Let me start off with journalism. Being a journalist herself, Turnbull was at this point in the book taking pleasure in the course "Journalists in Europe" where she both got to immerse herself into new cultures and explore new worlds through the stories of ordinary people.
As my overriding ambition has always been to become a journalist, I delighted in what Turnbull wrote about the "toughest of all jobs." What's more, I came to the conclusion that I desperately wanted to find out more about the daily routine of a journalist.
After what seemed like forever, I stumbled across just the article I needed. Here is a summary of its main points:
Since the different kinds of journalism are as multifarious as the colours of people's eyes, it is difficult to pin down the daily routine of a journalist. Generalising, however, one may be safe in saying that professional journalists have to be quick and succinct reporters with an objective view. On top of all that, they have to take stress and long hours into account, making it almost a mission impossible to have a family life. Most journalists have a bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, English, or political sciences and an ever increasing amount of them enters this profession on a later stage in life. Excellent writing skills are a must, as are computer word-processing skills.Persistence, initiative, stamina, and the desire to tell real stories about real events are critical to the survival of the budding journalist.
Although the job description of a journalist may seem to an outsider less than promising, I would adore to be one. I already can picture myslef taking pains in writing and proofreading stories about the ordinary people on the streets and feeling an incomparable thrill whilst doing it.
Maybe, one day this dream of mine will become reality.
To read more about it, visit:
http://www.term-papers.us/ts/ia/smu15.shtml
The second topic on hand is the French dress code. Being one of the capitals of fashion, Paris doesn't forgive people who aren't highly sensitive to aesthetics.
Turnbull learns this precious bit of information the hard way namely by being critisised for wearing shorts in the summer. Only tourists do that in France, but not the French. It is a great blow for her when she learns the truth as she was used to the Australian laid-back attitude to clothes wich allows any eclectic combination just imaginable.
However, in France where the art of dressing discreetly, seductivly and elegantly is inculcated into people from an early age on, Trunbull feels lost in fashion.
Finally, she realises that she would never "look French" and continues developing her own style.
In my opinion this is the best decision she could have possibly taken as I hold that any person should have his/her own style and not in the least be bothered by what the fashion magazines say. After all, the beauty of a person lies within.
To find out more about the French dress code, visit:
http://wikitravel.org/en/France#Dress_code
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=182&story_id=25305
( a hilarious story of an Paris expat trying to reason with a friend who wishes to wear shorts in Paris)
Vocab quiz:
1. adamant
a)unshakeable
b)uncertain
c)stubborn
2. be beyond/past redemption
a) dead
b)too bad to be saved
c)old
3. overcast
a) dirty
b)old
c)cloudy
4. benchmark
a)standard
b)pigeonhole
c)praise
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