Hello, hello, Dildessna and welcome into IELTS Speaking Part 3.
We will be talking about rules and rules.
Yum, yum, yum. So good.
Isn't it? Yes, it's good for people who follow the rules.
Rory, do people in your country usually obey the law?
I would imagine so, given that you don't really see things like hooligans out on the streets causing chaos and people are still quite good about following rules and regulations, even if they are a bit of a hinter and sometimes.
What kinds of behaviour are considered as good behaviour?
I mean, that's determined by the culture you live in, really.
But broadly speaking, I suppose it's all about how well you conform to the definition of what's good.
So where I come from, that's about being respectful of others and their property and not causing too much disturbance in terms of noise and actions.
Do you think children can learn about the law outside of school?
Absolutely. They have lives outside of school, even when they are school aged and, of course, they get some moral instruction from their parents before they even get there.
They could come to know it through learning the rules of games or even their experiences of seeing how orderly and law -abiding people behave.
What are the benefits of obeying rules?
Well, when it comes to the law, you don't go to prison, so that's a great incentive.
Beyond that, if you stick to the rules, then social interaction becomes more stable and predictable, so there's less stress from constantly second -guessing others.
And that would probably have some health benefits too, if you aren't stressed out all the time.
How can parents teach children to obey rules?
Well, in the first place, probably by aiming to set a good example and not breaking too many rules themselves, or at least justifying their decisions when they do, ensure it's all not just a random and selfish or self -interested behaviour.
Another way might be discussing and enforcing reasonable boundaries to impart how to behave decently.
And why do some people become lawyers?
Well, lots of reasons.
First and foremost, lawyers, or being a lawyer, is quite a well -respected position to have in life, so that's one incentive.
Another might be the pay.
Lawyers sometimes are extremely well paid and they're powerful if they do their jobs correctly.
And then, on top of that, it's a pretty stable career.
I mean, there will always be disputes between people that must be resolved, and so you'll always need lawyers.
And why do some people prefer to be a lawyer rather than a policeman?
Well, being a police officer is quite dangerous.
Whereas being a lawyer, it could be dangerous, but it's probably not as dangerous as being a police officer.
I'm not sure about the pay.
They might be on par with each other, but not so sure.
But certainly, it seems at first a face value that being a police officer would be less well paid than being a lawyer.
And how should lawmakers address the controversy surrounding certain laws?
It depends on the effect they want to achieve.
Some controversies just burn themselves out naturally, so taking steps to avoid this might actually wind up making it worse.
Whereas others, they could preempt it by telling people what's going to happen and preparing them accordingly.
I think those are the two best ways.
There are others of course, but I think those are the ones that seem like the most popular choices.
Hey, thank you Rory for your answers.
Law and order, dear listener.
So first of all, we obey the law.
Obey. Obey the law.
We follow rules and we have hooligans who don't follow rules.
Criminals and hooligans.
They cause chaos on the streets.
There's vandalism and violence.
Hooligans is a violent person who fights and causes damage in public areas.
So it's good to follow rules.
So follow rules obey the law, follow rules, follow regulations.
That's another binomial, rules and regulations, no?
No, I don't think, I don't know.
I do, but it is. When you talk about good behavior, you can say that it's about how well people conform.
So conform to something.
It is the word here and it's a bit negative to be honest with you.
Conform, sometimes disapproving, sometimes negative.
To conform means to behave according to the usual standards.
So everybody does this and I am going to also do this because of society.
So at school for example, we had to conform.
We were uniform and we conformed.
Did you wear a uniform at school?
Oh, only, I think for either half a year or only for one year.
Oh, wow, okay. And good behavior could depend on where you are from or where you grew up.
For example, when I come from, good behavior is about being respectful of others, respect their property and not causing too much of a disturbance.
Disturbance when you disturb people.
Disturbance like something that interrupts someone.
See one word advanced.
For example, if you live close to a nightclub, this nightclub causes some disturbance.
We talk about children following the rules and the children could be taught how to obey the law outside of school.
