Using Language
语言运用
Reading, speaking and writing
阅读、口语和写作
Getting the "Scoop"
抢发独家新闻
"Quick," said the editor. " Get that story ready.
“快点！”编辑说：“把那篇报道准备好。
We need it in this edition to be ahead of the other newspapers.
我们这一版就要用，这样我们就抢在其他报纸的前面了。
This is a scoop."
这就是抢先的独家新闻。”
Zhou Yang had just come back into the office after an interview with a famous film star.
周阳刚刚采访了一位著名影星回到办公室。
"Did he really do that?"
“他真的干了那种事吗？”
asked someone from the International News Department.
国际新闻编辑部有人提出问题。
"Yes, I'm afraid he did," Zhou Yang answered.
周阳回答说：“是的，恐怕是这样的。”
He set to work.
接着他便着手准备报道了。
His first task was to write his story, but he had to do it carefully.
他的第一件事就是写报道稿，他必须认认真真地写。
Although he realized the man had been lying,
尽管他认为那个人一直在说谎话，
Zhou Yang knew he must not accuse him directly.
但周阳懂得，他决不能直接指责那个人。
He would have to be accurate. Concise too!
他必须做到准确无误，还要简明扼要。
He knew how to do that.
他知道该如何做。
Months of training had taught him to write with no wasted words or phrases.
经过几个月的培训，他已经学会了写文章，全然没有废话。
He sat down at his computer and began to work.
他在电脑前坐下就开始工作了。
The first person who saw his article was a senior editor from his department.
第一个看到这篇文章的人的他们部里的一位编审。
He checked the evidence, read the article and passed it on to the copy-editor.
他核查了文中的证据，阅读了整篇报道，然后递给技术编辑。
She began to edit the piece and design the main headline and smaller heading.
她就开始了编辑工作，设计了主标题和副标题。
“This will look very good on the page,” she said.
她说：“在版面上这会很好看。
"Where is a good picture of this man?"
这个人的照片该放在哪儿好呢？”
Then as the article was going to be written in English
因为这篇文章要用英文来写，
Zhou Yang also took a copy to the native speaker employed by the newspaper to polish the style.
所有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饰。
She was also very happy with Zhou Yang's story.
这位雇员对周阳的报道也很满意。
"You are really able to write a good front page article," she said.
她评价说：“你确实能写很好的头版新闻了。”
Zhou Yang smiled with happiness.
周阳高兴地笑了。
Last of all, the chief editor read it and approved it.
最后主编审读了这篇稿子，并且批准发表了。
"Well done," he said to Zhou Yang.
他对周阳说：“文章写得很好。
"But please show me your evidence so we're sure we've got our facts straight.”
不过你还得拿出证据来表明事实确凿。”
The news desk editor took the story and began to work on all the stories and photos until all the pages were set.
新闻文字编辑取走这篇报道，开始对所有的报道和图片进行编排，直至把各版面全部编定。
All the information was then ready to be processed into film negatives.
此后，所有的报道材料就要被制成胶片。
This was the first stage of the printing process.
这是印制过程的第一道工序。
They needed four negatives, as several colours were going to be used on the story.
由于这篇报道要用好几种颜色，因此需要四张胶片。
Each of the main colours had one negative sheet and when they were combined they made a coloured page for the newspaper.
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。
After one last check the page was ready to be printed.
经过最后一次校对后，这个版面就可以准备印制了。
Zhou Yang waited excitedly for the first copies to be ready.
周阳兴奋地等待着第一批报纸的印出。
"Wait till tonight," his friend whispered.
“要等到今天晚上。”他的朋友轻声地告诉他说。
"I expect there will be something about this on the television news.
“我期望电视新闻会对这件事作一点报道。
A real scoop!"
真是独家新闻了！”
