【Telephone，television，radio，telegraphandtheInternetallhelppeoplecommunicatewitheachother．Asaresult，ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworld．Forexample，withinseconds，peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelec】

　　Telephone，television，radio，telegraphandtheInternetallhelppeoplecommunicatewitheachother．Asaresult，ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquicklyallovertheworld．Forexample，withinseconds，peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelectioninanothercountry．Aninternationalfootballmatchcomesintothehomesofeveryonewithatelevisionset．Newsofadisastersuchasanearthquakeorafloodcanbringhelpfromdistantcountrieswithinhours．Helpisontheway．Becausemoderntechnologylikethesatellitestravelsallovertheworld，informationtravelsfast．

　　Howhasthisspeedofcommunicationchangedtheworld？Tomanypeople，theworldhasbecomesmaller．Ofcoursethisdoesnotmeanthattheworldisactuallyphysicallysmaller．Itmeansthattheworldseemssmaller．Twohundredyearsago，communicationbetweenthecontinentstookalongtime．Allnewswascarriedonshipsthattookweeksorevenmonthstocrosstheocean．Intheseventeenthandeighteenthcenturies，ittooksixweeksfornewsfromEuropetoreachAmerica．Thistimedifferenceinfluencedpeople'sactions．Forexample，onebattle，orfight，intheWarof1812betweenEnglandandtheUnitedStatescouldhavebeenavoided．Apeaceagreementhadalreadybeensigned．PeacewasmadeinEngland，butthenewsofpeacetooksixweekstoreachAmerica．Duringthesesixweeks，thelargeandseriousBattleofNewOrleanswasfought．Manypeoplelosttheirlivesafterapeacetreaty（条约）hadbeensigned．Inthepast，communicationtookmuchmoretimethanitdoesnow．

　　Therewasagoodreasonwhytheworldseemedsomuchlargerthanitdoestoday．

　　Title：TheWorldIsGetting（76）___ThemeItbecomeseasyforpeopleto（77）___witheachotherbecauseoftelevision，telephone，radio，telegraphandtheInternet．Ideasandnewsofeventsspreadquickly（78）___theworld．Examples

　　（nowadays）Peoplecanknowtheresultsofanelectionbeing（79）___inanothercountrywithinseconds．Aninternationalfootballmatchcomesintothehomesofeveryonewitha（80）___set．Newsofadisaster（81）___anearthquakeorafloodcanbringhelpfromdistantcountrieswithinhours．Informatio