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a new 'book'

The publishing firm Mackay and Hertz have decided to commission a new “book” for schools on European history.  The “book” is of course not going to be actually printed – it is going to be published on the web.  They are looking for authors; young authors.  
The book’s concept is to combine accounts of events with short background articles.

 

 

you want to write it

Your group has decided to apply for the job – and as part of your application you are going to enclose a sample of your work – a background article on the first world war and an account of one aspect of the war - for example the battle of the Somme.

 

 

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An irritated shout passed up and down the line: the front men went too fast, someone had fallen down. The danger was that they would end up in the wrong part of the line and have to start all over again. They had been here before, however; there was something automatic now in the way they could find their way in the darkness and take the right fork when the choice came; there was something of routine in their swearing and their violent protests. At its best it was like pride. They had seen things no human eyes had looked on before, and they had not turned their gaze away.

fork: gren

swearing: eder og forbandelser

pride: stolthed

turned their gaze away: kikkede væk
 

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