The news was taken

问题描述:

The news was taken
The news was taken up through the country.

take up
1.开始从事
When did he take up football?
他是什么时候开始踢足球的?
2.占用;化去
The work took up all his time.
那工作花费了他所有的时间.
所以显然,这里The news was taken up意思就是“这个新闻已经播过了”.