Exercitiul 3 va rog.
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For statements 1 - 9 below you are going to choose from the gadgets A-E in exercise 1. Before you start, read the statements and highlight or underline the important words. (The first two have been done for you).
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1. It is very pоpυlar in one particular country. - paragraph E:
"Today this model is found in 95% of Italian households."
2. The inventor hoped to make a lot of money from the idea. - paragraph B:
"If he could develop a way of shaving that would stop the usual cuts and bleeding, maybe he'd make a fortune."
3. The size of these has changed a lot. - paragraph A:
"The oversized models of years ago have been replaced by ones no bigger than matchboxes which work as mini PCs as well as phones."
4. People weren't interested in the idea at first. - paragraph B:
"However, Gillette only had to wait a short time before the public realised what a good idea it was."
5. The company that bought the invention stopped its original business. - paragraph C:
"He sold the rights to a leather manufacturer called Hoover, who produced the first commercial model. Four years later, Hoover had given up their leather business and started exporting the new machines to Europe."
6. It was the result of a sudden thought. - paragraph B:
"An American man named King Camp Gillette had a brilliant idea in his bathroom one morning. If he could develop a way of shaving that would stop the usual cuts and bleeding (...)"
7. It began with some strange behaviour in a public place. - paragraph C:
"While dining in a smart London restaurant, Hubert Cecil Booth took his clean cotton handkerchief, put it on the seat of his chair, then put his mouth to it and sucked it up. "
8. This invention means that you don't need to miss anymore TV programmes. - paragraph D:
"It operates via a special recorder that connects your TV set, cable or satellite receiver and phone line and downloads programmes to a hard disk."
9. It looks attractive and it is practical, too. - paragraph E:
"Although heated on a gas ring, the heatproof handle and stylish design mean it can be used at the dinner table."