READING COMPREHENSION

Don't stand so close -- Sting in ghostly encounter

Sting claims he and his wife once saw a ghost.

By Simon Cadwell in London
Friday November 20 2009
Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room
in the dead of night.
The singer, who famously sang 'Spirits In The Material World' in the 1980s,
said wife Trudie Styler also witnessed the figure, standing with a child in the
corner of their bedroom.
Sting said he also experienced flying objects and mysterious voices in an
interview to be aired by Radio 2 today.
He said: "I would never have said I believe in ghosts, until I saw one -- and
I've seen a ghost with my own eyes."
The musician, whose former band The Police recorded an album 'Ghost In
The Machine', continued: "I was in bed one night, a very old house I used to
live in.
"And I woke up at three in the morning, bolt upright, looked into the corner
of the room and thought I saw Trudie standing there with a child -- our child
-- in her arms, staring at me.
And I thought 'well, that's strange, why is she standing in a corner, staring
at me?' And I then reached next to me and there was Trudie, and I suddenly
got this terrible chill.
"And she woke up and said 'Gosh, who is that?' and she saw this woman and
a child in the corner of the room."
Sting told presenter Claudia Winkleman, in an interview to be broadcast
tonight at 10pm, that the figure simply disappeared. He added: "A lot of
things happened in that house, a lot of flying objects and voices and
strange, strange things happened.
"When you live in old houses you get this energy there. Intellectually, no I
don't believe in them [ghosts], but I've experienced
them on an emotional level."
- Simon Cadwell in London
Irish Independent (22/11/09)

PRE- READING (Oral Exercise; Looking at the picture, scanning the text)

Do you know him?” ”

What does he do? “

“What type of music does he sing?”

“Do you know any song by him?”

“Has he always sung alone?”

“What do you think the text is about?”

AFTER- READING : Answer the questions

What time did Sting confront a ghost?

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Was the ghost alone? Give information to support your answer

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Who was Sting with when he saw the ghost?

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What was the ghost doing?

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Where did Sting see the ghost?

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Does Sting really believe in ghost?

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VOCABULARY

Find in the text the verbs whose definitions are given below:

- To accept as true without proof. ________________

- To come face to face with _____________________

- To go out of view or existence__________________

- Travel without direction _______________________