John is writing a love letter to Carla. You can read it below. Use the words in brackets in the right tense form: My darling Carla, It _________ (to be) so long since you _________ (to go) away. I _________ (to mark off) each day on the calendar, and its already sixty-three! Last night I _________ (to look) at the moon, and _________ (to wonder) if you _________ (to look) at it too. All our friends _________ (to ask) me when you will be back. They _________ (to try) to cheer me up because they say I always look so sad. This morning, while I _________ (to shave), the postman _________ (to ring) the doorbell, and I immediately _________ (to run) downstairs, because I _________ (to hope) there would be a letter from you. But once again there_________ (to be) nothing! Since you _________ (to leave) there _________ (to not be) a single day when I __________ (to not think) of you. One or two other girls _________ (to ask) me to take them out, but I always _________ (to refuse), I _________ (to tell) them I _________ (to promise) you that I wouldnt ever go out with anyone else. Yesterday I _________ (to listen) to the radio and I _____________ (to hear) “Sweet Emotion” – our song! I _________ (to feel) like crying. We _________ (to listen) to it the first time at Elbows Disco, but I (to give) my heart to you long before that. With unending love, darling, your John. Помогите сократить текст, чтобы он не потерял смысл Many, many years ago in the 10th century there lived a beautiful Belarusian princess of royal blood Barbara Radziwill. She lived in a castle in Nesvizh with her two brothers, Mikalai Radziwill Chorny and Mikalai Radziwill Rudy. Her parents died when she was a little girl and her brothers took care of her. One day a ball was held in the castle. Zhygimont, the king of Poland, was invited to the ball. Zhygimont was tall and very handsome with dark hair and blue eyes. When he saw Barbara, he fell in love at first sight. Though Barbara’s brothers and Zhygimont’s mother, Bona Sfortsa, were against their love, they still continued to see each other and then married secretly. When Bona Sfortsta found out about their marriage, she was very angry and decided to kill Barbara. She gave her a poisoned ring. Soon Barbara fell seriously ill and doctors couldn’t help her. In a month she died. She was buried in Belarus but her grave was never found. Zhygimont couldn’t forget Barbara. He found a magician and asked him to help him see Barbara again. The Magician agreed but said that Zhygimont couldn’t touch the ghost of Barbara. At night, when Zhygimont saw Barbara, he couldn’t keep his word. He ran up to Barbara and tried to touch her. Barbara disappeared. Zhygimont couldn’t live without Barbara and died. Since that time the castle of Nesvizh has been visited by the ghost of the beautiful woman. People call it the Black Lady.