(单词翻译:单击)
Does it matter what type of story I write about?
我写什么类型的新闻重要吗？
No – national or international politics, the arts … Anything, as long as it’s covered in two or three newspapers.
没有，国家或国际政治新闻，艺术新闻……什么都行，只要能被两三家报社报道就行。
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东西，它就会更容易、更有趣。
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，国家新闻是值得分析的，我对政治很感兴趣，所以我会努力找到一个合适的话题。
What did you choose for your analysis, Tom?
汤姆，你选择分析了什么？
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其观点很感兴趣，所以我想比较不同报纸上的社论，但当我开始寻找时，我找不到同一主题的两篇我想分析的文章。
In that case, I won’t even bother to look.
在这种情况下，我都懒得去找了。
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则充满情味的新闻，一个非常感人的故事，讲的是一个小女孩得了重病，很多人——大多是陌生人——为她筹集了资金，让她可以出国治疗。
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.
事实上，我很惊讶，一些报纸只是写了每个人有多棒，但另一些报纸则考虑的是更广泛的情况，比如为什么国内没有治疗方法。
Hmm, I usually find stories like that raise quite strong feelings in me!
嗯，我通常会发现这样的新闻会让我产生强烈的感情！
I’ll avoid that. 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.
我会避免的。也许我会选择一个艺术话题，比如对一部电影的不同评论，或者是关于艺术资金的话题，我会考虑这一点。
Yes, that might be interesting.
是的，这可能会很有趣。
OK, well thanks a lot for your help, Tom. It’s been really useful.
好的，汤姆，非常感谢你的帮助。这真的很有用。
You’re welcome. Good luck with the assignment, Hazel.
不客气。祝你顺利完成作业，黑兹尔。
