The End of Printed Newspapers?
The newspaper industry is entering a new era. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has become America’s first newspaper to stop printing and become the first newspaper to appear online only. The newspaper was 146 years old, the oldest in Washington State. Only about 20 people work for seattlepi.com, the internet version of the newspaper. Once over 150 people worked in the newsrooms of Seattle’s most famous paper. There is only one daily newspaper left in Seattle, The Times. Many people think that it could follow the Post-Intelligencer by going online only too. Among other big cities in the US, Denver only has one daily newspaper because the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago. Some newspapers around the US are afraid of going bankrupt. Among these are the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. One of the main problems that printed newspapers face today is advertising. Big local newspapers earn a lot of their money with ads. But that market has moved to advertising on the Internet which is either free or costs very little. Another reason is that many newspapers have become bigger and bigger. They have spent too much money expanding and buying up other papers. Newspapers are reducing costs wherever they can. In Detroit daily newspapers are delivering their papers on only three days a week. In Ohio the state's largest newspapers are sharing stories. Almost 8,000 jobs have been lost in the newspaper industry. Newspapers have lost millions of readers in the past years because a new generation of readers has emerged. Much of the news that people get online still comes from newspapers and most of them publish it for free. While newspapers have fewer reporters in big cities and abroad, observers say that they have lost much of their quality. The question is: Will they find a new home on the Internet?
1. The sentence “Denver only has one daily newspaper because the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago” is equivalent to:
Denver only has one daily newspaper due to Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago
Since the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago. Denver only had one daily newspaper
Denver only has one daily newspaper owing to the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago
Denver only has one daily newspaper like the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago
Denver only has one daily newspaper because of the Rocky Mountain News a few weeks ago
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Oi Marina!
A resposta certa é a letra C: Denver only has one daily newspaper owing to the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago.
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Primeiramente, você tem que entender que há uma pequena diferença entre as expressões "due to" e "owing to". As duas têm o mesmo significado, que é "por causa de". A questão é que "due to" se refere a complementos nominais. O outro, "owing to", se refere a complementos verbais. Eu acho que você não esperava encontrar esses "fantasmas" em inglês, né?
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Já que você sabe que due to se refere a um nome e owing to se refere a um verbo, vamos ver por que as outras alternativas não são adequadas:
a) Denver only has one daily newspaper due to Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago.
Dever só tem um jornal por dia devido à Rocky Mountain News ter fechado a algumas semanas atrás.
Como você vê, Marina, esse "devido à" está se relacionando com o fato de a cidade de Denver ter alguma coisa. Logo, como se relaciona com um verbo, o uso do "due to" está totalmente errado nesssa frase. OK? NEXT!
b) Since the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago. Denver only had one daily newspaper.
Seria mais adequado que as duas informações estivessem na mesma frase, e como o fato da cidade de Denver só receber um jornal da Rocky Mountain news uma vez por dia é um fato atual, o correto é o uso do verbo to have no presente e não no passado: (...) only has one daily newspaper. NEXT!
c) Essa tá certa, mesmo.
d) Denver only has one daily newspaper like the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago.
Like? É sério isso? Like, quando não significa gostar, é usado para comparar. Não tem nada a ver! NEXT!
e) Denver only has one daily newspaper because of the Rocky Mountain News a few weeks ago.
É o quê? Isso nem faz sentido. Tenta traduzir. Denver só tem um jornal por dia por causa da Rocky Mountain News algumas semanas atrás... Esquece!!!
Eu realmente espero ter ajudado você, quer coisa entre em contato, viu? Abraços!
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Olá Marina!
Tudo bem com você?
A alternativa que melhor preenche a resposta é:
Denver only has one daily newspaper owing to the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago
Não esqueça de marcar como resposndida.
Abraço!
Boa tarde Marina.
The correct option in response to the phrase is the third option, option 'C'
''Denver only has one daily newspaper owing to the Rocky Mountain News closed a few weeks ago''
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