyou’remoreexperienced.Firstwe’llputyouasanassistanttoanexperiencedjournalist.Lateryoucancoverastory（新闻采访）andsubmit（提交）thearticleyourself.

ZY:

Wonderful!

WhatdoIneedtotakewithme?

Ialreadyhaveanotebookandcamera.

HX:

Noneedforacamera.You’llhaveaprofessionalphotographerwithyoutotakephotographs.You’llfindyourcolleaguesveryeagertoassistyou,soyoumaybeabletoconcentrateonphotographylaterifyou’reinterested.

ZY:

Thankyou.NotonlyamIinterestedinphotography,butItookanamateurcourseatuniversitytoupdate（=improve）myskills.

HX:

Good.

ZY:

WhatdoIneedtorememberwhenIgoouttocoverastory?

HX:

Youneedtobecurious（n,curiosity）.Only（ifyouaskmanydifferentquestions）willyouacquirealltheinformation（youneedtoknow）.Wesayagoodjournalistmusthaveagood“nose”（嗅觉）forastory.Thatmeansyoumustbeabletoassesswhenpeoplearenottellingthewholetruthandthentrytodiscoverit.Theymustuseresearchtoinformthemselvesof（使……了解）themissingpartsofthestory.

ZY:

WhatshouldIkeepinmind?

（=payattentionto）

HX:

Herecomesmylistofdosanddon’ts:

don’tsmissyourdeadline,don’tberude,don’ttalktoomuch,butmakesureyoulistentotheintervieweecarefully.

ZY:

Whyislisteningsoimportant?

HX:

Well,youhavetolistenfordetailedfacts.Meanwhileyouhavetopreparethenextquestiondependingonwhatthepersonsays.

ZY:

ButhowcanIlistencarefullywhile（Iam）takingnotes?

HX:

Thisisatrickofthetrade.（干这一行的诀窍）Iftheintervieweeagrees,youcanusearecordertogetthefactsstraight（=getalltherealfacts）.It’salsousefulifapersonwantstochallenge（挑战/质疑）you.Youhavetheevidencetosupportyourstory.

ZY:

Isee!

Haveyoueverhadacasewheresomeoneaccusedyourjournalistsofgettingthewrongendofthestick?

（=misunderstandwhathasbeensaid）（误解/报道失实）

HX:

Yes,butitwasalongtimeago.Thisishowthestorygoes.Afootballwasaccusedoftakingmoney（=takebribes）fordeliberately（=onpurpose）notscoringgoalssoastolettheotherteamwin.Wewenttointerviewhim.Hedeniedtakingmoneybutwewereskeptical（=wewerenotsureofthat）.Sowearrangedaninterviewbetweenthefootballerandthemansupposedtobribehim.Whenwesawhimtogetherweguessedfromthefootballer’sbodylanguagethathewasnottellingthetruth.Sowewroteanarticlesuggesting（whichsuggested）hewasguilty.Itwasadilemmabecausethefootballercouldhavedemandeddamagesifwewerewrong.Hetriedtostopuspublishingitbutlaterwewereprovedright.

ZY:

Wow!

Thatwasareal“scoop”（独家新闻）.I’mlookingforwardtomyfirstassignmentnow.PerhapsI’llgetascooptoo！

HX:

Perhapsyouwill.Youneverknow.（=whoknows!

）

GETTINHTHE“SCOOP”

“Quick,”saidtheeditor.“Getthatstoryready.Weneeditinthiseditiontobeaheadoftheothernewspapers.Thisisascoop.”ZhouYanghadjustcomebackintotheofficeafteraninterviewwithafamousfilmstar.“Didhereallydothat?

”askedsomeonefromtheInternationalNewsDepartment.“Yes,I’mafraidhedid,”ZhouYanganswered.Hesettowork.

Hisfirsttaskwastowritehisstory,buthehadtodoitcarefully.Althoughherealizedthemanhadbeenlying,（=realizingtheman…）ZhouYangknewhemustnotaccusehimdirectly.Hewouldhavetobeaccurate.Concisetoo!

Heknewhowtodothat.Monthsoftraininghadtaughthimtowritewithnowastedwordsorphrases.（=没有废话）Hesatdownathiscomputerandbegantowork.

Thefirstpersonwhosawhisarticlewasasenioreditor（编审）fromhisdepartment.Hecheckedtheevidence,readthearticleandpasseditontothecopy-editor.（技术编辑）Shebegantoeditthepieceanddesignthemainheadlineandsmallerheading,“Thiswilllookverygoodonthepage,”shesaid.“Whereisagoodpictureofthisman?

（=whereshouldthepicturebeput?

）”ThenasthearticlewasgoingtobewritteninEnglishZhouYangalsotookacopytothenativespeakeremployedbythenewspapertopolish（润色）thestyle.（Polish：

波兰的，波兰语，波兰人polisher:

抛光工人，抛光机）ShewasalsoveryhappywithZhouYang’sstory.“Youarereallyabletowriteagoodfrontpagearticle,”shesaid,ZhouYangsmiledwithhappiness.Lastofall,thechiefeditorreaditandapprovedit.“Welldone,”hesaidtoZhouYang.“Butpleaseshowmeyourevidencesowe’resurewe’vegotourfactsstraight.”“I’llbringittoyouimmediately,”saidZhouYangexcitedly.

Thenewsdeskeditor（文字编辑）tookthestoryandbegantoworkon（排版）allthestoriesandphotosuntilallthepageswereset.Alltheinformationwasthenreadytobeprocessed（=made）intofilmnegatives.（negative:

消极的，负的，底片）Thiswasthefirststageoftheprintingprocess.Theyneededfournegatives,asseveralcoloursweregoingtobeusedonthestory.Eachofthemaincolourshadonenegativesheetandwhentheywerecombinedtheymadeacolouredageforthenewspaper.Afteronelastcheckthepagewasreadytobeprinted.ZhouYangwaitedexcitedlyforthefirstcopiestobeready.“Waittilltonight,”hisfriendwhispered.“Iexpecttherewillbesomethingaboutthisonthetelevisionnews.Arealscoop！

”