jueves, 11 de septiembre de 2008

EXERCISE 2. READING AND VOCABULARY

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Change Tenses to Present

The First Scene of Hamlet

It was night in the castle of Elsinore in Denmark. A sentry was on guard, and another one, Bernardo, came to take his place. Both men were nervous and on edge, as if they expected something terrible to happen. Soon afterwards, Marcellus, an officer, arrived on the scene with a gentleman called Horatio. The soldiers began to tell Horatio about a strange vision they had seen on two previous occasions. Horatio was a realist and did not believe in ghosts, but while they were talking, the figure of a ghost suddenly appeared, dressed like the dead king of Denmark. Everyone was frightened but Horatio spoke to it. It did not answer him, apparently angry at his tone of voice. When it had gone, Horatio admitted that the figure had been just like the king. Everyone felt sure that this meant that something important was going to take place in Denmark. The ghost returned and Horatio begged it to tell them what it wanted. It was the point of speaking when a cook crowed. It was dawn and the ghost disappeared. The men were not surprised, since they believed that ghosts could only appear at night and that at Christmas the cock crowed all night long and evil spirits were never seen. They decided to tell Prince Hamlet, the son of the dead king, what they had seen.

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