6. Complete the text with the words from the box below and translate the text.

respect (n), immoral, governments, legal actions, break the rules, societies, behave, penalty, moral choice, prescriptive laws, instructions, informal rules, experience

Law, morality and custom.

In all __________ relations between people are regulated by__________. Some of them are customs – that is, _________ of social and moral behaviour. Customs need not to be made by________, and they need not to be written down. We learn how we are expected to _____ in society through the _________ of family and teachers, the advice of friends, and our own ______ in communication with other people. Thus moral rules and ethics remind us that it is _______ to covet, to tell lies, or to defame the dead.

Sometimes we can break these rules without suffering any_________. But if we continually________, or break a very important one, we may lose our friends or their _______ . The law, however, is not concerned with these matters and leaves them to the individual’s ________ and the pressure of public opinion results no______.

7. Match the words with their meanings, in case you fail, consult a dictionary:

a) conduct (n)

b) obedience

c) compulsion

d) penalty

e) to enable

f) to prosecute

g) to define

h) to underlie

1. A punishment for breaking a rule or law.

2. To describe clearly and exactly what something is, or what something means.

3. This is the way someone behave in particular situations.

4. It is when people or animals do what they are told or ordered to.

5. To form the basis of something ( of a theory, behaviour, doctrine, etc.)

6. To initiate and conduct a legal action against somebody.

7. If somebody uses it in order to get you to do something, they force you to do it, for example, by threatening to punish you.

8. To give someone an ability or opportunity to do something.

8. Word formation. Study the patterns, give the Russian equivalents for them and translate the sentences.

1. Describe (V) – description (n) – descriptive (a)

a. Words cannot describe the beauty of the place.

b. Пожалуйста, опишите, что вы видели.

c. He’s not very good at description.

d. Вы можете дать описание этого человека?

e. His poetry skillfully incorporates descriptive details.

f. В романах Толстого есть прекрасные описательные сцены.

2. Behave (V) – behaviour (Br)/ behavior (Am) (n) – behavioral; well(bad)-behaved (a)

a) The next time I saw him, Frank behaved as if nothing had happened.

b) Как мой сын ведет себя в школе?

c) Can I bring my dog? She’s very well-behaved.

d) Какие хорошо воспитанные дети!

e) This kind of behaviour is not acceptable.

f) Поведение Эрика очень удивило меня.

g) I’ve read the article about death penalty in “Behavioral Sciences and Law”.

3. define (v) – definition (n) – definite (=clear)/ definitive (=final) (a)

a. The powers of a judge are defined by law.

b. Я хочу, чтобы Вы четко определили мои обязанности.

c. I want a definite answer: “yes” or “no”.

d. Давайте встретимся в определенном месте и в определенное время.

e. To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an example of its uses.

f. Дайте определение слову «закон».

g. The police have no definitive proof of her guilt.