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♦ In Indiana, USA, it is against the law to travel on a bus within four hours of
eating garlic.
♦ During the reign of Elizabeth 1, the wearing of hats was made compulsory
in England.
♦ In 1937 in Hungary spring cleaning became compulsory. All lofts and cellars
had to be cleaned.
34. Answer the questions. Try to do this in one minute.
1. Where can’t barbers eat onions during the day?
2. Where and when did you have to wear a hat?
3. Where and when did you have to clean out your lofts and cellars?
4. What must two trains do at a crossing in Texas?
5. What mustn’t you do if you’ve just eaten some garlic?
6. What mustn’t you do from an airplane window?
35. Work in pairs. Here are some possible reasons why some of the laws were
introduced. Match the reason and the law.
1. Because it makes their breath smell.
2. Maybe they’re an endangered species.
3. It doesn’t give the animal a sporting chance.
4. Because it distracted people from the true meaning of there religion.
5. Maybe because it was considered unsuitable behavior for a lady.
6. In case people snored.
Can you think of reasons why the other laws were introduced?
36. Work in groups of two or three. Are there any laws you would like to introduce in
your country? Think about:
– use of mobile phones – smoking in public places – use of cars –
pollution – healthcare – housing – pets – language learning – school
leaving age
37. Write some new laws for your country. They can be as amusing or strange as you like.
38. Work in groups of two or three. Look at the words in the box and use them to
complete the gaps in the questions.
innocent guilty prison offence weapon arrest lawyer suspect
crime legal charged with confess custody magistrate trail
sentence executed for jury judge bail
1. Are you innocent until you’re proved to be ____, or the other way round?

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