4 GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY Complete the text. Write one word in each space. The History of the Selfie Stick Selfie sticks are very useful when you want to take a photo. But 'do you know who invented them? Two men say that they are the inventors of the selfie stick; the 2 is Japanese and the second is from Canada. In the 1980s, Hiroshi Ueda worked 3 the Minolta camera company. He liked going on holiday to Europe, and he always 4 a lot of photos. One day, he gave his camera to a child, because he wanted a photo with his wife. But the child ran away with the camera. When Hiroshi went 5 to Japan, he made a kind of selfie stick. He was very happy with it, but other people 6 like it, and he couldn't sell it. Twenty years later, Wayne Fromm 7 on holiday in Europe with his daughter. He wanted a photo with 8 , but they couldn't speak the language of the country. They waited to ask a person who 9 English. After the holiday, Wayne made a kind of selfie stick called the Quik Pod. People liked it very much and he sold a lot of them. Hiroshi's selfie stick was too early, so people 10 interested in it. But Wayne's selfie stick was popular because he invented it at the right time.

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1. Но do you know who invented them? (Но знаете ли вы, кто их изобрел?)


2. the one is Japanese and the second is from Canada. (Один из них японец, а второй из Канады.)


3. Hiroshi Ueda worked for the Minolta camera company. (Хироши Уэда работал в компании Minolta camera.)


4. and he always took a lot of photos. (и он всегда делал много фотографий.)


5. When Hiroshi went back to Japan, he made a kind of selfie stick. (Когда Хироши вернулся в Японию, он сделал что-то вроде селфи-палки.)


6. He was very happy with it, but other people didn't like it, and he couldn't sell it. (Он был очень доволен этим, но другим людям это не понравилось, и он не смог это продать.)


7. Twenty years later, Wayne Fromm was on holiday in Europe with his daughter. (Двадцать лет спустя Уэйн Фромм был в отпуске в Европе со своей дочерью.)


8. He wanted a photo with her, but they couldn't speak the language of the country. (Он хотел сфотографироваться с ней, но они не говорили на языке этой страны.)


9. They waited to ask a person who spoke English. (Они ждали, чтобы попросить человека, который говорил по-английски.)


10. Hiroshi's selfie stick was too early, so people weren't interested in it. (Селфи-палка Хироши появилась слишком рано, поэтому люди не заинтересовались ею.)

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1. do


2. one


3. for


4. took


5. back


6. didn't


7. was


8. her


9. spoke


10. weren't