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[1:21] The Story of an Amateur Journalist | 40 English Short Passages to Boost High School Entrance Exam 3500 Words Immersive Listening

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Jane is a housewife but delighted to work as an amateur journalist. It is a dilemma for her to rush between family and work, and it is also unusual for the news department to depend on an amateur to cover crimes. But Jane is really gifted. It is admirable that she is seldom accused of making mistakes. And eager to become more professional, she concentrates on her job and updates herself now and then.

Once she is informed of a new case, her normal working process is as follows. First, she makes appointments with guilty people for interviews, so as to acquire accurate stories, she usually demands to record what they say. Meanwhile, a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs.

Second, she assesses whether they are deliberately hiding the truth. If she is skeptical about their words, she will look into the case herself.

Third, she writes thorough stories ahead of the deadline and submits it to the senior chief editor who polishes and approves every section. Finally, her stories will be published in different editions of their magazine.

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concentrate
noun
1. a concentrated example of something
e.g. the concentrate of contemporary despair
2. a concentrated form of a foodstuff
the bulk is reduced by removing water
3. the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
Synonym: dressed ore
polish
admire
verb
1. feel admiration for
Synonym: look up to
2. look at with admiration
dilemma
noun
1. state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Synonym: quandary
interview
noun
1. a conference (usually with someone important)
e.g. he had a consultation with the judge
he requested an audience with the king
Synonym: consultationaudience
2. the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited)
often conducted by journalists
e.g. my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds
skeptical
adj
1. denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
e.g. a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles
Synonym: disbelievingscepticalunbelieving
2. marked by or given to doubt
e.g. a skeptical attitude
a skeptical listener
Synonym: doubtingquestioningsceptical