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1 .Tom, could I ask you for some advice, please?
Tom,我想问你一些意见可以吗
2 .Yes of course, if you think I can help. What’s it about?
当然，如果你认为我可以帮忙的话。是什么事情？
3 .It’s my first media studies assignment, and I’m not sure how to go about it. You must have done it last year.
是我的第一个媒体研究作业，我不知道该怎么做。你去年一定做过这件事。
4 .Is that the one comparing the coverage of a particular story in a range of newspapers?
是比较不同报纸对某一事件的报道吗?
5 .That’s right.
对的。
6 .Oh yes, I really enjoyed writing it.
哦，我确实喜欢做这件事情。
7 .So what sort of things do I need to compare?
所以哪些方面我需要进行比较？
8 .Well, there are several things. For example, there’s the question of which page of the newspaper the item appears on.
嗯，有几件事。例如，这个问题出现在报纸的哪一页。
9 .You mean, because there’s a big difference between having it on the front page and the bottom of page ten, for instance?
你是说，因为把它放在头版和第十页底部有很大的区别吗?
10 .Exactly. And that shows how important the editor thinks the story is.Then there’s the size – how many column inches the story is given, how many columns it spreads over.
完全正确。这说明编辑认为这个故事有多重要。然后是大小——故事占多少栏英寸，有多少栏分布。
11 .And I suppose that includes the headline.
我想这包括标题。
12 .It certainly does. It’s all part of attracting the reader’s attention.
的确。这都是为了吸引读者的注意力。
13 .What about graphics – whether there’s anything visual in addition to the text?
那么图形呢?除了文字之外，是否还有其他视觉的东西?
14 .Yes, you need to consider those, too,because they can have a big effect on the reader’s understanding of the story – sometimes a bigger effect than the text itself.
是的，你也需要考虑这些。因为它们对读者理解故事有很大的影响——有时比文本本身的影响更大。
15 .Then you’ll need to look at how the item is put together: what structure is it given?
然后，你需要看看这个项目是如何组合在一起的:它给出了什么结构?
16 .Bear in mind that not many people read beyond the first paragraph,so what has the journalist put at the beginning?
请记住，没有多少人会读第一段以外的内容。那么记者在开头写了什么呢?
17 .And if, say, there are conflicting opinions about something, does one appear near the end, where people probably won’t read it?
如果，比如说，对某件事有矛盾的观点，会不会在结尾出现，而人们可能不会去读它?
18 .And newspapers sometimes give wrong or misleading information, don’t they?Either deliberately or by accident. Should I be looking at that, too?
报纸有时会提供错误或误导性的信息，对吗?有意或无意。我也要看那个吗?
19 .Yes, if you can. Compare what’s in different versions, and as far as possible, try and work out what’s true and what isn’t.And that relates to a very important point: what’s the writer’s purpose,or at least the most important one, if they have several.
是的,如果你可以做到的话。比较不同版本的内容，尽可能地找出哪些是正确的，哪些是错误的。这关系到一个非常重要的问题:作者的目的是什么。如果他们有几个目的的话，至少哪个是最重要的。
20 .It may seem to be to inform the public, but often it’s that they want to create fear,or controversy, or to make somebody look ridiculous.
这似乎是在告诉公众观点，但通常是他们想制造恐惧，或争议，或让某人看起来很可笑。
21 .Gosh, I see what you mean. And I suppose the writer may make assumptions about the reader.
天啊，我明白你的意思了。我认为作者可能会对读者做一些假设。
22 .That’s right – about their knowledge of the subject, their attitudes, and their level of education,which means writing so that the readers understand without feeling patronised.
是的——关于他们对主题的认识，他们的态度，以及他们的教育水平。这意味着写作要让读者理解，而不是感觉受到了恩惠。
23 .All of that will make a difference to how the story is presented.
所有这些都会对故事的呈现方式产生影响。
24 .Does it matter what type of story I write about?
我写什么类型的故事重要吗?
25 .No – national or international politics, the arts ... Anything, as long as it’s covered in two or three newspapers.
不重要。国家或国际政治，艺术…什么都可以，只要有两三份报纸报道就行。
26 .Though of course it’ll be easier and more fun if it’s something you’re interested in and know something about.
当然，如果是你感兴趣和了解的事情，那就会更容易更有趣。
27 .And on that basis a national news item would be worth analysing – I’m quite keen on politics, so I’ll try and find a suitable topic.
在此基础上，一个全国性的新闻将是值得分析的。我非常热衷于政治，所以我想寻找一个合适的话题。
28 .What did you choose for your analysis, Tom?
你选择分析什么了，Tom?
29 .I was interested in how newspapers express their opinions explicitly,so I wanted to compare editorials in different papers, but when I started looking,I couldn’t find two on the same topic that I felt like analysing.
我对报纸如何明确表达自己的观点很感兴趣。所以我想比较不同报纸的社论，但是当我开始看的时候，我找不到两个相同主题适合我比较的报纸。
30 .In that case, I won’t even bother to look.
这样的话，我就不用费心去看了。
31 .So in the end I chose a human interest story – a terribly emotional story about a young girl who was very ill,and lots of other people – mostly strangers – raised money so she could go abroad for treatment.
所以最后我选择了一个有人物情感的故事——一个非常感人的故事，讲的是一个病重的年轻女孩和很多人——大部分是陌生人——为她筹集资金，让她可以去国外接受治疗。
32 .Actually, I was surprised – some papers just wrote about how wonderful everyone was,but others considered the broader picture, like why treatment wasn’t available here.
实际上，我很惊讶——有些论文只是写每个人有多好。但有一些考虑的是更广泛的情况，比如为什么这里不能治疗。
33 .Hmm, I usually find stories like that raise quite strong feelings in me!I’ll avoid that.
嗯...我通常发现这样的故事能在我心中激起强烈的感情!我要避免那样。
34 .Perhaps I’ll choose an arts topic, like different reviews of a film, or something about funding for the arts –I’ll think about that.
也许我会选择一个艺术主题，比如电影的不同评论，或者关于艺术资助的话题这些都是我会考虑的。
35 .Yes, that might be interesting.
是的，这些感觉会很有趣。
36 .OK, well thanks a lot for your help, Tom. It’s been really useful.
真的太谢谢你的帮助了，Tom。这些都很有用。
37 .You’re welcome. Good luck with the assignment, Hazel.
太客气了。希望你取得好的成绩, Hazel。