A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
记者
Journalist
For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
对于寻求福利的女性来说,“老大哥”成了丈夫。
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
从今以后,我不祈求好运。我自己就是好运。
My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history.
我主要忠于讲故事,而不是历史。
I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
我在真实地表达自己。这很重要。
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
为了得到尊重,权威必须是受人尊敬的。
Good manners: The noise you don't make when you're eating soup.
礼貌:喝汤时不要发出的声音。
As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.
作为一名记者,人们往往认为没有什么是禁区。
And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
我要告诉你们,没有什么比死亡更美丽。
You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.
你可以成为一名优秀的记者,而不是脱口秀主持人。
I just got into the Beatles a couple years ago, you know, I like it.
我几年前才加入甲壳虫乐队,你知道,我喜欢它。
A journalist finds out things by asking questions of people who know.
记者通过向了解情况的人提问来了解情况。
If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.
如果你天生善良,你会吸引很多你不喜欢的人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
我找不到比粘在自己骨头上更甜的脂肪了。
I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers.
我属于那些信奉放荡享乐的人,我与年轻人共享午夜的狂欢,我与舞者共舞,与饮酒者共饮。
My challenge was even greater as a journalist, because this was happening in my own backyard.
作为一名记者,我面临的挑战更大,因为这发生在我自己的后院。
When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
撒谎时,要强调和愤怒,像你的孩子一样。
Nothing is better for a young journalist than to go and write about something that other people don't know about. If you can afford to send yourself to some foreign part, I still think that's by far the best way to break in.
对于一个年轻的记者来说,没有什么比去写一些别人不知道的东西更好的了。如果你能负担得起把自己派到国外去,我仍然认为这是目前为止最好的闯入方式。