He had been a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star.

他曾是《堪萨斯城市星报》的一名年轻见习记者。

He left school at 16 to become a cub reporter on a local weekly.

16岁时他离开了学校，成为一名初出茅庐的当地周刊新闻记者。

In 1917 Hemingway joined the Kansas City Star as a cub reporter.

1917年，海明威在堪萨斯明星报当见习记者。

It's like the cynical editor who tells the cub reporter, "If your mother says she loves you, check it out."

就像愤世嫉俗的编辑对初出茅庐的记者说：“如果你妈妈说她爱你，那就去确认一下吧。”

The passage in which he describes how, as a cub reporter(literally: he was 13), he succeeded in interviewing Morrissey, who came to hishouse for tea is a particular delight.

他在文章中讲述了自己是如何作为一名初出茅庐的新闻记者（毫不夸张地说，他当时才13岁），成功地采访到了莫里斯，谁去他家喝茶都将会是一种特别的喜悦。