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BUSYBODIES 1.

A busybody is a person who minds other peoples business, who has too much interest in other peoples lives. From what you have seen or heard of the American people, do you think they are busybodies or do you think that they basically respect other peoples privacy? 2. What ri hts does an employer or the overnment have in determinin what a person can or cannot do? !ook at the followin sentences and try to come to a consensus for each one. "e prepared to e#plain your answers. a. A company sometimes has the ri ht to tell its employees what they can do, or how they should live on their own time. b. $#pression of ideas which are intolerant of others can be repressed for the ood of the society. c. %t is reasonable not to buy the products of a company because of the political views of the owners. d. &he overnment has the ri ht to limit or control personal behavior if it affects the environment. VOCABULARY PRACTICE Circle the synonym or definition for each of the italicized words in the sentences below. Use the context to guess the meaning. DO NOT USE D CT ON!" ES. 1. &he 'nited (tates is also the home of dedicated neo)*uritans, humorlessly imposin on others arbitrary standards of behavior, health and thou ht. a. very harsh or strict b. determined by personal opinion, not fact c. le al 2. +ivil libertarians concede that companies have a ri ht, not to mention, a moral obli ation to shareholders, to protect themselves from ruinous medical bills. a. stron ly disa ree, deny b. reluctantly a ree, admit c. hope -. %f society re.uires corporation to pay for most of workers health)care costs, society cannot ob/ect if those companies intrude on employees lifestyles. a. o where one is not wanted, without invitation b. like, stron ly favor c. are not interested in 0. 1ow can a company demand that an employee refrain from smokin away from work? a. allow oneself to b. repeat c. keep oneself from 2. 3ost Americans appear to endorse the view that the only thin that should be considered is /ob performance. a. approve, support b. critici4e, deny c. motivate, push

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5. 6ne useless and unenforceable re ulation is the one that bars flu sufferers from oin out in public. a. punishes b. places where people drink c. prohibits 7. &he Wall (treet 8ournal reported last week that a woman was arrested, handcuffed and forced to spend si# hours in /ail on $aster (unday. &he woman, who had no previous police record, was apprehended pickin flowers from an office park for her randmothers rave. a. arrested, sei4ed b. seen, discovered c. worried about 9. &heir efforts have received a reat deal of publicity but they remain, in many cases, undaunted. a. afraid b. unknown c. not discoura ed :. ;oure talkin about somethin a person did, somethin he certainly had a ri ht to do and somethin that a public institution should certainly not penalize people for. a. award b. punish c. i nore 1<. %n both spiritual and secular appearance, intolerance has been a recurrin theme in '( history. a. of the church b. about se# c. not of the church 11. (urprisin ly, the censors and the neo)*uritans belon to two disparate roups. 6ne roup is workin ) class in ori in and feels that its status is bein threatened by differin life)styles. &he other consists of cause)oriented activists, such as animal ri htists and environmentalists. a. very similar b. completely different c. separate

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