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Repasa en tus apuntes o libro la forma de este tiempo. Al ser un tiempo que ya debes saber no incluyo aqu su forma.

Usamos el Pasado Continuo para:

1 Acciones que estaban en progreso, realizndose en un determinado

momento del pasado. No sabemos cuando la accin comenz o termin.
At 3 oclock yesterday Mike and Ana were washing the dog Ayer a las 3 Mike y Ana estaban lavando el perro

Usamos el Past Perfect para:

1 Expresar acciones ocurridas antes de otras acciones pasadas. La accin

anterior en el tiempo va en Past Perfect y la posterior en Past Simple:
The lm had begun when we arrived at the cinema La pelcula haba empezado cuando llegamos al cine Si te jas en este ejemplo hay dos acciones en el pasado siendo una de las dos anterior a la otra. La pelcula empez y despus llegamos. Importante: No siempre que haya dos acciones en el pasado y una sea anterior a la otra vamos a tener un Past Perfect y Past Simple. Observa: When I opened the door, I saw my present Cuando abr la puerta vi mi regalo En este caso hay dos acciones que ocurrieron en el pasado y una es anterior a la otra. Primero abr la puerta y despus vi mi regalo. Cuando haya acciones en pasado que vayan inmediatamente seguidas en el tiempo ambas acciones se expresarn en Past Simple.

2 Acciones pasadas que se estaban realizando cuando otra accin la

interrumpi. Usamos el pasado continuo para la accin en progreso y el pasado simple para la accin que la interrumpe.
He was reading the newspaper when Iniesta scored l estaba leyendo el peridico cuando Iniesta marc

3 Dos o ms acciones que ocurran al mismo tiempo en el pasado.

My parents were watching TV while I was having dinner Mis padres estaban viendo la tele mientras yo estaba cenando

4 Dar informacin sobre el contexto en el que transcurre una historia:

The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Little Red Riding Hood (Caperucita) was enjoying the warm summer day.

.TIME EXPRESSIONS:
Hay una serie de expresiones temporales que acompaan a este tiempo:

2 Para expresar acciones que ocurrieron antes de un tiempo especco.

By the time she was ve, she had learnt to write and read Cuando ella tena 5 aos, ya haba aprendido a escribir o leer She had watered all the owers by six oclock in the afternoon Haba regado todas las ores para las 6 de la tarde
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while (mientras), when (cuando), as (cuando)...

He hurt his nger as he was cutting wood Se hizo dao en el dedo cuando estaba cortando madera
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- TIME EXPRESSIONS
Hay una serie de expresiones temporales que no son exclusivas de este tiempo pero que suelen usarse en este tiempo: before, after, already, just, when, by, by the time... - FORM

Peter

Well, Sarah and I were at a party on Friday night. I didnt go home after that. I went straight to the ............. 2 I queued for six hours. Wow! Did you get a ticket? Yes, I did. I got the last one. That was lucky. Was the concert good? I dont know. I didnt see it. I was so tired that I fell .......... missed it!
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Cindy Peter Cindy Peter

Armativa: HAD + Participio: para todas las personas.

She had studied French They had eaten all the pizzas

and I

2 Listen and complete

My names Kristof. Last Tuesday I worked very late because some important visitors had arrived. When I nally left the ofce, I hurried to the station and caught the last train home at 11.45. It was ..........
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Negativa: HADNT + Participio: para todas las personas

I hadnt done the exercises

on the

Interrogativa: HAD + sujeto + Participio: para todas las personas

Had he paid the meal?

train, so I took off my jacket. I tried to stay awake, but it had been a long day and I soon fell .............
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asleep.

