The document discusses the concept of cheating in relationships and provides examples from television shows and movies that involve infidelity or affairs. It defines cheating as breaking the established rules of a romantic partnership, often through having a sexual or emotional relationship with someone other than one's spouse or significant other. The TV show "Cheaters" and movies "Fatal Attraction" and "The English Patient" are used to illustrate themes of deception, obsession, and the consequences that can arise from extramarital affairs. Accompanying discussion questions prompt views on forgiving infidelity and the potential dangers and outcomes of unfaithfulness.

1. Cheaters

2. What is “cheating”?
“Cheating” is an English term that
basically means “breaking the rules”.
We can use this phrase in a general
sense, such as “cheating on a test”.
In another sense, “cheating” often
means that one person is having a
sexual or romantic relationship with
someone besides their spouse
(husband/wife) or partner
(boyfriend/girlfriend). This type of
relationship is called an affair.

3. Cheaters
“Cheaters” is and American
TV show about people who
cheat on their boyfriends
and girlfriends. One the
show, private detectives
follow people around and
collect evidence that they
are having an affair. Next,
they show the evidence to
that person’s girlfriend or
boyfriend. Finally, the
cheater is confronted by
their partner on camera.

4. What do you think?
• Why do people in long-term relationships
cheat?
• What would you do if your partner
(boy/girlfriend/husband/wife) cheated on
you?
• Do you think it is cruel to enjoy watching a
show about people who are in emotional
pain?

5. Fatal Attraction
“Fatal Attraction” is a 1987 movie
about a married man who has an
affair with a woman for one
weekend. After that, the woman
doesn’t want to let the relationship
end, and she begins calling his
house and following his family. In
the end, she turns out to be a
violent psychopath.

6. What do you think?
• If a man cheats on his wife and tells her,
should she forgive him?
• Is it dangerous to cheat? What might
happen?
• What is the strangest story you have ever
heard about someone who cheated on
their wife or husband?

8. The English Patient
“The English Patient” is a 1996
movie. Set in Italy and Egypt
during WWII, the movie tells the
story of a married woman who
falls in love with another man and
has a long affair with him. When
her husband finds out, he tries to
kill both of them in a plane crash,
and the other man sets off to save
her. This movie won “Best Picture”
and 8 other awards at the 1996
Academy Awards (the Oscars).

9. What do you think?
• Do you think an affair can be romantic?
• If two people start their relationship as an
affair, what would happen if they get married?
Can they have a future?
• What would happen if a woman who is having
an affair gets pregnant?