新视界大学英语综合教程unit阅读.ppt

所以，在人们相互残杀时，记者们应该退一步来观望，还是应该出于人性挺身而出？ Translation 原文 很显然，记者的行为规范因国别而异。然而，大多数国家都认可要准确地报道，提出任何主张都需要给出证据，要保护消息提供者，以及要更正错误。新闻业有赖于记者的行为来维护它最重要的三项优势：专业性、可靠性和对公众的责任心。 Translation 原文 一些报纸，例如《纽约时报》，认识到在追求速度和保证准确性时可能会产生的冲突，因此刊登重要新闻时往往晚于它的竞争对手。 Translation 原文 因此，一名记者的道德责任并非像乍一看上去那么简单。它是一种需要分担的责任。 这份责任需要主编来分担。主编有时通过刊登敌军士兵被击毙的照片来揭示战争引发的不幸，但是他们从不刊登自己一方士兵牺牲的照片，因为不想冒犯士兵的亲人和读者的情感。 Translation 原文 这份责任需要媒体机构的所有者来分担。他们可能会接下无道德的公司的广告业务。这么做只是为了迎合投资人。没有这些投资人，他们就没有财力去追求向公众释疑解惑这一使命。 Translation 原文 这份责任需要读者来分担。他们必须接受这样一个事实：一则有关好莱坞影星的被夸大了的、令人咋舌的新闻可能会严重侵犯这位影星的隐私，甚至是人权。 Translation 我们都需要承认，记者不是一只猎犬，不能像猎犬追捕猎物那样去猎取好的新闻，一心要吃掉猎物，不考虑弱小者的利益。我们需要承认，无论是新闻从业者，还是作为消费者的观众和读者们，大家首先都是人——这是我们共有的特点。 Translation Main idea of the passage The writer asks what the responsibility of a journalist is and notes that there are areas of conflict. Is it right to be neutral when terrible things are happening? Is it right for journalists to protect their sources even when they have done something wrong? Is it moral to take photographs of people in private moments? Is speed or accuracy more important when reporting a story? This last question leads the writer to widen the enquiry and consider also the responsibility of editors when choosing what stories to run. Digging Then there are the owners of the media for whom the news is business. What is their responsibility when decisions can cost them money and make them lose sales? Finally there are the readers. Their tastes influence what is printed. It is our responsibility if we buy newspapers which are full of gossip. The writer concludes that all concerned must take their responsibilities seriously and make sure they put our common humanity before any other considerations. Digging Text Using repetition Interpreting We use repetition for a number of reasons when we write. For example, we’re likely to repeat frequently words which are connected to the main idea of the passage. But we also use repetition to underline important points, to make the passage easier to