THE CIA CONSPIRACY THEORY A lot of people believe that the CIA is using Facebook to monitor the masses The CIA and its related organizations are claimed to have created Facebook so they could spy on the Burglar Caught worthless - without worth or value sg proves instrumental – in the end, it’s clear that sg is very important identify a culprit – to find who did a crime burglary – breaking into a house and stealing things How did Facebook get into the mix? – How is Facebook connected to this crime? break-in – another word for ‘burglary’ check your Facebook account – to see what’s new on your Facebook page victim – the person whose house was broken into crook – another word for ‘criminal’ didn’t bother to log out – didn’t care to log out Fun Facebook Facts stalk your ex – to follow your ex partner’s life secretly, often annoying that person post on Facebook – to write about yourself or put photos on Facebook update status messages – to say what you’re doing at the moment Headmaster Fired After Facebook Pic Scandal fire – kick out, dismiss sy pic scandal – [picture scandal] a picture that upsets people sexually-themed photos – photos with sexual material leave his post – leave the school and stop being a headmaster publish risqué photos – put erotic photos on Facebook The Cia Conspiracy Theory to monitor – to watch the masses – society, the people related organizations – sister organizations are claimed to have created Facebook – they created Facebook, some people say spy on the world – collect information about people everywhere gather information – collect information plots against citizens – evil plan against the people of this country persecute – hurt badly Sharing on Facebook More Popular than Email according to AddToAny – as the AddToAny website says Facebook dominates sharing – Facebook is the site that most people use for sharing their stuff widget – a little software, program consisting of users posting items to the social network – having users who post things to Facebook that handily beats out email – that easily wins against email Task Insert the phrases below into the missing gaps related, stalk, proved, update, fire, worthless, posts, risqué, dominates, scandal, masses, did not bother to, claims, spying on, monitoring, persecuted, post, according to, widget, beat out, victim, culprit, gather, burglary, break-in, plot, consists of, crook The Zimbabwe dollar is totally worthless Police Chief: Identifying the culprit proved a bit harder than we thought first The members involved in the burglary were kicked out of the church The landlord installed security systems as a protection against a third break-in The crook made two $500 withdrawals from the ATM (=cash machine) The victim did not bother to look around when crossing the street and was hit by a car Private Eye (=detective): The husband wanted me to stalk her, and take photos of her and her lover It’s so easy to post your own video to YouTube Just a couple of clicks, and you’re done A basic Facebook feature is the status update, a short little snippet you write in answer to the question “What are you doing now?” For a lot of struggling (=weak) companies the way to save cash is to fire people these days Their affair caused/created a scandal in the office Teaching posts are advertised in Tuesday's edition of the paper He likes to tell dirty jokes and make risqué remarks The CIA were monitoring (= secretly listening to) his phone calls He was popular with the aristocracy but failed to win the support of the masses We discussed unemployment and related issues, such as bankruptcy (=having no money) The company claims (=says) (that) it is not responsible for the pollution in the river He was arrested for spying on US nuclear secrets I went to several libraries to gather information about the scheme The police have found a plot to assassinate (=kill) the president His latest film is about the experience of being persecuted for being gay According to our records you owe us $130 He refuses to let others speak and dominates every meeting I installe a weather widget on my computer, which allows me to see the current weather The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans They beat out several other rivals for the contract SOLUTIONS TO VOCABULARY PRACTICE The Zimbabwe dollar is totally worthless Police Chief: Identifying the culprits proved a bit harder than we thought first The members involved in the burglary were kicked out of the church The landlord installed security systems as a protection against a third break-in The crook made two $500 withdrawals from the ATM (=cash machine) The victim did not bother to look around when crossing the street and was hit by a car Private Eye (=detective): The husband wanted me to stalk her, and take photos of her and her lover It’s so easy to post your own video to YouTube Just a couple of clicks, and you’re done A basic Facebook feature is the status update, a short little snippet you write in answer to the question “What are you doing now?” For a lot of struggling (=weak) companies the way to save cash is to fire people these days Their affair caused/created a scandal in the office Teaching posts are advertised in Tuesday's edition of the paper He likes to tell dirty jokes and make risqué remarks The CIA were monitoring (= secretly listening to) his phone calls He was popular with the aristocracy but failed to win the support of the masses We discussed unemployment and related issues, such as bankruptcy (=having no money) The company claims (=says) (that) it is not responsible for the pollution in the river He was arrested for spying on US nuclear secrets I went to several libraries to gather information about the scheme The police have found a plot to assassinate (=kill) the president His latest film is about the experience of being persecuted for being gay According to our records you owe us $130 He refuses to let others speak and dominates every meeting I installe a weather widget on my computer, which allows me to see the current weather The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans They beat out several other rivals for the contract