Western tattooists work with a special
electrical instrument, something like a dentist’s drill. It holds a number of
very fine needles, which, for the purpose of reproducing the approved drawing,
are dipped, in black ink. When the current is switched on, and the instrument
passed rapidly over the outline, the action of the needles drives the ink into
the skin. The tattooist is constantly wiping away excess ink as he works. This
is where skill is so important, for the speed of the instrument means that he
must work rapidly over lines which are almost permanently covered
over. The basic drawing then has to be colored in, using the same method but with non-poisonous paint now replacing the ink. The average tattoo contains four or five colors, each injected with a separate instrument. How many needles are A. to make the first rough outline B. to finish the rough outline C. to make the approved drawing D. to ink in the rough outline [单项选择]{{B}}TEXT B{{/B}}
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