6. Why do you think a journalist must have an inquiring mind?

a) to get as much information as possible

b) to find out all the details about the event he is reporting

c) to be able to understand people and their qualities better

d) to be able to see the background of the event he is analyzing

e) to be able to present the event from an unusual viewpoint

f) not to make a hasty ill-informed judgement

Exercise 11. Make a dialogue between an editor-in-chief and an applicant who is being interviewed for a job on the newspaper. Work in pairs:

The editor should ask the applicant

a) whether he has had any experience in journalism

b) what newspaper he has worked for

c) what his mark in English was at school

d) why he has decided to take up journalism as a career

e) what subjects he was interested in at school

f) what was his favourite subject at school

g) what mark he got for the subject he liked best at school

h) whether he can speak any foreign languages

i) whether he can type

j) whether he is good at shorthand writing

k) what speciality he would prefer to work at

1) what newspaper he finds most interesting

m) whether he is a keen reader of newspapers

n) whether he has ever had any experience in conducting interviews

Exercise 12. Express your agreement or disagreement using the following expres­sions. Give arguments for your viewpoint.

Agreement: I think so; I believe so; Right; You're right; I agree with you there.

Disagreement: I don't think so; I hardly think ...; I'm afraid not; I'm afraid you're wrong; Nothing of the kind.

Do you agree that

a) a successful journalist is one who works in a big newspaper?

b) an ill-informed judgement is one which is based on rich information?

c) a hasty answer is one which is given without thinking? without deep knowledge? too quickly (hastily)?

d) a brilliant pupil is one who knows a little about many subjects? a lot about many subjects? a lot about just one subject?

e) an open-minded journalist is one who easily changes his opinion?

f) a person with an inquiring mind is one who asks many questions? reads a lot of books? asks for information? doesn't know anything well?

g) a clear style is one which contains many short words? expresses the author's ideas clearly? can be easily understood without a great deal of thought?