PRACTICE 1
Read and listen
You look tired. Yes, well, I saw an .......... wanted to see it. Oh, yes? When was it? It was on Saturday afternoon. I tried to get a ticket on the Internet, but there werent any left. Oh, dear. So, what did you do?
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When I woke up, we were in a station. I knew that my station was the rst stop, so I grabbed my .......... around and I couldnt .............
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and ran to the door. I got off just in time my eyes, because it wasnt my station.

and the train moved away. That was lucky, I thought, but then I looked
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Cindy Peter

The last train didnt normally stop there, so why had it stopped there that on Friday for a jazz concert. I really night? And it was the last train! I decided to phone my wife, Selina. Then I ..............
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I hadnt picked up my jacket. My .............,

keys, and mobile

phone were all still on the train. I walked out of the station. There were some people in the car park and an ambulance. I spoke to the .......... 7. Apparently, one of the other passengers had become very ill, so the train had stopped there because there was a hospital ............ 8. The ambulance driver lent me his phone and I phoned Selina. She had already gone to bed. Where are you? she asked. Im at Burton Station, I said. I...

Cindy Peter

Cindy

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Just a minute, she said. .......... number.

phone are you using? This isnt your

morning they ..........

(attach) the caravan to

their car and ........... 5 (drive) away. However, they didnt know that John was inside it at the time! He ............ home at 1 a.m. He ............
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Its the ambulance drivers, I said and I started to explain, but then I realized that she had put the phone down. She thought that Id had an accident and she was already on her way! An hour later she arrived. She was happy to see that I hadnt had an accident. However, she wasnt pleased when I explained things, because she had driven very ........... for ..........
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(work) very
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late the day before and he .............

(come)

(not want) to wake up his wife,

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to get there and the police had stopped her

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so he ..............

(go) to sleep in the caravan. The thieves ............

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(get)

- and they had given her a big ............

We drove home

a big surprise when a police car ............. When they ............ he .............
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(stop) them 20 minutes later.

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together in silence!

(move) the caravan, John ............

(wake up) and

(phone) the police on his mobile.

Read and complete

A strange coincidenece - but true One morning, Mrs Willard Lovell was outside her house in Berkeley, California. She wasnt happy, because she .......... accident. She ..........
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5 Read about the rst women to walk to the North Pole. Why didnt they all
reach the North Pole?
(lock) herself out by
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On March 1st 2002, Ann Daniels, Caroline Hamilton and Pom Oliver ................. 1(y) from England to Canada to walk to the North Pole. They .................. they ................
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(leave) her keys inside the house, and now she (she / leave) a

couldnt get in. She walked round the house. .......... window open, perhaps? No, she hadnt. Then the postman .......... ..........
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(be) all experienced explorers and they .................

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(already walk) to the South Pole two years earlier. By the time (leave) the UK they .................
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(train) for months with

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(arrive) with a letter. Her brother, Watson,

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the British army and they .............

(put on) 16 kilos in weight. (set off) they ................ (start)

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(post) it the previous day. Inside the envelope there was a key to (stay) with Mrs Lovell the week before.
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However, as soon as they ................ soon .................. Caroline ..............

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her front door! Watson .......... She ............. hed posted it to her.

having problems because of bad weather and temperatures of -50C. Pom (get) frostbite and by day 47 her feet ................. at the North Pole they ...............
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(give) him a key, and he .............

(not give) it back. So,

(become) so painful that she couldnt continue. By the time Ann and
11(arrive)

(walk) 750
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4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

John Marsh and his wife own a caravan. Last week two men .......... to steal it. They .......... they ..........
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miles in 81 days. When they arrived back in England they ............... (try) (receive) a heros welcome. No other women .................. both Poles before.

(ever walk) to

(see) the caravan two weeks before and

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(decide) to take it. At about four oclock on Wednesday

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6 Complete the following texts

Yesterday, Philip Johnson .......... 1(have) a busy morning. Usually he ............
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Yesterday, Ins Garca had a trafc accident. It .......... she ..........

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(happen) at about 5:45 pm when (drive) to the University of Seville for

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(get up) at 7:30 every morning, but yesterday he ............

(get up) at 7:00 because his wife, Nancy, had to leave home very early to take a report to a client of hers 70 miles from Lincoln. Nancy ............. (leave) home at 7:25 and Philip ............ for the children. Usually Nancy ............ the children ..............
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her evening course in Business Management and Finance. The accident ........... She ................
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(be) her fault.

