Thursday, 5 April 2018

8B_INTRODUCTION TO BREAKING NEWS

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news /njuːz/ noun [uncountable] information about something that has happened recently.
  I hope to have some good news for you soon.

 news that
  We are delighted at the news that our daughter is expecting a baby.news on What’s the latest news on your university application?
 news of/about Everyone is shocked by the news of the arrests. 

 News is an uncountable noun and is followed by a singular verb:
 The news was not very good. 
 News is used with the singular form of words such as this and that: He was shocked when he
 heard /hɜːd/ this news. 

 Don’t say: these news







bad/terrible news
 ‘I’m afraid I have bad news, ’ said Jackson. 
Have you heard the terrible news about Simon?

 the latest news 
Mom sent a letter with all the latest news.

 old news (=news that you have already heard)
 She wasn’t surprised; it was old news to her. 

important news
 I’ve got some important news to tell you.

 the big news  (=an important piece of news) 
The big news is that Polly and Richard are going to get married.









have some news (for somebody)
I could tell by his face that he had some news.

 tell somebody the news
 Jack called him to tell him the good news.


spread the news (=tell a lot of people the news) 
After she had the baby, her husband made phone calls to spread the happy news.

 hear the news (=hear about something that has happened)
 She was really upset when she heard the news. 

welcome the news (=say that you are pleased about some news) 
Environmental groups welcomed the news that the area would be protected.

 greet the news with surprise/delight (=react to the news in a particular way) 
Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer.

 news spreads (=a lot of people find out the news from other people) 
News spreads fast in a small town.



a piece of news (also a bit of news British English)Leo thought about this piece of news carefully. 

the good news is …/the bad news is ... (=used to introduce a piece of good and bad news) 
The good news is that most stores have the game in stock; the bad news is that it’s not cheap.





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