La paraula en anglès news (notícies) és un substantiu incomptable singular:

 “The news is broadcast every night at the same time on major TV stations” i NO “The news are broadcast every night by all major TV stations.”

Tampoc podem dir “a news”:

 “I’ve got interesting news to tell you.” i NO “I’ve got an interesting news.”

Si volem parlar de notícies com una cosa individual, podem acompanyar news amb bit of, piece of o item of (més formal). Et deixem uns exemples:

• I heard a couple of interesting pieces of news on the radio the other day.
• A strange item of news caught my eye while I was reading the newspaper.
• I heard a bit of news about what was going on in parliament this morning.

Com aquesta paraula és incomptable no podem dir “many news”. En canvi, utilitzarem “much” o “a lot of / lots of”. Aquí tens uns exemples:

• There wasn’t much news over the weekend.
• I’ve got lots of news to tell you!

Quan diem “The news” estem fent referència al programa de televisió o de ràdio que informe sobre esdeveniments recents.

• I always watch the news on BBC1 before I go to bed.

Volem mencionar dos aspectes:

• Si diem “Jack Smith is in the news right now“, ens estem referint al fet que en l’actualitat s’està parlant d’ell als mitjans.
• Si diem “Jack Smith is on the news right now” vol dir que en aquest precís moment a un programa de televisió o ràdio s’està parlant sobre ell i, fins i tot, parlant amb ell en persona.

Amb la paraula en anglès news podem utilitzar els següents verbs:

Get, have, hear, learn, receive

• Have you heard the latest news? 

Catch up on

• I want to catch up on all your news.

Announce, break, bring (sb), give sb, tell sb

• The police had to break the news to the parents. 

Spread

• She ran from office to office, spreading the news.

Leak

• News of the celebrity’s arrest was leaked to the press. 

Report

• I’ve got some interesting news to report. 

Carry

• ‘The Guardian’ carried news of the event. 

Gather, get

• The article gathered news from different sources.

Await, expect, wait for

• We are waiting for news on the train crash. 

Greet, react to, welcome

• The news was greeted with a huge cry from the crowd. 

Make

• The story was huge and made the news headlines the next day.

Esperem que t’hagi resultat interessant i que puguis posar-ho en pràctica al teu curs d’anglès i a la vida real.