TASK 2

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 

A mean old man named  Ebenezer sits in his office on a freezing Christmas Eve. His clerk, Bob Cratchit , shivers in the next room because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating. 

Scrooge's nephew, Scrooge, pays his uncle a visit and invites him to his annual Christmas party. Two gentlemen also drop by and ask Scrooge for a contribution to their charity. Scrooge reacts to the holiday visitors with bitterness and venom, spitting out an angry "Bah! Humbug!" in response to his nephew's "Merry Christmas!"

Later that evening, after returning to his dark, cold apartment, Scrooge receives a chilling visitation from the ghost of his dead partner,   Jacob  Marley relates his unfortunate story. As punishment for his greedy  life his spirit has been condemned to wander the Earth loaded with heavy chains. Marley hopes to save Scrooge from sharing the same fate. Marley informs Scrooge that three The Ghost of Christmas Present  will visit him during each of the next three nights.

After the ghost disappears, Scrooge collapses into a deep sleep. He wakes moments before the arrival of spirits  the Ghost of Christmas Past   , a strange childlike phantom with a brightly glowing head. The spirit takes Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases from his earlier years. Invisible to those he watches, Scrooge revisits his childhood school days, his apprenticeship with a jolly merchant named Fezziwig , and his engagement to Belle, a woman who leaves Scrooge because his lust for money eclipses his ability to love another. Scrooge, deeply moved, sheds tears of regret before the phantom returns him to his bed

Fred , a majestic giant wearing a  green fur robe, takes Scrooge through London to unveil Christmas as it will happen that year. Scrooge watches the large Cratchit family prepare a miniature feast in its poor  home. He discovers Bob Cratchit's crippled son, Tiny Tim, a courageous boy whose kindness and humility warms Scrooge's heart. The specter then takes Scrooge to his nephew's to witness the Christmas party. Scrooge finds the happy gathering delightful and asks the spirit to stay until the very end of the festivities. 

 As the day passes, the spirit ages, becoming much older. Toward the end of the day, he shows Scrooge two starved children, Ignorance and Want, living under his coat.

He vanishes instantly as Scrooge notices a dark, hooded figure coming toward him. The Ghost of Christmas Future leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes relating to an unnamed man's recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man's riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash, and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of their creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the dead man. After asking the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a cemetery, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate, promising to renounce his insensitive, avaricious ways and to honor Christmas with all his heart.

Whoosh! He suddenly finds himself safely tucked in his bed. Scrooge is really happy to have the chance to redeem himself and grateful that he has been returned to Christmas Day. He runs onto the street hoping to share his new Christmas spirit. He sends a giant Christmas turkey to the Cratchit house and attends Fred's party, to the surprise of the other guests. As the years go by, he holds true to his promise and honors Christmas with all his heart: he treats Tiny Tim as if he were his own child, provides gifts for the poor, and treats his fellow human beings with kindness, generosity, and warmth.

CHRISTMAS STORY 1

It`s the morning of Christmas Day. Mr. Bull, a lonely, rich, old man is looking at the big Christmas

tree in one of the corners of his huge dining room. There are no presents under the tree that one of the house servants has decorated. The old man sits down and dozes off: he dreams of other Christmas Days during his childhood, when he was poor but happy. He wakes up and begins to accept that once again he will spend Christmas Day all alone. The door bell rings: it`s a totally unexpected visit that cheers up his spirit and somehow changes him forever.

TASK 1 

DEATH AND MONEY 

Tres hombres que no quieren morir fueron en busca de la muerte para matarla. Estaban en la calle y vieron a un hombre mayor mirando al suelo, gritando que no quería vivir. Le contó a los hombres que la última vez vio la muerte debajo de un árbol en una colina. Encontraron dinero y se pelearon por él. Al final, uno de los hombres, echó veneno en las bebidas de los otros dos y estos, antes de beberla y morir, mataron al otro chico con un cuchillo. Y después, estos la bebieron y murieron.

1)Where is the money ?
2)How did they die?
3)How many friends are?

TOBERMORY THE CAT

Una chica tenía un gato que podía hablar. Quiso demostrárselo a su amigo pero este no le creía y el gato no hablaba. La chica seguía insistiendo al gato y Tobermory fue cansándose cada vez más. Un día, el chico volvió y la mujer fue a buscar al gato para que hablase pero no lo encontraba. El chico preguntaba que si seguía en casa y ella, segura, contestó que si. Pero realmente, no estaba, se escapó.

1)the name of the cat is tobermory
2)the cat can talk
3)the cat drink milk
4)do you like the history?
5)what is the name of the history?

THE MONKEY'S FOOT

Los señores White vivían en el campo, muy alejados de la ciudad, junto a su hijo. Su hijo se quería mudar a la ciudad pero sus padres no tenían suficiente dinero y no quisieron. Un día, un amigo del Sr. White fue a visitarles y desde ese día les trajo un pie de un mono con el que se podía pedir 3 deseos y pidieron dinero para que el hijo se mudara.

1)what is the name of the woman?
2)when work mrs. white?
3)when does mrs. herbert?
4)when they live?
5)do you like the history?
6)where is the mrs.Momis?
7)what is the name of the history?
8)what is the name of the son?
10)how many wishes can you reques with the monkey's foot?

YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERTHING YOU WANT

Gopal y Nataki eran una pareja pobre. Gopal, todos los días, iba al río para pescar. Un día, pescó un pez enorme y dijo que le soltara, que quería vivir y que el fuera a su casa. Al llegar, se encontró con la mesa llena de comida y a si mujer con un vestido azul. Se lo explico todo y ella le pidió que regresara al río para pedirle al pez una casa más grande, pendientes, dinero y sirvientes. El pez se cansó y un día, Gopal fue a pedir para su mujer que ella fuera la reina del país, pero este, solo se despidió. Volvió a casa y se encontró con nada. Desde ese día, el pez no volvió a aparecer.

1)What is the name of the wife?
2)Did the woman do everything what they wanted?
3)The fish can't talk?
4)Do you like the history?
5)What did the woman?
6)Did the fish return to the web?