English Grammar

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Дата: Пятница, 29 марта 2024, 14:11

Описание

by Wunderkin

1. stylistic

The news is not new Humans have always wanted to know, what is happening in the world. Before newspapers and a long time before television, people wanted to hear information about events and other people. They wanted to hear local news as well as reports from places far away. A long time ago, information traveled by word of mouth. Villagers asked travelers questions about what was happening in other villages. Men known as town criers shouted out news from the town square, and everyone gathered to listen. This human appetite for news has not changed; however, how people learn about the news has changed dramatically.

1.1. verb

After the invention of the printing press in about1440, it became possible to print the news. Printed news came out firs in short one-page reports. These early news reports were not very accurate. In Germany, for example, the reports printed news of the horrifying crimes of Count Dracula, although most of this news was not true. The first real newspapers began to appear in England and France the early 1600s. In 1690, the first newspaper in the United States started in Boston, and by 1752, Canada had its first newspaper. More newspapers appeared in North America in the early 1800s. However, not very many people read them because most people could not afford to buy a newspaper in the United States was six cents, which was a lot of money for most people in those days. In addition, most people at that time were still illiterate.

2. verb

Before the invention of printing, people wrote newspapers by hand. For example, over two thousand years ago, the Chinese government employed educated people to write the news. At about the same time, Julius Caesar, the leader of the huge and powerful Roman Empire, put a daily newspaper on the wall of a government building. Because most people were illiterate in both China and Rome the governments also paid people to read the news aloud. This meant that ordinary people who could not read could also hear the news.

bout the news has changed dramatically.

2.1. verb-irregular

By the 1840s, however, life in Europe and North America was changing very quickly, and newspaper were changing, too. New industries needed more educated workers, so there were many more schools. As a result, more people learned to read. In addition, new technology reduced the price of immigrants were arriving. They were eager to find out about their new land and to learn English, and newspapers helped them do both The New York Sun, for example, only cost one cent. It focused on entertaining stories about both famous and ordinary people. It soon became popular with the public-especially immigrants, who learned a lot of English by reading newspapers like The Sun.

t of money for most people in those days. In addition, most people at that time were still illiterate.

2.2. infinitive-irregular

The development of the telegraph was the next important change in how news traveled. By the 1850s, the United States had 23000 miles of telegraph wires across the country. This meant that local and national news could travel almost instantly from city to city.

2.3. infinitive-irregular

The development of the telegraph was the next important change in how news traveled. By the 1850s, the United States had 23000 miles of telegraph wires across the country. This meant that local and national news could travel almost instantly from city to city.

3. regular

Then in the 1860s, engineers built telegraph cables, or large wires, under the oceans. Newspapers could report international news very quickly. A good example of this happened  in August 1883, when a volcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa erupted. A telegraph operator on the island sent out news of this natural disaster. Four hours later, a U.S. newspaper printed the news story about Krakatoa. This was the first time news from a different country was published the same day it happened. 

3.1. regular-past

Before the invention of printing, people wrote newspapers by hand. For example, over two thousand years ago, the Chinese government employed educated people to write the news. At about the same time, Julius Caesar, the leader of the huge and powerful Roman Empire, put a daily newspaper on the wall of a government building. Because most people were illiterate in both China and Rome the governments also paid people to read the news aloud. This meant that ordinary people who could not read could also hear the news.

3.2. regular-Past P

After the invention of the printing press in about1440, it became possible to print the news. Printed news came out firs in short one-page reports. These early news reports were not very accurate. In Germany, for example, the reports printed news of the horrifying crimes of Count Dracula, although most of this news was not true. The first real newspapers began to appear in England and France the early 1600s. In 1690, the first newspaper in the United States started in Boston, and by 1752, Canada had its first newspaper. More newspapers appeared in North America in the early 1800s. However, not very many people read them because most people could not afford to buy a newspaper in the United States was six cents, which was a lot of money for most people in those days. In addition, most people at that time were still illiterate.

3.3. Past Participle

The development of the telegraph was the next important change in how news traveled. By the 1850s, the United States had 23000 miles of telegraph wires across the country. This meant that local and national news could travel almost instantly from city to city.

Then in the 1860s, engineers built telegraph cables, or large wires, under the oceans. Newspapers could report international news very quickly. A good example of this happened  in August 1883, when a volcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa erupted. A telegraph operator on the island sent out news of this natural disaster. Four hours later, a U.S. newspaper printed the news story about Krakatoa. This was the first time news from a different country was published the same day it happened. 

4. Conclusion

The news is not new Humans have always wanted to know, what is happening in the world. Before newspapers and a long time before television, people wanted to hear information about events and other people. They wanted to hear local news as well as reports from places far away. A long time ago, information traveled by word of mouth. Villagers asked travelers questions about what was happening in other villages. Men known as town criers shouted out news from the town square, and everyone gathered to listen. This human appetite for news has not changed; however, how people learn about the news has changed dramatically.

Before the invention of printing, people wrote newspapers by hand. For example, over two thousand years ago, the Chinese government employed educated people to write the news. At about the same time, Julius Caesar, the leader of the huge and powerful Roman Empire, put a daily newspaper on the wall of a government building. Because most people were illiterate in both China and Rome the governments also paid people to read the news aloud. This meant that ordinary people who could not read could also hear the news.

After the invention of the printing press in about1440, it became possible to print the news. Printed news came out firs in short one-page reports. These early news reports were not very accurate. In Germany, for example, the reports printed news of the horrifying crimes of Count Dracula, although most of this news was not true. The first real newspapers began to appear in England and France the early 1600s. In 1690, the first newspaper in the United States started in Boston, and by 1752, Canada had its first newspaper. More newspapers appeared in North America in the early 1800s. However, not very many people read them because most people could not afford to buy a newspaper in the United States was six cents, which was a lot of money for most people in those days. In addition, most people at that time were still illiterate.

By the 1840s, however, life in Europe and North America was changing very quickly, and newspaper were changing, too. New industries needed more educated workers, so there were many more schools. As a result, more people learned to read. In addition, new technology reduced the price of immigrants were arriving. They were eager to find out about their new land and to learn English, and newspapers helped them do both The New York Sun, for example, only cost one cent. It focused on entertaining stories about both famous and ordinary people. It soon became popular with the public-especially immigrants, who learned a lot of English by reading newspapers like The Sun.

The development of the telegraph was the next important change in how news traveled. By the 1850s, the United States had 23000 miles of telegraph wires across the country. This meant that local and national news could travel almost instantly from city to city.

Then in the 1860s, engineers built telegraph cables, or large wires, under the oceans. Newspapers could report international news very quickly. A good example of this happened  in August 1883, when a volcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa erupted. A telegraph operator on the island sent out news of this natural disaster. Four hours later, a U.S. newspaper printed the news story about Krakatoa. This was the first time news from a different country was published the same day it happened.