Lesson 1 World of Rules

After this lesson you will be able to:

• explain the need for rules;

• develop a list of guidelines for good rules;

• discuss laws in your life.

Words to know

1. guideline - something that instructs, controls, or directs (noun) -керування

2. to conflict - to act against (verb) - конфліктувати

3. enforceable - able to make people obey (adjective) - забезпечення правовою функцією

4. penalty - a punishment required by law code - a written collection of laws (noun) - покарання

5. privileges - special rights, favors, or advantages that are given to some person or group (noun) -привілеї, фанти

6. to break (rules) - not to do what you should do according to a rule. (verb) - порушувати закон

7. Law book - code, set of rules (noun) - кодекс, збірник правил

8. to protect -to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad (verb) - захищати

9. to set along with to coexist (verb) - співіснувати

10. to go to jail -to go to a place where criminals are kept as a punishment (verb) потрапити у в'язницю

Rules

Everyone knows you need rules in a game. Rules make games fun and fair. When someone does not play a game by the rules, it ruins the game for everyone.

A rule is a guideline for behavior. It is meant to manage the way a person acts or does something. For example, there are rules in the game of baseball. These rules tell baseball players how to play the game of baseball. They tell the players what they can and ^cann8^0^''^^u\ffiJSaJL ^^e written or unwritten. They may also be started by а ТШоїГ oV cusҐorn!Tor example, it is a rule in my house that we must eat dinner, at the table, together. We cannot watch television while eating. This is a family custom or habit.

Good rules are helpful, and bad rules are sometimes confusing. For example, "Do not run in the swimming pool area" is a good rule because it protects people from getting hurt.

Guidelines for Good Rules

1. Rules should be clear and easy to understand.

2. People should be able to do what the rules say.

3. Rules should not conflict with other rules.

4. Rules should be enforceable.

5. There should be a penalty for breaking rules.

1. Rules should be explained to people or written in a place where everyone can see them.

For example, many places in your community have rules. In shopping malls, for example, people are nol allowed to run or to play loud radio music. What is the purpose of these rules? Can you think of other places where there are rules'.' What ire some Of the rules? Why do you think

these rules were made?

Let's consider one more example, I aws are rules which are set and enforced by a government, I hey protect people and help people get along with each Othei I aws are written by the government for the entire community. They are put in a code or law book.

Every town or city Ikis laws. Imagine what a community would be like without laws. What might happen in a community where there are no laws?

The difference between a Rule and a Law.

Rules	Laws
A rule is a guideline for conduct or action. Rules may be written or unwritten. They may be started by habit, custom, or written guideline.	A law is written by the government.
A rule is enforced by the people who make the rule.	A law is enforced by the law enforcement organizations.
If you break a rule, you can lose privileges.	If you break the law, you can be punished by the government, lose privileges or money, and go to jail (prison)

Task 1. Name some good and bad rules that you've been asked to follow.

• "Re friends with everyone in class" is not a good rule because it is not reasonable to order friendships.

• I low will a teacher know if students are actually friends?

• Should there be a punishment for people who are not friends?

• What makes these rules good or bad?

Discuss the differences between a good rule and a bad rule

Task 2. Do more guidelines for rules that may be added to this list.

Task 3. Rules for rules.

Use the "Guidelines for Good Rules". Read the following rules and decide if they are good or bad rules. Tell which guideline was broken.

1. No thinking about fighting.

2. No can from here.

3. Dancing on the ceiling only alter 5:00.

4. Do not talk, but please talk quietly in the library.

5. Chew gum with your top teeth only.

6. Go to sleep at naptime. ( час відведений для сну)

7. Re in homeroom or first hour on time. ( кімната для консультацій)

Task 4. Writing Good Rules.

Review each rule which is poorly written in the activity above. Rewrite the rule to make it a good rule.

Task 5. Think about what you have learned about rules. Explain why rules are necessary. Answer the following questions.

1. What happens if rules are unclear?

2. What is a law? What is a rule?

3. Why are laws necessary?

4. What do you lose when you break a rule?

5. What do you lose when you break a law'.'

Task 6. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English using the vocabulary of the lesson.

1. Закони - це правила, які встановлюються урядом.

2. Якщо ви порушите закон, ви можете бути покарані урядом.

3. Правила мають бути роз'яснені громадянам у письмовій формі та знаходитися у такому місці, де кожен може з ними ознайомитися.

4. Закони захищають людей та дають їм можливість співіснувати.

5. Правило - це керування для дії або поводження у суспільстві.