【導讀】redelightedyou?reingtoworkwithus.Yourfirstjobherewilbeanassistantjournalist.Doyouhaveanyquestions?ZY:CanIgooutonastoryimmediately?HX:(laughing)That?sadmirable,butI?mafraiditwouldbeunusual!Waittillyou?remoreexperienced.Firstwe?llputyouasanassistanttoanexperiencedjournalist.Lateryoucancoverastoryandsubmitthearticleyourself.ZY:Wonderful.WhatdoIneedtotakewithme?Ialreadyhaveanotebookandcamera.HX:Noneedforacamera.You?lhaveaprofessionalphotographerwithyoutotakephotographs.You?llfindyourcoleaguesveryeagertoassistyou,soyoumaybeabletoconcentrateonphotographylaterifyou?HX:Youneedto. ts:don?tmissyourdeadline,don?tberude,don?ttalktoomuch,butmakesureyoulistentotheintervieweecarefully.ZY:Whyislisteningsoimportant?HX:Well,youhavetolistenfordetailedfacts.Meanwhileyouhavetopreparethenextquestiondependingonwhatthepersonsays.ZY:ButhowcanIlistencarefulywhiletakingnotes?Isee!HX:Yes,butitwasalongtimeago.Thisishowthestorygoes.Afootballerwasaccusedoftakingmoneyfordeliberatelynotscoringgoalssoastolettheotherteamwin.Wewenttointerviewhim.Hedeniedtakingmoneybutwewereskeptical.Sowearrangedaninterviewbetweenthefootballerandthemansupposedtobribehim.Whenwesawthemtogetherweguesedfromthefootbaler?Thatwasareal“scop”.

　　

【正文】 g cl ose to hi gh heat or fi re, etc), the sun, el ectri ci ty or chemicals. Types of burns There are three types of burns. Burns are cal led fi rst, second, or thi rd degree burns, depending on which layers of the ski n are burned. Fi rst degree burns These affect only the top layer of the ski n. These burns are not seri ous and shoul d feel better within a day or two. Exampl es incl ude mi ld sunburn and burns caused by touching a hot pan, stove or i ron for a mom ent. Second degree burns These affect both the top and the second layer of the ski n. These burns are seri ous and take a few weeks to heal. Exampl es incl ude severe sunburn and burns caused by hot l iqui ds. Thi rd degree burns These afect al l three l ayers of the skin and any tissue and ans under the skin. Examples include burns caused by el ectri c shocks, burning cl othes, or severe petrol fires. These burns cause very severe i njuries and the victim must go to hospi tal at once. Characteristics of burns First degre burns ●dry, red and mi ldl ystop shows the changes that have happened to work practi ces. Manufacturing no l onger takes pl ace on the earth but on space stati ons l i ke thi s one. A group of engi neers programm er robots to perform tasks i n space. The robots produce goods such as drugs, clothes, furni ture, hoveri ng cari ages, etc. There is no waste, no pol ution and no envi ronm ental dam age! H owever, the pani es have to trai n thei r representati ves to li ve and work i n space settl em ents. They have to moni tor the robots and the producti on. When the goods are ready they?re transported by i ndustri al spaceshi p back to earth. My mi nd began to wander. What job woul d I do? My m oti vati on i ncreased as I thought of the wonderful worl d of the future. Uni t 4 MY FIRST WORK ASSIGNMENT “unfettabl e”, says new journali st N ever wil Zhou Yang (ZY) fet hi s fi rst asi gnm ent at the offi ce of a popul ar Engli sh newspaper. Hi s di scussi on wi th hi s new boss, H u Xi n (H X), was to strongl y i nfl uence hi s li fe as a journal ist. H X: Wel e. We?re del ighted you?re i ng to work wi th us. Your first job here wi l be an assi stant journal ist. Do you have any questions? ZY: Can I go out on a story i mm edi atel y? H X: (l aughi ng)That?s admi rabl e, but I?m afrai d i t woul d be unusual ! Wai t til l you?re m ore experi enced. Fi rst we?l l put you as an assi stant to an experi enced journali st. Later you can cover a story and submi t the arti cl e yourself. ZY: Wonderful. What do I need to take wi th m e? I al ready have a notebook and cam era. H X: N o need for a cam era. You?l have a professi onal photographer wi th you to take photographs. You?l l find your col eagues very eager to assi st you, so you m ay be abl e to concentrate on photography l ater i f you ?re i nterested. ZY: Thank you. N ot onl y am I i nterested i n photography, but I took an am ateur course at uni versi ty to update my ski l s. H X: Good. ZY: What do I need to rem em ber when I go out to cover a story? H X: You need to be curi ous. O nl y i f you ask m any di fferent questi ons wi l you acquire al l the i nform ati on you ned to know. We say a good journali st m ust have a good “nose” for a story. That m eans you m ust be abl e to assess when peopl e are not tel ing the whol e truth and then try to di scover i t. They m ust use research to i nform them selves of the m i si ng parts of the story. ZY: What shoul d I keep i n mi nd? H X: H ere es m y li st of dos and don?ts: don?t m iss your deadli ne, don?t be rude, don?t tal k too m uch, but m ake sure you li sten to the intervi ewee careful l y. ZY: Why i s li steni ng so im portant? H X: Wel l, you have to l isten for detai l ed facts. Meanwhil e you have to prepare the next questi on dependi ng on what the person says. ZY: But how can I li sten careful y whi l e taki ng notes? H X: Thi s i s a tri ck of the trade. If the i ntervi ewe agrees, you can use a recorder to get the facts strai ght. It?s al so useful if a person wants to chal enge you. You have the evi dence to support your story. ZY: I see! H ave you ever had a case where som eone accused your journal ists of getti ng the wrong end of the stick? H X: Yes, but it was a l ong ti me ago. Thi s i s how the story goes. A footbal l er was accused of taki ng money for deli beratel y not scori ng goals so as to l et the other team wi n. We went to i ntervi ew hi m. H e deni ed taki ng m oney but we were skepti cal . So we arranged an i ntervi ew between the footbal l er and the m an supposed to bri be him. When we saw them together we guesed from the footbal er?s body l anguage that he was not tel ing the truth. So we wrote an arti cl e sugesti ng he was guil ty. It was a dil emm a because the footbal er coul d have dem anded dam ages i f we were wrong. H e tri ed to stop us publi shing i t but l ater we were proved ri ght. ZY: Wow! That was a real “scop”. I?m l ooki ng forward to m y first assi gnment now. Perhaps I?l l get a scop too! H X: Perhaps you wil l. You never know. GETTING TH E “SCOOP” “qui ck,” sai d the edi tor. “Get that story ready. We need i t i n this edi ti on to be ahead of the other newspapers. Thi s i s a scoop.” Zou Yang had just e back i nto the offi ce after an i ntervi ew wi th a fam ous film star. “Di d he real l y do that?” asked som eone from the Internati onal N ews Departm ent. “Yes, I?m afrai d he di d,” Zhou Yang answered. H e set to work. Hi s fi rst task was to wri te hi s story, but he had to do i t careful y. Al though he reali zed the m an had ben l ying, Zhou Yang knew he m ust not accuse him di rectl y. H e woul d have to be accurate, Conci se too! H e knew how to do that. Months of trai ni ng had taught hi m to write wi th no wasted words or phrases. H e sat down at hi s puter and began to work. The fi rst person who saw hi s arti cl e was a seni or