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报纸在人们的生活中发挥着非常重要的作用,几乎每个人都读报纸,但是你知道报纸的起源和发展吗?

The earliest newspapers started in ancient Rome.They were handwritten news sheets.The first printed newspapers appeared in China during the Tang dynasty,which were printed from carved (雕刻的)wooden blocks.Modern papers first appeared in Venice,Italy in the middle of the 14th century.The newspapers of today,with advertising and a mixture of political,economic,and social news and comments,were started in Britain in the mid-18th century.