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Three Surprising Things about the First Printing Press
PREVIEW
1. Have you ever seen a book being printed?
Sample Answer
✔ Yes, I have seen a book being printed at a local print shop. It was interesting to see how the pages came out quickly.
2. What do you know about how books were made in the past?
Sample Answer
✔ I know that books were made by hand. People called scribes copied books with pens and ink. It took a very long time to make one book.
3. Do you think it would be hard to make a lot of copies of a book by hand?
Sample Answer
✔ Yes, I think it would be very hard and take a very long time. Making even one book by hand took months or years. Making many copies would take forever.
VOCABULARY TO KNOW BEFORE YOU READ
to ban (verb) - to not allow something
to squeeze (verb) - to press something firmly or strongly
THINK ABOUT THE WORD "PRESS"
Here are some of the definitions from Cambridge Learner's Dictionary:
| Verb | Noun |
| to push something firmly | newspapers and magazines, or the people who work for newspapers and magazines |
| to try hard to persuade somebody to do something | a business that prints and sells books |
| to make clothes smooth by ironing them | a machine used to print books, newspapers, and magazines |
| to make something flat by putting something heavy on it for a long time | publicity or public praise or criticism |
What is the same? What do these definitions have in common?
Sample Answer
✔ All the definitions have something to do with pushing or applying pressure to something. Whether it's pushing a button, pressing clothes, or a printing press, they all involve pressure.
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