High School English Compulsory Course 5 Unit 4 Translation

My first job assignment

“Unforgettable,” the journalist said

Zhou Yang will never forget his first assignment at a best-selling English newspaper A work assignment. His discussion with his new boss Hu Xin will have a strong impact on his journalistic career.

Hu: Welcome, I'm very glad that you come to join our work. The first thing you do when you come here is to be an assistant reporter. Any questions?

Zhou: Can I go for an interview right away?

Hu: (laughing) That’s so courageous! But I'm afraid this is not very conventional, so wait until you are more experienced. We will first assign you as an assistant to an experienced reporter. Later, you can go on your own to conduct press interviews and submit your own press releases.

Zhou: Great! What do I need to bring with me? I've brought my notebook and camera.

Hu: No need for a camera! You will bring a professional photographer with you to take photos. You'll find that your colleagues are enthusiastic about helping you. If you are interested in photography, you can focus on studying it in the future.

Zhou: Thank you. Not only am I interested in photography, I also took amateur photography courses in college to update my skills.

Hu: That’s great.

Zhou: What else do I need to remember when I go out for interviews?

Hu: You need to be curious. It's only by asking a lot of different questions that you're likely to get the information you need to know. We say that a good reporter must have a very sensitive "sense" for news. That means you have to be able to tell when people aren't telling the whole truth, and work to discover it. Journalists must conduct research to understand the missing parts of the story.

Zhou: What should I pay attention to?

Hu: The following is my code of conduct: don’t delay the deadline, don’t be rude to others, don’t talk too much, and be sure to listen carefully to the interviewee’s answers to questions.

Zhou: Why is it so important to listen to what others say?

Hu: You have to hear the details of the facts clearly. At the same time, prepare your next question based on what the interviewee says.

Zhou: How can I listen carefully to the other person’s answers while I’m taking notes?

Hu: This is the secret of our profession. If the interviewee allows you, you can use a tape recorder to record all the facts. This is also useful if someone raises questions, so you have evidence to back up your reporting.

Zhou: I understand! Have you ever been in a situation where someone sued your reporter for inaccurate reporting?

Hu: Yes. But that was a long time ago. Here's what happened: A football player was bribed to deliberately not score a goal so that the opposing team would win. We went to interview him. He denied taking any money, but we doubt it. So we arranged for the player to be interviewed together with the person who was believed to have paid the bribe, and when we saw them together, we guessed from the football player's body language that he was not telling the truth. We wrote an article suggesting the football players were guilty. This was a bit difficult because if we were wrong, he could demand compensation from us. He fought hard to prevent us from publishing the article, but we were later proven correct.

Zhou: Wow! That's the real scoop! I'm looking forward to my upcoming first mission. Maybe I’ll get the scoop too!

Hu: Maybe you will, who knows.

Get exclusive news

Zhou Yang had just returned to the office after interviewing a famous movie star, and the editor said: "Hurry up and prepare that report, we will do it for this edition. If you want to use it, we will be ahead of other newspapers. This is the first exclusive news. "Someone in the international newsroom asked: "Did he really do that kind of thing?" Zhou Yang replied: "Yes. , I’m afraid that’s the case.” Then he started preparing the report.

His first thing is to write a report, and he must write it seriously. Although he thought that person had been lying, Zhou Yang knew that he could never accuse that person directly. He must be precise and concise. He knows what to do. After several months of training, he had learned to write articles without any nonsense. He sat down in front of the computer and started working.

The first person to read this article was an editor in their department. He checked the evidence in the article, read the entire story, and handed it to the technical editor. She started editing, designing the main title and subtitles. She said: "This will look good on the page. Where should I put this person's photo?" Because this article was to be written in English, Zhou Yang took a copy of the manuscript and gave it to a foreigner who was a native English speaker. Employee, ask her to polish her language style. The employee was also satisfied with Zhou Yang's report. She commented: "You can indeed write good front-page news." Zhou Yang smiled happily. Finally, the editor-in-chief reviewed the manuscript and approved it for publication. He said to Zhou Yang: "The article is well written, but you have to provide evidence to prove that the facts are conclusive." Zhou Yang said excitedly: "I will bring it right away."

News copy editor After reading this report, start to organize all the reports and pictures until all the pages are organized. After that, all reporting materials will be made into film.

This is the first step in the printing process. Since this story was going to use several colors, four sheets of film were needed. One negative is used for each main color, and the four negatives are combined to make a newspaper color page. After one final proofread, the layout is ready for printing. Zhou Yang was excitedly waiting for the first batch of newspapers to be printed. "Wait until tonight," his friend told him softly. “I expected the TV news to give this a little coverage.

What a scoop! ”