VII. Read the article about hobbies and do the tasks that follow.
| Stamp collecting is one of the first things that come to many people’s minds when they think about hobbies. Organising your collection seems like the perfect way to relax for a few hours. It seems that people have been collecting valuable things since ancient times. (1) ……. When stamps appeared in the nineteenth century, they were cheap and children started to keep them. By the middle of the twentieth century, collecting stamps was a popular pastime for both children and adults, with some stamps worth a large amount of money – far more than most children could afford. |
| There are still many people today who collect stamps, but technology is proving its impact. People can send emails instantly and freely around the world, which means that people aren’t buying stamps like they used to. (2) ………… |
| Rare stamps are still in demand, and probably always will be, but fifty years ago the number of collectors were higher. It seems that stamps collecting as a hobby of millions of young people is having its day. |
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