Dig up = disseppellire, portare alla luce, ritrovare

Unsung = unacknoledged, unrecognisez – not honored by people (ignoto, sconosciuto)

Speck = a small dot, a small spot, a small piece of land (puntino)
Warship = nave da guerra
Keeping a close watch = paying careful attention to something (tenere d’occhio)
Broke out (breake out) = erupted
Supposedly = apparently (presumibilmente, apparentemente)
To mine = extract, dig for (scavare, minare)
Hotbed of spies = a place full of spies (focolaio di spie)
Recruited = hired, called up (military)
Kept (keep) a lookout = watched out / kept an eye on / kept a close watch on
Fed (feed) his information = reported (back) his information
Load up = charge
Consignment = shipment (carico)
Dockside = the storage area of the port (banchina)
Lurking = moving secretly, waiting under cover
To sink = to cause them to go under water, to destroy (affondare)
Keep his own company = to keep to himself, to stay alone, to stay by himself
Squire = signore
Working undercover = working as a spy (lavorare sottocopertura)

Reading comprehension
1. He was too busy looking out for the German U-boats that were passing by.
2. No, an engineering expedition led him to Spain; he was then hired as a spy after his arrival in
the country.
3. That’s because he had no interest in that and he spent most of the time on his own.
4. The letters probably contained confidential information that nobody had to become aware of /
to acquire knowledge of.
5. The writer enumerates various reasons, such as him being a deserter form the war, or a sort of
punishment from his father. In his opinion, those were only covers for the actual reason, which
considered him involved in the espionage of German ships.
Translation 2
In the last few days, the European Commission has presented a long-term strategy which aims to
reduce net emissions to zero.
It is clear for everybody that we need to try and stay in the lowest of the two scenarios established
by the Paris Climate Change Agreements, the last global conference to decide how to act against
global warming.
The text of these negotiations expects us to stay “well below 2°C” compared to the temperatures
before (/prior to) the Industrial Revolution, if possible “below +1,5°”, even if unfortunately, this
second limit has not been stipulated as binding.
Scientists agree on saying that a rise of more than 1.5° would make the consequences fir the
planet catastrophic and impossible to manage.
Those topics are being the subject of the COP24, the climate change conference in progress until
December 14th in Katowice, Poland, which should define / set out the rules for putting into practice
and financing what was proposed in the Climate Change Agreements.