3. Rights and laws in the US can differ from one state to another.
1) What information about the USA is correct to your mind? (anticipating)
• Laws and age limits in the USA are the same as in Britain.
• States and cities in America have different laws about alcohol.
• It is against the law for people under 21 to drink wine in the US.
• Laws about driver's licenses are state laws in the US.
• Everyone knows laws in the USA.
2) Read this extract from the traveller's leaflet to find out if you are right. Can you guess the missing words? (reading for the main idea/predicting)
Most age _ and _ in the United States are similar to those in other countries. But many of them can differ from one state to another.
International students and travelers may not know about it. Different places can have different_about driving, drinking alcohol, smoking, and so on.
For instance, at what age are you old enough to drive a car in the United States? The_varies. In most cities, the legal driving age is 16 or 18. But in some communities, teenagers with driving ___ can drive alone after the age of 14 or 15, but only in the daytime. Some Americans think that it is not reasonable, because teenagers are too young.
Another example: most people know that states in the US have different-about the legal drinking age. In most states no one under 21 can buy alcohol - even beer or wine. Also, in most cities, it is illegal to drink alcohol in public. Some people put the can in a paper bag and drink; nobody can see the beer, but still it is not legal.
3) WORD POWER
Which of the following pairs can go together?
age/limits ____
different/places ____
driving/age ____
put/legal ____
different/law ____
law/varies ____
driving/countries ____
drink/in public ____
international/students ____
drive/alone ____
put/can ____
young/age ____
4) IN YOUR CULTURE
What is the legal driving and drinking age in your country?
1) What information about the USA is correct to your mind? (anticipating)
• Laws and age limits in the USA are the same as in Britain.
• States and cities in America have different laws about alcohol.
• It is against the law for people under 21 to drink wine in the US.
• Laws about driver's licenses are state laws in the US.
• Everyone knows laws in the USA.
2) Read this extract from the traveller's leaflet to find out if you are right. Can you guess the missing words? (reading for the main idea/predicting)
Most age _ and _ in the United States are similar to those in other countries. But many of them can differ from one state to another.
International students and travelers may not know about it. Different places can have different_about driving, drinking alcohol, smoking, and so on.
For instance, at what age are you old enough to drive a car in the United States? The_varies. In most cities, the legal driving age is 16 or 18. But in some communities, teenagers with driving ___ can drive alone after the age of 14 or 15, but only in the daytime. Some Americans think that it is not reasonable, because teenagers are too young.
Another example: most people know that states in the US have different-about the legal drinking age. In most states no one under 21 can buy alcohol - even beer or wine. Also, in most cities, it is illegal to drink alcohol in public. Some people put the can in a paper bag and drink; nobody can see the beer, but still it is not legal.
3) WORD POWER
Which of the following pairs can go together?
age/limits ____
different/places ____
driving/age ____
put/legal ____
different/law ____
law/varies ____
driving/countries ____
drink/in public ____
international/students ____
drive/alone ____
put/can ____
young/age ____
4) IN YOUR CULTURE
What is the legal driving and drinking age in your country?