A hippo that lives in a house… (?)

Before the 1980s, news reports were often read from a piece of paper, with little or no maps and terribly, inevitably boooooring. In the 80s, something started: news editors thought that the final message of a news report should be a happy story (otherwise, people would be too pessimistic and maybe even induced to suicide). Ever since, news reports have had the “happy” story, usually involving some kind of friendly animal or guinness records. If your memory reaches as far as mine, you will probably identify the “fets i gent” section in TV3, which was exactly that, the “happy” story. Talking of which…

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En Marc Blanco és professor d' anglès a l' IES Cubelles (Barcelona). És llicenciat en filologia anglo-germànica per l' UAB, va estudiar un post-grau sobre l' anglès medieval a la University of Manchester. Porta 9 anys ensenyant anglès, a gent de negocis, a l' ESO i al batxillerat de centres concertats i ara, amb les oposicions aprovades el 2005, a l' escola pública.

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