_________ people tend to think of it as a modern practice. tattooing has in fact been around for a long time.

Circulation figures for the newspaper, ________ had been 25,000, went to 65,000 within a year, and on to half a million by 1923.

Tattoing is thought to have existed in Japan 10,000 years ago. Even _________, it was not until the late 18th century that it became known worldwide.

Tattoos, ________ some people call ‘body art‘, have become more and more popular in recent years.

________ to this increasing demand, tattoo studios have appeared in many towns and villages.

Nowadays we might think the aim of _________ an idea would be to bring in lots of television money.

It was not until the late 18*h century, ________ Captain James Cook sailed to Polynesia, that Europeans took an interest.

People get tattoos in _______ of the pain caused by having a needle make hundreds of holes in their skin.

Cook and his crew first saw tattooed men and women in Tahiti, and _________ of that, the English word comes from the Tahitian word tatau.

Such a long race was just too much for most riders and very ______ wanted to take part.

Ever since Cook´s men saw tattoing in Tahiti, sailors have had tattoos done, often ________ show the distant places they have visited.

The very first Tour de France, the greatest cycle race ______ the world, was held in 1903.

There is evidence of tattoos being worn in Siberia over 4,000 years ago, as _________ as in Ancient Egypt at that time.