Стр.56-57 Unit 3-4 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 10 класс
Culture today Tony and Rob are 18 years old and come from London. UK. Last year, before going to university, they spent 3 months travelling across the USA from New York on the East Coast to San Francisco on the west Coast.
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Culture today
Tony and Rob are 18 years old and come from London. UK. Last year, before going to university, they spent 3 months travelling across the USA from New York on the East Coast to San Francisco on the west Coast. During their trip they noticed that many of the places they visited had strange laws, intrigued, they decided to write about some of the weirdest ones they came across.
Dontaskt copy Tony and Rob. You can get into trouble or be arrested.
There are many strange laws in the USA. Our aim is to travel across the country and try and find the weirdest one in each state we cross. We start in New York and the first law we hear about is one that says that you mustntaskt throw a ball at someone’s head! I wonder what happens if you do? Rob has a ball and hetasks going to throw it at people on the sidewalk just for fun.
Next we go to the city of Philadelphia. Here Tony buys some pretzels for breakfast and puts them in a bag to carry back to our hotel for breakfast. The girl at the checkout tells him to be careful because ittasks against the law to put pretzels in a bag - how strange!
In Ohio we can’t stop laughing. What are you boys doing?task ‘Fishingtask v/c reply. ‘You know you cantaskt fish for whales, dontaskt you?task ‘Whales?’ ‘Yes. ittasks Sunday.task Now. I don’t know about you. but I didntaskt expect to find any whales more than 500 miles from the sea!
We keep travelling and in Missouri Rob gets in trouble again. Hetasks in a washroom in a restaurant and he decides to shave.
‘What permit?task asks Rob. ‘You need a permit to shavetask, answers the policeman This country is bizarre!
In Colorado and Utah was both spend a night in jail! In Colorado we were in the city of Boulder where it is against the law to roll a boulder onto public property. We spent ten minutes arguing with a policeman that it wasntaskt a boulder, just a large rock. In Utah all we were doing was walking down the street. We were arrested for stepping on the cracks between the paving stones on the sidewalk!
We were just playing a game that we used to play as young children! You really have to be careful in the USA.
A Complete the gaps (A-F) with the correct sentences (1-7).
1 A hunting license for mice!
2 Another possibility is to go to Asia as there are lots of strange laws over there.
3 Dontaskt do that. Ittasks illegaltask.
4 Ittasks only when he throws it at a policemantasks head that he gets in trouble!
5 Theretasks a policeman next to him and he asks Rob to show him his permit.
6 Wo found a big rock and we rolled it down the street.
7 Were in a boat on a lake and two policemen start shouting at us.
В Read the text again and answer these questions.
1 Why did Rob get into trouble in New York?
2 Why did the two boys think it was funny to be asked about whales in Ohio?
3 How many times did they end up in jail?
4 Why did one of the boys want a mousetrap?
5 Where arc they planning to go in the future?
6 How many different laws did the two boys find out about on their trip across the USA?
7 In which situations did the boys need a permit?
C Find the words in the text to match these definitions.
1 not allowed by law
2 strange and difficult to explain
3 where people walk next to the road (American English)
4 a line on a surface where something is beginning to break apart
5 money or a present you give to someone so they will help you do something wrong or illegal
6 a document that says you are allowed to do something
7 the place where you pay in a supermarket or other large shop
D Choose a text and read it aloud.
Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read it to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.
E Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
1 Which of the laws did you think was the strangest? Why?
2 If you were asked to create a new law, what would it be?