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必修5Unit4Makingthenews-ReadingMYFIRSTWORKASSIGNMENTUnforgettable,saysnewjournalistNeverwillZhouYang(ZY)forgethisfirstassignmentattheofficeofapopularEnglishnewspaper.Hisdiscussionwithhisnewboss,HuXin(HX),wastostronglyinfluencehislifeasajournalist.HX:Welcome.We'redelightedyou'recomingtoworkwithus.Yourfirstjobherewillbeanassistantjournalist.Doyouhaveanyquestions?ZY:CanIgooutonastoryimmediately?HX:(laughing)That'sadmirable,butI'mafraiditwouldbeunusual!Waittillyou'remoreexperienced.Firstwe'llputyouasanassistanttoanexperiencedjournalist.Lateryoucancoverastoryandsubmitthearticleyourself.ZY:Wonderful.WhatdoIneedtotakewithme?Ialreadyhaveanotebookandcamera.HX:Noneedforacamera.You'llhaveaprofessionalphotographerwithyoutotakephotographs.You'llfindyourcolleaguesveryeagertoassistyou,soyoumaybeabletoconcentrateonphotographylaterifyou'reinterested.ZY:Thankyou.NotonlyamIinterestedinphotography,butItookanamateurcourseatuniversitytoupdatemyskills.HX:Good.ZY:WhatdoIneedtorememberwhenIgoouttocoverastory?HX:Youneedtobecurious.Onlyifyouaskmanydifferentquestionswillyouacquirealltheinformationyouneedtoknow.Wesayagoodjournalistmusthaveagoodnoseforastory.Thatmeansyoumustbeabletoassesswhenpeoplearenottellingthewholetrothandthentrytodiscoverit.Theymustuseresearchtoinformthemselvesofthemissingpartsofthestory.ZY:WhatshouldIkeepinmind?HX:Herecomesmylistofdosanddon'ts:don'tmissyourdeadline,don'tberode,don'ttalktoomuch,butmakesureyoulistentotheintervieweecarefully.ZY:Whyislisteningsoimportant?HX:Well,youhavetolistenfordetailedfacts.Meanwhileyouhavetopreparethenextquestiondependingonwhatthepersonsays.ZY:ButhowcanIlistencarefullywhiletakingnotes?HX:Thisisatrickofthetrade,Iftheintervieweeagrees,youcanusearecordertogetthefactsstraight.It'salsousefulifapersonwantstochallengeyou.Youhavetheevidencetosupportyourstory.ZY:Isee!Haveyoueverhadacasewheresomeoneaccusedyourjournalistsofgettingthewrongendofthestick?HX:Yes,butitwasalongtimeago.Thisishowthestorygoes.Afootballerwasaccusedoftakingmoneyfordeliberatelynotscoringgoalssoastolettheotherteamwin.Wewenttointerviewhim.Hedeniedtakingmoneybutweweresceptical.Sowearrangedaninterviewbetweenthefootballerandthemansupposedtobribehim.Whenwesawthemtogetherweguessedfromthefootballer'sbodylanguagethathewasnottellingthetruth.Sowewroteanarticlesuggestinghewasguilty.Itwasadilemmabecausethefootballercouldhavedemandeddamagesifwewerewrong.Hetriedtostopuspublishingitbutlaterwewereprovedright.ZY:Wow!Thatwasarealscoop.I'mlookingforwardtomyfirstassignmentnow.PerhapsI'llgetascooptoo!HX:Perhapsyouwill.Youneverknow.GETTINGTHESCOOPQuick,saidtheeditor.Getthatstoryready.Weneeditinthiseditiontobeaheadoftheothernewspapers.Thisisascoop.ZhouYanghadjustcomebackintotheofficeafteraninterviewwithafamousfilmstar.Didhereallydothat?askedsomeonefromtheInternationalNewsDepartment.Yes,I'mafraidhedid,ZhouYanganswered.Hesettowork.Hisfirsttaskwastowritehisstory,buthehadtodoitcarefully.Althoughherealizedthemanhadbeenlying,ZhouYangknewhemustnotaccusehimdirectly.Hewouldhavetobeaccurate.Concisetoo!Heknewhowtodothat.Monthsoftraininghadtaughthimtowritewithnowastedwordsorphrases.Hesatdownathiscomputerandbegantowork.Thefirstpersonwhosawhisarticlewasasenioreditorfromhisdepartment.Hecheckedtheevidence,readthearticleandpasseditontothecopy-editor.Shebegantoeditthepieceanddesignthemainheadlineandsmallerheading.“Thiswilllookverygoodonthepage,”shesaid.Whereisagoodpictureofthisman?ThenasthearticlewasgoingtobewritteninEnglishZhouYangalsotookacopytothenativespeakeremployedbythenewspapertopolishthestyle.ShewasalsoveryhappywithZhouYang'sstory.Youarereallyabletowriteagoodfrontpagearticle,shesaid.ZhouYangsmiledwithhappiness.Lastofall,thechiefeditorreaditandapprovedit.Welldone,hesaidtoZhouYang.Butpleaseshowmeyourevidencesowe'resurewe'vegotourfactsstraight.”“I’llbringittoyouimmediately,saidZhouYangexcitedly.Thenewsdeskeditortookthestoryandbegantoworkonallthestoriesandphotosuntilallthepageswereset.Alltheinformationwasthenreadytobeprocessedintofilmnegatives.Thiswasthefirststageoftheprintingprocess.Theyneededfournegatives,asseveralcoloursweregoingtobeusedonthestory.Eachofthemaincolourshadonenegativesheetandwhentheywerecombinedtheymadeacolouredpageforthenewspaper.Afteronelastcheckthepagewasreadytobeprinted.ZhouYangwaitedexcitedlyforthefirstcopiestobeready.Wait611tonight,hisfriendwhispered.Iexpecttherewillbesomethingaboutthisonthetelevisionnews.Arealscoop!