在新闻写作上,早先有一种说法:“要把读者看作什么都不知道的人。”如今,有些记者、编辑好象把读者看作什么都“知道”的人了。我近来读报,就一连碰到好多“不知道”。有这么几条消息:《国际二手设备洽谈会在杭州开幕》。什么叫“二手设备”?消息里没解释,我这个读者“不知道”。《我国煤炭产量居世界第二》。第一是谁? In the news writing, there was an earlier statement: “Think of readers as people who do not know anything.” Today, some journalists and editors seem to think of readers as “knowable” people. I recently read the newspaper, I met a lot of “do not know.” There are so few news: “International Used Equipment Fair opened in Hangzhou.” What is “second-hand equipment?” The message did not explain, I readers “do not know.” “China’s coal output ranks second in the world.” Who is the first?