Discussion Topic: Spies

Working in pairs. Explain the following English Proverbs:

1. Curiosity Killed the Cat. Are you a curious person? Did your curiosity ever cause you any problems?

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Curiosity killed a cat

Rus. дословно/literally Любопытство убило кошку
Rus. Любопытной Варваре на базаре нос оторвали
Rus. Много будешь знать — скоро состаришься
Rus. От любопытства кошка сдохла
A person who tries to find out too much about other people's affairs is likely to suffer injury or harm; a warning to mind one's own business. -Любопытство до добра не доведёт.


2. Explain and make comment on this proberb: Money is a good servant but a bad master. Do you think its possible to have too much money? Did you ever feel that money was your master?

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II. Discussion Topic:

On Thursday evening, we began talking about spies… today we will continue.
1. What characteristics are needed to be a good spy? Do you think you have any of these qualities?
2. Last year the United States caught a spy from Russia who was very beautiful. Do you think that being physically attractive helps a spy? Why?


3. Today’s spies use some high-technology devices. What kinds of technologies do you think they use? What might they have in the future?
4. The life of a spy is very exciting, but also very dangerous. Do you think you would enjoy this style of life?
5. Do you think that anyone from our group would make a good spy?

 Discussion Topic Conclusion
• Imagine your team was selected to write the next James Bond movie. What would the story be about? What locations would 007 visit? Who would be Bond?

spy  (sp)

n. pl. spies (spz)
1. An agent employed by a state to obtain secret information, especially of a military nature, concerning its potential or actual enemies.
2. One employed by a company to obtain confidential information about its competitors.
3. One who secretly keeps watch on another or others.
4. An act of spying.
v. spied (spd), spy·ing, spies (spz)
v.tr. 1. To observe secretly with hostile intent. 2. To discover by close observation. 3. To catch sight of: spied the ship on the horizon. 4. To investigate intensively. 
v.intr. 1. To engage in espionage. 2. To seek or observe something secretly and closely. 3. To make a careful investigation: spying into other people's activities /http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spy/

Origin of SPY

Middle English spien, from Anglo-French espier, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German spehōn to spy; akin to Latinspecere to look, look at, Greek skeptesthai & skopein to watch, look at, consider. First Known Use: 13th century

Related to SPY

Synonyms: behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish,espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive,regard, remark, sight, spot, see, view, witness

 /http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spy/

Useful links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spies
http://webupon.com/web-talk/top-10-barely-legal-gadgets-for-the-modern-spy/
http://www.audioenglish.net/english-learning/free_resources_practical_general.htm
Ann Chapman - /http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/anna-chapman-photos-pictu_n_629418.html#s107672&title=undefined/
2. /http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/anna-chapman-spy/
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Chapman
4. http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/06/29/anna-chapman-russian-spies-arrested-fbi/

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