(make) breakfast for himself and

(drive) her car, a Ford Puma,

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through the narrow streets in the center of Seville. (make) breakfast for all three, but yesterday was
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At the same time, she .............. She and .............. car .............. serious. Ins ..............
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(talk) with Paco, the

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an exception. Philip .............

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(take) a shower and had breakfast before

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her boyfriend, on her mobile phone. ...............

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(get up). He .............

(prepare) fried eggs and

(listen)

to

boyfriend (run) the

toast for Michael and Denise and at 8:30 he took them to school. He got to the ofce at ten minutes past nine. He had three meetings during the morning. The rst one was at 10:00 oclock with the banks lawyer. They ..............
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(not notice) a stop sign in front of her. She ............

stop sign and another

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(hit) her on the passenger side. Fortunately, it was a small car

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too, an Opel Corsa, and, as a result, the accident ................

(not be)

(discuss) a problem with an important client who ............

to suspend payments on a loan. They decided to wait until the

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(cut) her phone conversation and got out of the car. She

meeting of the banks board of directors to make a nal decision. At 11.30, he ............. (receive) the owner of a ceramic factory near
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went to the other car to speak to the driver. She was happy to see that the other driver was a young man, probably the same age as her. When he got out of his car, he ..............
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Lincoln. The man ............ Philip ............ Philip ............

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(need) 500.000 $ to add a new building to his

(smile) and said hello in Spanish but with a French

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factory. The ceramic factory was one of the best in Nebraska and (know) the man very well and trusted him. At 12:00, (meet) with the chief commercial ofcer of the bank to
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accent. Ins simply .............. person. Ins usually ..............

(look) at him and ..............

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(not say)
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anything. He was tall and very attractive. He seemed like a very pleasant
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(talk) a lot, but this time she ..............

(not

discuss a salary question concerning one of the employees in the commercial department. He ............ restaurant near the ofce. (go) went to lunch with the chief
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know) what to say. The young man ..............17 (ask) her if she had her car papers. Ins went back to her car and got the papers. They .............
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commercial ofcer at 12:30. They ...........

(have) lunch in a small

(nish) the paperwork in less than ten minutes. Then, the

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young Frenchman, whose name was Franois Monet, .............. and disconnected her mobile phone.

(invite) her to
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have a coffee in a coffee shop across the street. Ins ...............

(accept)

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7 Complete the following text:

Gran: Hello Jack! Come in Jack: Hello, Gran. How are you? Gran: Fine, thanks Jack. What about you? Jack: Oh, you know, too much college work. We .................1 (have) an
exam on Thursday. But I ................. with some mates. We .................
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go up to town on my own (slo) and wait outside the theatre till they ..................
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(come) out.

Jack: Really? Gran: Yes, and I .................

.................. (go) to London last Saturday
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(use to) scream at pop concerts. I really

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(enjoy) myself when I ..................

(be) a teenager. (use to) do

But dont tell your mother. She never .................. anything like that. She .................... her homework.
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(be / always /worry) about

(have) a great time. (spend) all your money.

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Gran: Oh yes? I suppose you ................ Jack: No, it ...............

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Jack: OK. So do you want to hear about the club we ................

after the cinema?

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(go)

(not be) really expensive. We ..................

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(catch) the coach, so it ...................

(be) only ten pounds return.

Gran: You bet! Jack: Well, it ................

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Gran: But, isnt it slow? Jack: Well, we ..................

...................
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(be) really...

(do) some revision for our exams while we

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(travel), so it ..................
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(not matter).

8 Complete the following text

Hannah: Well, Alice, shall we have another go? Alice: I don't want to go on a roller coaster ever again. It was horrible! Hannah: What are you talking about? It was fantastic! The bit where we
stopped and were hanging upside down was wicked!

Gran: Well done, and where ................. Jack: Oh, you know, round the shops. Gran: Thats what I ...............
I ...................
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(you / go)?

(do) too, but not in London.

(hope) to nd a new jacket. But there .................

