The very first news I have witnessed was the 9-11 terrorist attack when I was eight years old. Back in those days, those news has impacted many people’s lives and also the attention and security has been rising ever since then. So what happened to the news was the plane was being hijacked by a terrorist and ran into the World Trade Center which is located in New York City in in America. While those news was broadcasted live on television, many people show with an expression of anxious and anxiety and tension as well. And during those times, things are in the East and the national security all around the world are on the rise of tension and airport security was tightened up as well. So while I was witnessing the news, I was also at the same time learning about what terrorists could actually mean. And that news itself has impacted not only on the global but especially to the American soil which has claimed about 3,000 lives of people. And the news has impacted not only the security and social security, but also to the global stock market, which has entirely helped and many markets have been installed and things, our prices are rising up as well. These are the news that have impacted people the most and is important enough to report on the news. is worthy enough to let the global know the tension and the rise and the security need to be on tight turn up as well.
Band 6+: Describe a news story you read/saw. You should say: • what kind of news story it was • what happened to the people in the story • why the event was important enough to be reported on the news • and explain how you felt about the news story.
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The very first news story I witnessed was the 9/11 terrorist attack when I was eight years old. Back in those days, that news impacted many people's lives, and attention to security has been rising ever since. What happened in the news was that a plane was hijacked by terrorists and ran into the World Trade Center, which is located in New York City, in America. While that news was broadcast live on television, many people showed expressions of anxiety and tension. During that time, tensions in the East and national security all around the world were heightened, and airport security was tightened as well. While I was witnessing the news, I was also learning about what terrorism could actually mean. That news impacted not only the global community but especially American soil, claiming about 3,000 lives. The news affected not only security and social stability but also the global stock market, which was severely impacted, and many markets experienced downturns, with prices rising as well. This news impacted people the most and was important enough to be reported. It was worthy enough to let the world know about the rising tensions and the need for heightened security measures.
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