1·I'm just marking time in this job—I'm hoping to get into journalism.
我干这个工作只是在等待时机—我希望能从事新闻工作。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·If one ambition of journalism is to help us understand and imagine places we have not seen, both of these fulfill that role admirably.
新闻工作追求的是帮助人们理解和猜象我们不能看见的地方,两方面都巧妙地担当了这一角色。
3·To be sure, not all journalism has a civic function, and the media’s ability to expose wrongdoing is easily overstated.
诚然,不是所有的新闻工作都有公民功能,媒体曝光不法事件的能力轻易的被夸大了。
4·Lorraine Adams, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter turned novelist, quit journalism and began writing fiction so that she could tell more nuanced stories.
罗瑞妮·亚当斯,这位普利策奖得主转而成了一个小说家,停止新闻工作开始写小说,让她得以讲述更多微妙的故事。
5·If you venture into anything resembling journalism, I hope you’ll be more honorable than that crowd.
如果你们投身于像新闻工作的任何事情,我希望你们能够比一般人更加感到一种光荣的使命感。