Literatura: ¿Los Diez Mandamientos?

The Ten Commandments (text in Spanish here) are, of course, part of the sacred literature that is the Bible - and are fundamental to the religions of Judaism and Christianity.  Yesterday, I stumbled across a light-hearted and updated version for what the blogpost in question describes as the so-called "Tourists 2.0" - that is to say, tourists who spend most of their time communicating with people halfway across the world via social media, instead of talking to those they have right next to them.

So if you ever needed a good reason to learn and understand Spanish, then this text has to be one of them.  It's very funny!

As always, first we'll look at the comprehension questions - and try and predict their possible answers:

1. Where do the archaeologists come from?
2. Where have they been working?
3. What have they discovered?
4. Who did it supposedly belong to?
5. What device does the first commandment suggest you should use for everything?
6. When should you turn on your mobile phone?
7. How frequently should you sent photos on Twitter?
8. What should you never forget?
9. What should you avoid?

And now the text itself.  Remember, we're trying to read for general meaning in these exercises - the aim isn't to understand everything.  If you do get frustrated - or simply can't answer all the comprehension questions - then remember you can always use Google Translate to generate an imperfect but useful translation of the text into Google English! 

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