Exercise 4.

Exercise 4.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

A tattoo is a permanent mark or design under the top layer of skin made by the injection of coloured pigments. Ages ago, tattoos were used for a variety of reasons. This included identifying slaves and criminals to determine their social class. They were also used to beautify. The belief that tattoos were decorative was evident in Egypt. Many ancient Egyptian mummies had tattoos.

During the olden times, the art of tattooing was widespread. This explains why tattoo-like marks were discovered in cave paintings. Some of them were made thousands of years ago. Tattooing was a very expensive process in the 19th century. So when the first electric needle was invented, the tattoo process became cheaper and faster. When it became cheap, it was also done by the poor. So it was no longer a mark of wealth.

Today, women make up more than half the tattooed population. Some have even tattooed slimmer and shaped eyebrows. Tattooing is now carried out in comfortable beauty salons using hygienic electrical needles. To take it a step further, tattoos can now be removed by new laser technology.

Rewrite the passage above on the developments in the art of tattooing.

Your summary must:

in not more than 60 words including the 10 words given below

in continuous writing form

in ONE paragraph

in your own words as far as possible

Begin as follows:

A tattoo, made by the injection of coloured pigments, was