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Unit4MakingthenewsSectionⅢLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguage练读文记词汇学翻译1教材助读[先读通]GETTINGTHE“SCOOP”“Quick，”saidtheeditor①.“Getthatstoryready②.Weneeditinthisedition③tobeaheadof④theothernewspapers.Thisisascoop.”ZhouYanghadjustcomebackintotheofficeafteraninterviewwithafamousfilmstar.“Didhereallydothat？”askedsomeonefromtheInternationalNewsDepartment⑤.“Yes,I'mafraidhedid，”ZhouYanganswered.Hesettowork⑥.Hisfirsttask⑦wastowritehisstory,buthehadtodoitcarefully.Althoughherealizedthemanhadbeenlying,ZhouYangknewhemustnotaccusehimdirectly.Hewouldhavetobeaccurate⑧.Concisetoo!Heknewhowtodothat.Monthsoftraininghadtaughthimtowrite⑨withnowastedwordsorphrases.Hesatdownathiscomputerandbegantowork.Thefirstpersonwhosawhisarticle1wasasenior○10editorfromhisdepartment.Hechecked⑪theevidence,readthearticleandpasseditontothecopyeditor⑫.Shebegantoeditthepieceanddesignthemainheadline⑬andsmallerheading⑭.“Thiswilllookverygoodonthepage，”shesaid.“Whereisagoodpictureofthisman？”ThenasthearticlewasgoingtobewritteninEnglish2ZhouYangalsotookacopytothenativespeakeremployedbythenewspapertopolish⑮thestyle3.ShewasalsoveryhappywithZhouYang'sstory.“Youarereallyabletowriteagoodfrontpagearticle⑯，”shesaid.ZhouYangsmiledwithhappiness.Lastofall,thechief⑰editorreaditandapproved⑱it.“Welldone，”hesaidtoZhouYang.“Butpleaseshowmeyourevidencesowe'resurewe'vegotourfactsstraight⑲.”“I'llbringittoyouimmediately，”saidZhouYangexcitedly.[再记住]①editor['edItə]n．编辑②get...ready把……准备好③edition[I'dIʃn]n．版(本)；版次④aheadof在……前面aheadoftime提前⑤department[dI'pɑːtmənt]n．部门；部；处；系theInternationalNewsDepartment国际新闻编辑部⑥settowork(使)开始工作；着手工作⑦taskn．工作；作业；任务⑧accurate['ækjʊrət]adj.精确的；正确的⑨teachsb.todosth.教某人做某事○10senior['siːnIə]adj.年长的；高年级的；高级的asenioreditor一位编审⑪checkv．检查；核查；检验⑫copyeditorn．技术编辑⑬mainheadline主标题⑭smallerheading副标题asthearticle...为原因状语从句。⑮polish['pɒlIʃ]vt.擦亮；磨光；润色⑯frontpagearticle头版新闻⑰chief[tʃiːf]adj.主要的；首席的n．首领；长官chiefeditor主编⑱approve[ə'pruːv]vt.赞成；认可；批准⑲getsth.straight(＝findsth.out)把某事弄清楚；明确某事[难点理解]1.定语从句whosawhisarticle修饰thefirstperson。2.asthearticle...为原因状语从句。3.过去分词短语employedbythenewspaper作后置定语，修饰thenativespeaker。[再翻译]抢发独家新闻周阳刚刚采访了一位著名影星回到办公室，编辑就说：“快把那篇报道准备好，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：“他真的做了那种事吗？”周阳回答说：“是的，恐怕是做了。”接着他便着手工作了。他的第一项任务就是写报道稿，他必须认认真真地写。尽管他知道那个人一直在撒谎，但周阳明白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。他在电脑前坐下来就开始工作了。第一个看到这篇文章的人是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，然后递给了技术编辑。她就开始了编辑工作，设计了主标题和副标题。她说：“在版面上这样会很好看。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，所以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色。这位雇员对周阳的报道也很满意。她说道：“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。”周阳兴奋地回答说：“我马上拿来给你。”[先读通]Thenewsdeskeditor⑳tookthestoryandbegantoworkon○21allthestoriesandphotosuntilallthepageswereset○22.Alltheinformationwasthenreadytobeprocessed○23intofilmnegatives○24.Thiswasthefirststageoftheprintingprocess.Theyneededfournegatives,asseveralcoloursweregoingtobeusedonthestory4.Eachofthemaincolourshadonenegativesheetandwhentheywerecombinedtheymadeacolouredpageforthenewspaper.Afteronelastcheckthepagewasreadytobeprinted.ZhouYangwaitedexcitedlyforthefirstcopiestobeready.“Waittilltonight，”hisfriendwhispered○25.“Iexpecttherewillbesomethingaboutthisonthetelevisionnews.Arealscoop！”[再记住]⑳newsdeskeditor新闻文字编辑○21workon从事；忙于，指具体的某件事。在具体的语境中，有不同的译法。本文中可译作“编排”。○22setv．确定；决定；放置；使从事；使成(某种状态)；(太阳、月亮)沉落。本文中意为“确定，编排完毕”。○23process['prəʊses]vt.加工；处理n．过程；程序；步骤○24negative['neɡətIv]n．底片；否定adj.否定的；消极的filmnegatives胶片○25whisperv.&n．耳语；密谈[难点理解]4.asseveralcoloursweregoing...为as引导的原因状语从句。[再翻译]新闻文字编辑取走了这篇报道，开始对所有报道和图片进行编排，直至把各版面全部编定。然后，所有的报道材料就要被制成胶片。这是印制过程的第一步。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版的印出。“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！”通语篇学理解重分析2语篇理解Step1FastReadingReadthetextandanswerthefollowingquestions.1．What'sthemainideaofthepassage?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Thepassagetellsustheprocessofwritingandprintingforanewspaperarticle.2．Howmanypeoplereadhisarticlebeforeitwasreadytobeprocessedintothefilmnegatives(底片)?Whowerethey?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Fivepeople:asenioreditorfromhisdepartment,thecopyeditor,thenativespeaker,thechiefeditor,thenewsdeskeditor.Step2CarefulReadingChoosethebestanswersaccordingtothetext.1．Accordingtothefirstparagraph，weknowthat__________________.A．ZhouYanghasinterviewedafamousfilmstarB．theeditorwritesarticlesaccordingtothecoveredstoriesC．ZhouYanghaswrittenanarticleonthefamousfilmstarD．ZhouYangdoubtsifitisascoop2．Itseemsthat__________________.A．ZhouYangisespeciallygoodatgettingascoopB．ZhouYanghasgotsomeexperienceasareporterC．ZhouYangisinchargeoftheInternationalNewsDepartmentD．ZhouYangaccusedthefamousfilmstarofhislies3．Theprocessofmakingnewsis__________________.A．thereporter→theeditor→thecopyeditor→thechiefeditor→thenewsdeskeditorB．theeditor→thereporter→thecopyeditor→thechiefeditor→thenewsdeskeditorC．thechiefeditor→theeditor→thenewsdeskeditor→thereporter