(not be) anything I liked.

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Alice: Hannah, I don't think that was supposed to happen. Something went
(go) to see a lm. But the brilliant thing (queue) for the cinema, we ................
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Jack: And then we .................

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wrong.

was, when we ..................

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Hannah: Maybe you're right, but who

cares? It was great fun. Alice: Anyway, you ............... 1(sit) at the back. It was a lot more scary at the front, believe me. Hannah: Was it? I'm going to sit at the front this time, then. Alice: We're not going on it again! Anyway, I'm not, I can't. Hannah: Why not? Are you still scared?
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(see) a really famous footballer. He .................. (walk) past but nobody ................
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(buy) a burger

from a stall near us like an ordinary person and all the crowds ............
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(notice) him except me.

Gran: So, ....................

(you / get) his autograph? (not want) to embarrass him.

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Jack: No, I ...................

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Gran: Oh, when I ....................

(be) your age. I ..................

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(use to)

collect all the autographs of lm stars and singers and so on. I would
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Alice: It's not only that. Remember the hot dog I ...............

2 (buy) before we ............... 3 (get) on the roller coaster? Hannah: Yeah... You ................. 4 (nish) it before we ............... 5 (get) on, didn't you? Alice: No, I ............. 6 (not have) time, so I hid it inside my coat. Hannah: You didn't! Alice: When we started moving, I tried to eat it. Hannah: Not a very good idea. Alice: Tell me about it! As I .............. 7 (eat), the roller coaster .................. 8 (jolt) suddenly and I ................... 9 (drop) the hot dog on the boy next to me. Hannah: Not that cute guy in the white shirt ! Alice: It's not white anymore. I covered him in ketchup and mustard. I was so embarrassed! Hannah: How funny! Alice: Don't laugh. While you .......... 9 (have) fun, I .......... 10 (make) a fool of myself. And there's [Link] roller coaster operator went nuts and threatened to throw me out of the amusement park. Now, maybe you understand why I don't want another go.

Jordan: Really badly! It

anything.

.......... all day on Saturday, so we couldnt do

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Sarah:

What a pity. But it didnt to look at a house.

.......... on Sunday. Peter and I went

Jordan: No, but there was a cold 9 ........... and I only had shorts and a Tshirt on. I was freezing.

Sarah:

Poor you! Is that how you got

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.......... cold?

Jordan: Probably. And, after all that, it was a complete 11 ......... of time. Sarah: Really? Why? Jordan: The advert was too long, so they cut the 12 ......... with the
jogger in the park! Atishoo!

10 Complete the dialogue using the past simple, past continuous, or past
perfect simple. Then listen and check.
A:
1..........

you ............ (hear) about the party last night?

B: No, what party? A: The one at Hughs house. You remember, the one for his girlfriends 30th birthday. B: Oh yes, I remember. So what A: Well, everyone
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9 Listen and complete

Jordan: Hi, Sarah. Atishoo! Sarah: Bless you! Have you got a 1 ..........? Jordan: Yes, I have. It started at the weekend. Sarah: Oh, dear. But did you have a good 2 .......... with Lucys parents? Jordan: No. I didnt go. Sarah: Thats a shame. Were you
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.................... (happen)?

................. (have) a great time. There was

a band and a disco... B: Sounds just like Hugh! A: Yeah, but while the band
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................. (play), some thieves

............ ?

..................... (break) into the house.

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Jordan: No, I wasnt. I got a 4 .......... in a TV advert at very short notice. Sarah: Oh, was Lucy annoyed? Jordan: You bet 5 .......... hit the roof when I told her. Sarah:
I can imagine. She was really looking the advert for?
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B: No! Really? A: Yes, Hugh B: What

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.................. (not nd out) till a few hours after it had

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happened. Everybody

.................. (already / leave).

........... to it. What was

............ they .............. (take)?

A: Everything: the TV, the hi-, the computer ... B: Oh, no! Poor Hugh!

Jordan: It was for Doggo dog food. I was a jogger in a park. Sarah:
How did it go?
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