Guess the name of the character

Blake, George, b.1922

Billy the Kid (William Bonny), 1860-1881

Billy the Kid was a legend in the Wild West as a cattle rustler and murderer. Slim and fair, Billy was born in New York but soon moved to New

Mexico. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith but found this boring, so he shot the smith and became a cowboy. At first he worked for John Chisholm, who was fighting a range war in the Pecos Valley. He quarrelled with Chisholm and joined a band of cattle rustlers, killing as many of Chisholm's men as he could in the process. Pat Garrett was elected sheriff to capture Billy the Kid. He did this, but Billy shot two deputies and escaped from his cell just before he was due to be hanged. He was caught by Garrett two months and five murders later and shot dead in a gunfight. He was said to have shot twenty-one men, but in fact he probably only killed three.

Find in the text the English equivalents for the words and expressions below.

- скотокрад;

- стать подмастерьем у кузнеца;

- быть выбранным шерифом;

- тюремная камера;

- застрелить кого-либо в перестрелке.

Born in Holland, he was a famous traitor (a) and Russian spy. During the Second World War, he was a member of the Dutch resistance until he escaped to England, joined the Navy and changed his name to Blake. He joined the intelligence services and was captured in Korea while serving in the British Embassy in Seoul. Blake was released (b) in 1953 but had been secretly converted to (c) communism while a prisoner. He then served as an agent for MI6 and as a double agent (d) for the Russians, first in Berlin and later in Britain. In 1960 he was arrested and sentenced (e) in 1961 to no less than forty-two years in prison. But in 1967, helped by a released fellow-prisoner, he made (f) a daring escape from Wormwood Scrubs prison and was smuggled out to Moscow (g) by the Russians.

Match each word or expression on the left with the correct definition on the right.

a) a traitor

b) to release a man from prison

c) to convert sb. to sth.

d) a double agent

l.to find a way out of prison

2.to state that a person has to have a certain

punishment

3.a person who is disloyal to his country

4.to allow a person to go free

e) to sentence sb. to... years in 5.a spy who supplies information to both prison sides

f) to make an escape from 6.to get sb. secretly and illegally from a place

g) to smuggle sb. out

7.to cause a person to change his beliefs

He is the most famous special agent in fiction, a kind of superman. As Agent 007 he appears in a series of thirteen stories written by Ian Fleming (1908 - 1964). He is always given the most dangerous jobs, and he succeeds in every case, even when faced by enormous difficulties. To help him, his boss in MI5, known only as "M", provides him with ingenious gadgets like a car which turns into a submarine. He enjoys the high life, good food, beautiful women and the best hotels. He is so well described by Fleming that he has almost become a real person. Films have been made of almost all stories, and he has been played by Sean Connery, George Lazonby and, most recently, by Roger Moore. The first book was Casino Royale, other well-known ones are From Russia with Love, Dr. No, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Goldfinger.

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