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1 .<-NARRATOR:->Listen to a conversation between a student and the faculty adviser for the university newspaper.

旁白：听下面一段学生和大学校刊指导教师的对话

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Hi... I'm sorry to bother you, but...

学生：嗨，不好意思打扰您…

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Yes?

指导教师：怎么了？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->This is about the newspaper...

学生：是关于校刊的事情。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Oh, OK. Well, I'm only the adviser-uh, the newspaper office is off campus, on Pine Street.

指导教师：哦，好的。但是我仅仅是一名指导教师，校刊办公室在校外的松树街。

2 .Uh, what was it?

呃，什么事情呢？

3 .Did you want to work for the paper?

你是想为这里工作吗？

4 .We're always looking for writers.

我们一直在期待有更多的作者来加入我们。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well, my problem was with the writing, actually.

学生：其实我的问题是关于一篇文章的，

2 .With an article that was published in yesterday's newspaper.

就是昨天报刊上发表的一篇文章。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Oh? Uh, which one?

指导教师：是吗？哪一篇？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->The one about the student government and its president, Sally Smith.

学生：就是关于学生会及学生会主席萨利. 史密斯的那篇。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Is this something to do with what the editor wrote about the statue?

指导教师：是不是因为编辑写的关于雕塑的事情呢？

2 .Uh, the statue at the main entrance of the university?

呃，就是大学正门的那个雕塑？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well, that's part of it.

学生：一部分是吧。

2 .But, you know, the editor used this situation to say some really unfair things... a-about the student government and the president, Sally Smith, in particular.

但是你知道，编辑用这件事来说一些对学生会，尤其是对学生会主席萨利史密斯不公平的事情。

3 .I think the paper should publish a retraction- or at the very least an apology to Sally.

我觉得校刊应该发表一篇文章来撤回之前的言论，或者至少是向萨利道歉。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->OK, um... if I remember correctly, what you're referring to wasn't a news story, but an editorial, right?

指导教师：呃，如果我没有记错的话，你指的文章并不是一篇新闻故事，而是一篇社论，对吧。

2 .It was on the opinion page?

恩，是在意见篇中？

3 .It was signed by one of the editors and was clearly labeled as commentary...

我们的一位编辑写的，而且明显的标注了这是评论性的文章。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well, yes, but the thing about the statue- Sally made the simple comment that it was in really bad condition and should be replaced, and, well, the tone in the editorial was demeaning.

学生：是的。但是关于雕塑的事情，萨利仅仅提到这个雕塑已经很破旧，需要更换一个新的，而社论就对此进行贬低。

2 .It accused her of not respecting the past.

说她不尊重过去。

3 .And it had some personal stuff that seemed unnecessary.

还提及一些不相关的私人事情。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Uh, wait a minute... uh, remind me.

指导教师：等会，提示我一下。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well, you know, it implied that Sally doesn't know much about the university's history, and it called her a "big-city politician," because she's from Boston- it's just mean-spirited, isn't it?

学生：你知道，就是暗示说萨利不懂得学校的历史，而且还称她为大城市的政客，因为她是来自波士顿的，很犀利，不是吗？

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Haven't you heard the saying "All publicity is good publicity"?

指导教师：不是有一句谚语说“所有的宣传都是好宣传”吗？

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well...

学生：额

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->I'd say the article is bringing attention to the student government organization, which is pretty invisible.

指导教师：我得说这篇文章引起了对学生会的重视，这是很显而易见的。

2 .Uh, you rarely hear about what student government is doing.

呃，你很少听说学生会在做些什么。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->But, this article...

学生：但是这篇文章…

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->And the piece, well, it had a bit of an exaggerated tone.

指导教师：而且这个评论，是的，的确有些夸张的语气。

2 .It was satirical, or at least it was meant to be.

文章很讽刺，或者至少是想要表现出讽刺的意思。

3 .It wasn't only poking fun at Sally but the whole idea that our school is sort of rural, and, you know, not cosmopolitan.

这并不只是在调侃萨利，而是说我们学校比较偏僻，不是什么世界性的大都市。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Well, none of us thought it was very funny.

学生：我们可没觉得搞笑。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Well, sometimes it's best just to roll with it.

指导教师：呃，有时候还是顺其自然的好。

2 .It's just a cliche.

其实都是些陈词滥调了。

3 .Everybody knows it's not true.

大家都知道这不是真的啊。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->But I thought we could expect better than that here.

学生：但是我们本以为在这可以接到更好的答复。

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->Well, I'm certainly in favor of getting a variety of viewpoints.

指导教师：呵呵，我当然是喜欢有各种各样的见解了。

2 .So why don't you go talk to the editor-Jennifer Hamilton- and tell her you want equal time.

不如你去找编辑珍妮弗海明顿去谈谈，告诉她你们想公平对待。

3 .You or Sally can write a response.

你或者萨利可以写一篇回应的文章。

1 .<-FEMALE STUDENT:->Really? She'd let us do that?... didn't she write it?

学生：真的，她能乐意吗？不是她写的文章吗？

1 .<-MALE ADVISOR:->I'll let Jennifer know you're coming; she feels the same way I do- she's a journalism major.

指导教师：我会告诉珍妮弗你要去找她的，她和我的想法一样，她是新闻专业的学生

2 .She'd be happy to publish another point of view.

一定很乐意去发表另外一种观点的。