Against the Law

Against the Law

1.Read this information about unusual laws and summarize the characteristics of the each statement.

1.Sailors are not allowed to whistle on ships at sea. This is because people used to
believe that whistling would bring high winds and cause danger to the ship.

2.In seventeenth-century Japan, it was against the law for any citizen to leave the
country. Anyone who was found leaving the country or arriving from overseas without
permission was sentenced to death.

4.In 1949, in Illinois, USA, bird lovers tried to get a law passed that would keep cats on
a leash in public. However, the governor refused to pass the law. He said the problem
of cats against birds is as old as time itself. If we favor birds, then we will have to
decide between dogs and cats or even birds and worms.

3.In Russia in eighteenth century, it was against the law for any man to wear a beard
unless he paid a special tax.

5. In New York City, dog owners who walk their dogs in public are required by law to
clean up after their pet. Before the law was passed in 1978, over forty million pounds
of dog waste were left on the city's streets each year.

6.It's against the law to drive an automobile or any other motor vehicle except tractor
on the island of Sark in the English Channel. Most of the people there use bicycles for
transportation.

7. In Venice, Italy, many people travel through the canals on gondolas. The law requires
gondolas to be painted black, except those belonging to high government officials.

2.Find nouns that mean:
-having consent to do something: (             )
-money collected by the government: (            )
-a length of rope or a chain used to control an animal: (         )
-something that carries things or people from one place to another: (          )
-people who hold an office: (         )

1.Sailors are not allowed to whistle on ships at sea. This is because people used to believe that whistling would bring high winds and cause danger to the ship.	2.In seventeenth-century Japan, it was against the law for any citizen to leave the country. Anyone who was found leaving the country or arriving from overseas without permission was sentenced to death.
4.In 1949, in Illinois, USA, bird lovers tried to get a law passed that would keep cats on a leash in public. However, the governor refused to pass the law. He said the problem of cats against birds is as old as time itself. If we favor birds, then we will have to decide between dogs and cats or even birds and worms.	3.In Russia in eighteenth century, it was against the law for any man to wear a beard unless he paid a special tax.
	5. In New York City, dog owners who walk their dogs in public are required by law to clean up after their pet. Before the law was passed in 1978, over forty million pounds of dog waste were left on the city's streets each year.
6.It's against the law to drive an automobile or any other motor vehicle except tractor on the island of Sark in the English Channel. Most of the people there use bicycles for transportation.	7. In Venice, Italy, many people travel through the canals on gondolas. The law requires gondolas to be painted black, except those belonging to high government officials.