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Young Girl Gets Prize. Sarah Hutchins Has Won A Great Prize From

Sarah Hutchins won a $1000 prize and trip to New York from Amazon.com for inventing "camoculars", which were binoculars combined with a camera. She came up with the idea while at a concert wanting to take a picture of the stage through her binoculars. At home, she combined plastic binoculars and a cheap camera and sent the idea to Amazon's young inventor competition. Though she did not win the top prize, Sarah was recognized for her creative invention.

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Young Girl Gets Prize. Sarah Hutchins Has Won A Great Prize From

Sarah Hutchins won a $1000 prize and trip to New York from Amazon.com for inventing "camoculars", which were binoculars combined with a camera. She came up with the idea while at a concert wanting to take a picture of the stage through her binoculars. At home, she combined plastic binoculars and a cheap camera and sent the idea to Amazon's young inventor competition. Though she did not win the top prize, Sarah was recognized for her creative invention.

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a- Look at the pictures.

Sarah Hutchins won a prize for inventing


something. What do you think it was? Read the first two paragraphs
of the text quickly to check your answer.
Young girl gets prize.

Sarah Hutchins has won a great prize from


Amazon.com in a competition for young inventors.
Sarah invented “camoculars”- binoculars and camera together. She was one of thousands of
young people who sent their ideas to Amazon.com, the web company that organized the
competition for young inventors.
Sarah was at a concert when she thought of her invention. I was sitting a long way from the
stage and I was watching the brand through my binoculars.
While I was watching, I thought, I´d love to be able to take a picture of this! Then I got an
idea. Why not have binoculars with a camera inside them?
When she got home, she took some plastic binoculars and a cheap camera and put them
together. Her sister was watching her and told her about the competition. So Sarah sent her
idea to Amazon.com and two months later, she got a surprise.
Amazon.com phoned to say that she was a winner. They didn´t give her the top prize in the
competition, but she won $1000 and a trip to New York.
People are already asking Sarah what she is going to invent next. “I don´t know”, says Sarah.
“If you just sit there and think, you won´t invent anything, because you get ideas at strange
moments. The only thing I can do is keep my eyes and ears open!

c-Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous


b-Read the whole text and
form of the verbs.
match the two parts of the
sentences. 1.A: What …………../you/ do) when I saw you
yesterday?
1- Sarah a- was watching
B: I …………….(wait) for my sister. She
Hutchins got a concert.
a prize ……………..(buy) something in a shop.
2 A: Who ………….(you/ talk) to when I phoned you?
B:It was my brother. He ……………….(tell) me about a
2- She got the b- idea to the web film he saw on TV.
idea when company. 3A: ……………..(his parents/ live) in England when he
she was born?
3- At home c- invited her to B: No, they ……………(live) in Paris. His father
she put New York. ……………….(work) as an architect.
4A: …………..(you/ watch) TV when I called last night?
4- Then she d-what she is B: No, I wasn´t. I ………….(read) a magazine.
sent her going to invent 5A: Who ………….(you/ have) lunch with when I saw
next.
you yesterday?
B: With Jane. She´s a friend of mine. We
5- They liked e- for inventing ……..(talk)about you!
her idea a lot “camoculars” 6A: ……………..(you/ play) tennis yesterday afternoon?
and B: No, I …………(not/ play) tennis. I ……….(do) my
homework.
7 A: What ……….(they/ wear) for school yesterday?
6- Sarah is f- binoculars and
thinking a camera Their school uniform?
about together. B: No, they ……….(not/ wear)their school uniform, they
…………………(wear) jeans and T- shirts.

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