Narrator:Listen to a conversation between a student and his faculty adviser.
獨白:聽下面一段學(xué)生和指導(dǎo)老師之間的對話。
Advisor:HI, Steven. I schedule this appointment, because it has been a while since we touch this.
指導(dǎo)老師:嗨,斯蒂文,我安排了這次會面,因為自從我們開始已經(jīng)有一段時間了。
Student:I know I have been really busy--- a friend of my works on a school a paper.
學(xué)生:我知道,最近我一直很忙,我的一個朋友正在忙于寫論文。
He asks me if I would like to try to reporting so I did and I really love it.
他問我是否可以幫他寫一些報道,我答應(yīng)了,我也真的挺喜歡的。
Advisor:Hey…that's sounds great!
指導(dǎo)老師:嗨,聽起來很不錯。
Student:Yeah…the first article I wrote it was profile of the chemistry professor-the one whose name teacher the year.
學(xué)生:是的,我寫的第一篇報道,是關(guān)于化學(xué)老師的簡介,這名化學(xué)老師被評為年度教師。
My article ran on the front page.
我的文章登上校報頭版。
When I saw my name, I mean my byline in print, I was hooked.
當我看到自己的名字時,就是看到作者一欄打出我的名字時,我開始入迷了。
Now I know this is what I want to do-be a reporter.
現(xiàn)在我知道,這就是我要做的—成為一名記者。
Advisor:Isn't it great to discover something that you really enjoy?
指導(dǎo)老師:發(fā)現(xiàn)自己真的很喜歡的東西不是很妙的事嗎?
And I read that the article too. It was very good.
我也讀了那篇文章了,寫的真不錯。
Student:To be honest, the articles got a lot of editing.
學(xué)生:老實說,那篇文章被修改了很多。
In fact I barely recognized a couple of paragraphs.
事實上我?guī)缀跽J不得其中幾段話了。
But the editor explained why the changes were made.
但編輯跟我解釋為什么會有這樣的改動。
I learned a lot and my second article didn't meet nearly many changes.
我學(xué)到了不少,第二篇文章就幾乎沒有被改動過。
Advisor:Sound like you got a real neck for this.
指導(dǎo)老師:似乎你已經(jīng)找到突破口了。
Student:Yeah… anyway, I am glad you schedule this meeting because I want to change my major to journalism now.
學(xué)生:是的,不管怎樣,我很樂意你安排了此次會面,因為我現(xiàn)在真想轉(zhuǎn)為新聞專業(yè)。
Advisor:Um,the university doesn't offer major in journalism.
指導(dǎo)老師:嗯,但學(xué)校沒有開設(shè)新聞專業(yè)。
Student:Oh no…
學(xué)生:不會吧。
Advisor:But….
指導(dǎo)老師:但是…
Student:I…I mean…should I transfer to another school, or major in English?
學(xué)生:我,我的意思是,我應(yīng)該轉(zhuǎn)學(xué)到其他學(xué)校嗎,或轉(zhuǎn)為英語專業(yè)?
Advisor:Er… wait a minute.
指導(dǎo)老師:額,等一下。
Let me explain why the major isn't offered.
我來給你解釋下為什么不開設(shè)這門專業(yè)。
Editors at the newspaper… editors… um… I mean when you apply for a reporting job, editors look at the two things-they want to see clips,
報紙的編輯,嗯,我的意思是,當你申請記者的工作時,編輯會考察兩方面的東西。他們會要看某些剪輯,
you know, some of your published articles, though also want to try out, though give you an assignment like…covering a price of conferences some other event, then see if you can craft the story about it, accurately, on dead line.
你知道,你一些發(fā)表了的文章。他們也要進行選拔,他們會給你一項任務(wù),比如,播放某些場合的會議內(nèi)容,然后看看你能否在截止日期之前,寫出一篇新聞稿來。
Student:So they don't even to look at my major?
學(xué)生:那么他們甚至不看你是什么專業(yè)的?
Advisor:It is not that they don't look at it… it is… well, having a degree in something other than journalism should actually work to your advantage.
指導(dǎo)老師:并不是說他們不看,而是,嗯,獲取其他專業(yè)的學(xué)位而不是新聞業(yè),應(yīng)該會對你的工作更有利。
Student:How?
學(xué)生:怎樣個有利法?
Advisor:Most journalism specialized these days.
指導(dǎo)老師:現(xiàn)在很多專業(yè)記者,
They only write about science or business or technology for example.
比如說,他們只寫關(guān)于科技和商業(yè)的文章。
Is there a type of reporting you think you may like to specialize then?
你是否有某一類型的報道是你擅長的?
Student:Well… I think it can be really cool to cover the Supreme Court. I mean… their decision affects so many people.
學(xué)生:嗯,我想報道最高法院應(yīng)該是個不錯的選擇。我的意思是,他們的決定是怎樣影響群眾的。
Advisor:That is really a goal worth striving for.
指導(dǎo)老師:這確實是一個值得為之努力的目標。
So, why not continue major in political science?
那么,為什么不繼續(xù)讀政治科學(xué)呢?
And as elective, you could take some Pre-Law classes like Constitution Law, and as for you work on the student newspaper paper, maybe they let you cover some local court cases-once that the student and professor here would want to read about.
同時你還可以選修一些法律預(yù)備課程,像憲法,而對你來說,在學(xué)生報社工作,一旦這里的學(xué)生和老師想讀相關(guān)的文章了,他們可能就會讓你報道一些當?shù)胤ㄍサ陌讣?/div>
Student:Do you know of any?
學(xué)生:那你知道哪些案件嗎?
Advisor:I do. Actually, there is case involving this computer software program that one of our professors wrote.
指導(dǎo)老師:我知道,事實上,有關(guān)于計算機軟件程序的案件,是我們這里一位老師寫的文章。
The district courts decide in if the university entitle to any of our professors' profits?
如果學(xué)校給任何一位老師利益的話,該區(qū)的法庭便會決定放出消息。
Student:Wah…I will definitely follow upon that!
學(xué)生:哇,我一定要跟蹤報道。
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