permission, obligation, and necessity "Bad las are the worst soto tyranny.” \V word formation: prefixes Edmund Burk, his writer and phiosopher P intonation in exclamations Who's in control? 1 READING & SPEAKING a Read the Wikipedia entry for the expression ‘nanny Discuss whether you think the following are true or false state. With a partner, summarize in one sentence what about some areas in California. Tick (¢) the ones that the expression means. you think are probably true, 1 Its against the law to smoke inthe street. 2 Speed cameras conteol how fast people drive. 3 Teachers are not allowed to use the words ‘Mom and Dad when they talk to children. “1 You sant got plastic bags for your shopping at supermarkets 45 Restaurants have to display the number of calories in each dish they serve Nanny state In general this expression is used in reference to policies where the state is charactarzed as being excessive in its desi to protect nanny), govern, of contol particular aspects ‘of society or groups of people. Policies such as mandatory hhelmet laws and bans on smoking in public places, high taxes ‘on unk food, bans on receetonal drug use, un contol, 2 5 Shops are not alowed to open on Sundays tats seed eta acter ie tes 7 Tllega to drive vt vehicles in urban aces. Vahey poke eens ae cameron Resaurants have to serve tp water nt bodied miner water ‘g__ offen cttciedas'nanny state’ ations. Such acne est 9 There are cameras in mest shopping malls and oer tome beet nt tte or mee ater one oto public resto contro criminal beasout | thors) hos a dy proteet czas rm the ov 10. Scouts are not allowed to make campfires 3 qubeiie) ea dy pote ctnctem tm | 11 Then ban on opeting ne food resaurans E constitutes harmful beheviut 12 Toy shops mast not sell any kindof tay weapons, B ct iriinnecnacieaamcmcoe aman ‘e.g. guns or swords. b Then look at the title of the article below. What do Read the article and check. Mark the sentences T, F, or you think it will be about? DS (doesnt 39) resaurarsopering in one ofthe suburbs. ter recent bans have chalenged such monumental tiesto huran wellbeing as helum balloons, campfires, ‘he use of wid arimasincrases, sweating, ting wile stopped a rac gts, dogs sting on drivel, andthe ws fhe terms ‘Mom and ‘Dac! in school dass (mn case thy ofend crn rom single parent fais). ‘Of course, some ofthese things deserve tobe discouraged. But iminalized? Until recent, wit Amold Sdmarzeneggersevng asthe Republican govern, California seemed to have avoided many of the ‘worst examples of nanny-tateism inflicted on, say, Britain and remains ‘more aback. Tax on patrols’ designed to punish you for not wanting twas one o'dock inthe morning John Lutz had jute Grand to get ona bus, speed cameras remain unheard of, and CCTV irre. But Palace tau cinema comple inthe wealth LA suburb of Clabes things began to change a couple of years ago. Tis wee, for example, a and was standing nest his Min, smoking agree Ashe dso, 2 >> new law vil be brought in that intends to force restaurants in LA to display ‘massive SUV pulled up alongside fm The river weund down his window, the number of calories of each item on their menus. 5 leant out and said Hey, buddy, you cant smoke here Putt out” Joh Lutz, the gaete smoker, saysthe reel problem wit bans is that “Jahn asa writer fr a popuiar American TV shon, paused fora they tend tobe selective, and they usual fous, convenient, on the vies secon, unable a bev that is decion to smoke in an empty carpark of ter peopl. "The peopl who think they have the right to tel you what | inthe smal hours ofthe morning was of so much terest to a complete 3s todo are usually the exact same people who dre around in SUS and l ‘ranger He exhaled show, And then he told the diver, using language dink bottled water everyday Lutz says. "m prety sure bth of those | +9 not stable for publication, that no, actualy, he ould putt out things are te very worst things you can do tothe envionment. Yet they He was unaware that an hour eater, at idright the Calabasas __goctaryf they see me subbing out a igarete but in my com badkyard! cope Sod Si Cre Orr te nos eich ‘anti-smoking policy anywhere in the world, had come into force. a i} gp agers hae ae es ea ne Sa aT et seh rt : z teresa Noudqved ars irinal staan fo reensg A | CY Snes cg teil sgn pa, te supermarkets from handing out plastic bags, and stopped new fes-lood | Dessvo (n) beSen —E