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28 III. Make a list of famous people mentioned in the article and say what you know about them. IV. Make a PowerPoint presentation about the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London. Seven British Myths Kept Alive by James Bond For 50 years, the film adaptations of Ian Fleming‘s Bond books have helped ce-ment the U.K.‘s reputation as a suave, chic land. Alas, it doesn‘t take an undercover investigation by MI6 to reveal that the reality is a bit different. If anyone has ever tried to sell you on the following Brit falsehoods, don‘t believe a word of it. 1. We’re sophisticated drinkers The notion that a British man would order a classy cocktail like Bond‘s signa-ture martini and have specific requirements for its assembly is laughable. Most are happy so long as their tipple is wet and contains somewhere north of 3.5 percent al-cohol. Incidentally, a British bloke‘s idea of boozy refinement is ordering the second least expensive wine on the menu. 2. We all have sexy accents Sean Connery and Daniel Craig‘s delicious inflections might make Americans shudder with pleasure but most Brits are lumbered with woefully unerotic accents. There are cities in the UK whose population speak in a way that Yanks might find cu-rious or endearing but never beddable. 3. We introduce ourselves surname first The name‘s Margolis: Ruth Margolis. This is the first and last time I will ever announce myself like this. It‘s really not a thing. However, you will find that certain sorts of British men (ex-public school boys mostly) still only ever refer to each other by their last names. 4. Our secret agents are hot and highly competent Want to know what a British spy looks like? Zone in on the plainest person in the room. The swarthy, good-looking gentlemen depicted by Fleming wouldn‘t last five minutes undercover. But who would suspect the sweaty, anonymous pen pusher ...