The first offerings of a penny paper tended to be highly sensational; human interest stories overshadowed important news, and crime and sex stories were written in full detail.
此句中offering是动名词干什么成分呢？为何要加 s ？谢谢老师！
The first offerings of a a penny paper tended to be highly sensational; human interest stories overshadowed important news, and crime and sex stories were written in full detail.
【翻译】大众报（便士报）的初次发行总是具备高度的哄动效应;人性的故事超越了要紧新闻的风头，犯罪和性生活的故事被写得很津津有味。
1. penny paper：大众报；便士报（指英国19世纪，价格为一便士一张的报纸，比喻便宜报纸）
2. offering：是可数名词，不是动名词。其本义是：“提供品；供应物；奉献物；祭品”。被newspaper 修饰后，指“刊登的文章、报道、故事、逸闻等”，统称为“出版物；发行品”。意为所有印刷在报纸上的东西。既然offering 是可数名词，而且指上述内容，用复数是完全正确的。
3. the first offerings：第一批出版物，初次发行。
