TPO 14 Conversation 2（文本在APP页面简介处）

Narrator:

Listen to a conversation between a student and his faculty adviser

Advisor:

Hi, Steve. I scheduled this appointment cause it has been a while since we touched base.

Student:

I know I have been really busy--- a friend of mine works on the school paper. He asks me if I would like to try reporting so I did and I really love it.

Advisor:

Hey…that sounds great!

Student:

Yeah… the first article I wrote, it was a profile of the chemistry professor---the one who was named Teacher of the Year. My article ran on the front page. When I saw my name, I mean my byline in print, I was hooked. Now I know this is what I want to do--- be a reporter. 

Advisor:

Isn’t it great to discover something that you really enjoy? And I read the article, too. It was very good.

Student:

To be honest, the article got lots of editing. In fact, I barely recognized a couple of paragraphs. But the editor explained why the changes were made. I learned a lot and my second article didn’t need nearly as many changes.

Advisor:

Sounds like you’ve got a real knack for this.

Student:

Yeah… anyway, I am glad you scheduled this meeting cause I want to change my major to journalism now.

Advisor:

Um... the university doesn’t offer a major in journalism.

Student:

Oh no…

Advisor:

But….

Student:

I… I mean… should I transfer to another school, or major in English?

Advisor:

Well… wait a minute. Let me explain why the major isn’t offered. Editors at newspapers… editors… I mean when you apply for a reporting job, editors look at two things--- they want to see clips, you know, some of your published articles, they’ll also want you to try out, they’ll give you an assignment like… covering a press conference or some other event, then see if you can craft a story about it, accurately, on deadline.

Student:

So they don’t even look at my major?

Advisor:

It’s not that they don’t look at it… it’s… well, having a degree in something other than journalism should actually work to your advantage.

Student:

How?

Advisor:

Most journalists specialize these days. They only write about science or business or technology for example. Is there a type of reporting you think you might like to specialize in?

Student:

Well… I think it’d be really cool to cover the Supreme Court. I mean… their decisionsaffect so many people.

Advisor:

That’s really a goal worth striving for. So, why not continue major in political science? And as electives, you could take some Pre-Law classes like Constitutional Law, and as for your work on the student newspaper, maybe they’d let you cover some local court cases--- ones that students and professors here would want to read about.

Student:

Do you know of any？

Advisor:

I do, actually. There’s a case involving this computer software program that one of our professors wrote. The district court’s deciding if the university’s entitled to any of the professor’s profits.

Student:

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