Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca

Name:__________________________________ Date:______________
Name: _________________________________Group:_______Law

REVIEW AND VOCABULARY ( PRESENT SIMPLE )

You have 120 minutes to do it It and it must be worked during the class today and send it
at the end of the class .
When you finish it, please attach it to the following link :
https://forms.gle/U27cuJogmAaaQP9f6
1.Name these professions. Use the first letter as a clue.

J____
L_____

P_____

2.Let’s read.

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WHAT IS A LAW?

Where people live together they usually agree on rules about conduct
and procedures. They do this so that the group may better achieve its
objectives and to ensure the rights of its individual members are respected
and protected. Schools have rules specifically for these purposes. Families
too might have rules, determined by parents, to ensure the safety and security of
younger members. Society has certain unwritten rules that reflect social and
cultural values, such as an expectation that individuals display courtesy and
good manners, observe things like queues and keep to the left on escalators.

A law is the highest form of rule and protects individuals by

determining what is acceptable behavior and conduct. Laws are considered a
fundamental element of civilized society: maintaining order, ensuring good
conduct and protecting the human and civil rights of individuals. Without a
system of laws, society would most likely degenerate into disorder and
anarchy.
The law is fundamentally important – but it is not perfect. The law is
only as fair and effective as those who develop, implement and oversee it. Martin
Luther King correctly observed that “everything that Hitler did in Germany was
‘legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.” It was
“illegal” to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany. At the beginning of the 1930s,
Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party exploited widespread and deep-seated discontent
in Germany to attract popular and political support so that hitler is protected by
the law at the time. The law is not above debate, criticism or challenge. The
law must be flexible, receptive to suggested reform and capable of change.
As people and society changes, so too must the law.
Adapted from Anonymous. 2014. What is law?.
Lawgovpol.

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Glossary:
anarchy (n) : chaos
courtesy (n) : kindness
degenerate (v) : become worse in quality
disorder (n) : confusion
display (v) : show
oversee (v) : watch
protected (v) : kept

Write ten (10) unknown words.

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3.Task 1
Use the clues in the box to complete the crossword. One is done for you as an example.

H F A E L S H H U M O S T A T B G

U A C H A O L E V G S D F F I E F

M S E O Y C O L H A O I F A G S I

A A S D N I T U L E C L H N U L E

N O T U T E E F A I I O E Y D N A

I C O C P T E S W O A L R A T E N

D I S T I Y L N C F L E X I B L E

R V A R I G H T S A R O P A T S G

R I A N C O M P H E S S O R K O E

F L U I D R T C R I T I C I S M R

4.

No Words Clue

1. Law the whole system of rules that everyone in a country

or society must obey.

2. R_ _ _ _ a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain

something or to act in a certain way

3. H____ a man, woman or child

4. S______ a large group of people who live together in an

organized way

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5. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the act of expressing disapproval or/and opinions
about their faults or bad qualities/a statement
showing disapproval

6. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ protest or objection

7. F_______ able to change or be changed easily according to the

situation

Task 5
In which paragraph are the following information found? One is done for you.

No Information Paragraph
1. Martin Luther King correctly observed that 3
“everything that Hitler did in Germany was
‘legal’.”
2. The law is fundamentally important – but it
................................
is not perfect.
3. A law is the highest form of rule and protects
individuals by determining what is ................................
acceptable behavior and conduct.
4. Laws are considered a fundamental element
................................
of civilized society.
5. Schools have rules specifically for these
...............................
purposes.