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Free Talk with Topic III

Lesson 44
 Cheat
*cheat: to behave in a dishonest way in order to get
what you want

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 Cheat
Give a speech with
the following words:

group
honesty
morality
object
distance

1 “But you can't argue that the world isn't in an unhealthy moral state.“
― Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus
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 Cheat
Give a speech with
the following words:
Possible answer:
group If somebody from our in-group cheats and we see them cheating, we feel it's more
honesty appropriate, as a group, to behave this way. But if it's somebody from another
morality group, all of a sudden people's awareness of honesty goes up, and people cheat
object even less. We've learned that a lot of people can cheat. They cheat just by a little
distance bit. When we remind people about their morality, they cheat less. When we get
bigger distance from cheating, from the object of money, for example, people
1 cheat more. And when we see cheating around us, particularly if it's a part of our
in-group, cheating goes up.
©2016 Acadsoc Limited * The student is not required to finish all the 3 speeches, and is encouraged to choose the words they like to give a speech.
 Cheat
Give a speech with
the following words:

hurt
best
unique
betray
self

2 “The one who has developed a habit of taking a lot of respect from others, will get cheated.”
― Dada Bhagwan
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 Cheat
Give a speech with
the following words:
Possible answer:
hurt
There are three ways that I think cheating hurts differently today. We have a
best
romantic ideal in which we turn to one person to fulfill an endless list of needs: to
unique
be my greatest lover, my best friend, the best parent, my trusted confidant, my
betray
emotional companion, my intellectual equal. And I am it: I'm chosen, I'm unique,
self
I'm indispensable, I'm irreplaceable, I'm the one. And cheating tells me I'm not. It
is the ultimate betrayal. Infidelity shatters the grand ambition of love. But if
2 throughout history, cheating has always been painful, today it is often traumatic,
because it threatens our sense of self.
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 Cheat
Give a speech with
the following words:

game
rich
earn
prize
much
“It is strange - people chase and hoard money, and even cheat the world to become rich
3 only to finally leave it all behind.”
― R.v.m.
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 Cheat
Give a speech with
the following words:

game Possible answer:

rich
earn We've had people play games to see who's more or less likely to cheat to increase
prize their chances of winning a prize. In one of the games, we actually rigged a
much computer so that die rolls over a certain score were impossible. You couldn't get
above 12 in this game, and yet, the richer you were, the more likely you were to
3 cheat in this game to earn credits toward a $50 cash prize, sometimes by three to
four times as much.
©2016 Acadsoc Limited * The student is not supposed to finish all the 3 speeches, and is encouraged to choose the words they like to give a speech.
Selective Questions:
(*If all the 3 speeches above have been given already, you can choose to discuss the following questions.)

1. Why do people cheat or tell lies?

2. If someone is cheating you, how can you tell it?
3. When you see other people doing something dishonestly, what do you feel?
4. Is it good to nail a lie on the spot?
5. Tell a story when you knew someone was lying but you decided to keep silent.

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 Further Reading
How To Tell If Someone Is Lying To You
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/16/lie-detection-tricks-tips-
strategies_n_5065320.html

See you.

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