The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000.The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.
【小题1】 When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?
【小题2】How many countries can produce telephone cards now?
【小题3】Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?
【小题4】What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?
【小题5】In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?

 The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000.The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.

1. When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?

2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?

3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?

4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?

5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?

 

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Dear Li Ming, I’d like to know what your hobby is. Do you spend much time on it? My favourite hobby is collecting stamps. I’ ve got a wonderful collection of them now. My father bought me the first stamp-album (集邮簿) when I was ten years old. I began to collect stamps from then on. It has brought me great enjoyment but it takes me a lot of time. Sometimes I forget to do my schoolwork. My mother wants me to stop it because she thinks it bad for my study. What do you think about it? Yours, Tom

 

Hi Tom,

It’s very nice to hear that you have a hobby of collecting stamps.                            

                                                                

                                                                

                                                                

                                                                

                                                                

                                                                

                                                                

Yours,

Li Ming

 

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The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000.The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.

1.When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?

2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?

3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?

4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?

5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?

 

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The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000. The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.

1.When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?  _________________________________________________

2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?  _________________________________________________

3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?

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4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?

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5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?

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