And you can say that school aged people could be taught by their parents, for example.
Well, they should be taught by their parents as well.
Yeah, they should get some moral instruction.
Okay. But that's a fancy way for being told how to behave.
Yes, like instruction is a good synonym for education and like moral is about standards of good or bad behavior.
And school aged people should come to know the rules of the game.
So, the rules of life.
Well, on games in general.
And parents could help them to become law -abiding people.
A very good adjective.
So, people who follow the rules, who follow the law are called law -abiding.
Maria is a law -abiding citizen, right?
Absolutely correct.
Nice. It's good to obey rules.
It's beneficial to obey rules.
There are certain benefits of obeying the rules.
And you can say you don't go to prison.
So, go to prison. You don't go to prison.
If you obey the law, if you stick to the rules, if you follow the rules, everything is stable and predictable in you.
There is no risk. There is less stress.
And you can also talk about health benefits because if there is less stress, the person becomes healthier, right?
Well, you would hope so.
No, you can then give an example with taxes.
If you pay taxes, you sleep well, everything is fine.
And if you don't, you can go, when are they going to catch me?
You know, it's this anxiety and stress all the time.
Parents teach children by setting a good example themselves.
So, they set a good example for their children.
We follow the rules and we break rules.
Okay? And we don't follow them.
Although there's a fun question, what rules are okay to break and which ones do you absolutely never break?
Oh, for example, like a red light.
Please tell me that that's one that you never break.
No, I break all the time.
What? No, I break it.
Like, if I see you, there are no cars, like, I'm just, I'm going.
Oh, okay. This is for walking.
No, no, no. I'm not driving.
No, no, driving. Haha, walking as a pedestrian.
I don't drive. I was thinking for a moment there, I was like, oh my god.
No, no, no, no. But in speaking part three, you don't speak about yourself, which is good.
You can say, oh, some people don't pay for the trim ride.
Some people, not me.
I'm a good person. Some people in my country, you know, but please don't talk about yourself because it's speaking part three.
So, we talk about other people, what we think about other people, and some questions could be about boys and police officers, right?
And Rory, you said something like they might be on par.
Oh, they're just equal.
How do you spell it?
I think it's on par.
It's a one word. No, no, it's two.
Actually three. On a par.
Oh really? Well, I have on par.
Cambridge online dictionary says on a par with someone or something.
Well, Mary Webster has a bracket around it.
So, okay. For example, his writing is considered to be on par with Charles Dickens.
So, I have to be equal with Dickens, who was a famous English writer.
One of the greatest writers in this world.
Equal or similar to something.
Give us another example, please.
Maybe about laws. His new book is on par with his best sellers.
Any other context? Where would you use this word?
I think people use it engulfing quite a lot.
I think it means something slightly different there.
But like, where would you use it yourself?
Well, here I use it when I'm comparing things that I think are equal.
For example, Maria and I are on par when it comes to our knowledge of the English language.
Yay, sweet. Right, dear listener.
How are you doing? Are you okay?
Thank you very much for listening.
And we'll get back to you with our new episodes.
We're going to be using fresh IELTS topics, which are used in the exam now, because the topics have changed on the 1st of September.
So, from now on, new fresh.
Delicious IELTS speaking topics.
Okay. Stay with us.
Bye. Bye. Rory, do people in your country usually obey the law?
I would imagine so, given that you don't really see things like hooligans out on the streets causing chaos and people are still quite good about following rules and regulations, even if they are a bit of a hindrance sometimes.
What kinds of behavior are considered as good behavior?
Well, I mean, that's determined by the culture you live in, really.
But broadly speaking, I suppose it's all about how well you conform to the definition of what's good.
So, where I come from, that's about being respectful of others and their property and not causing too much for disturbance in terms of noise and actions.
Do you think children can learn about the law outside of school?
Absolutely. They have lives outside of school, even when they are school aged.
And of course, they get some moral instruction from their parent, where they even get there.
They could come to know it through learning the rules of games or even their experiences of seeing how orderly and law -abiding people behave.
What are the benefits of obeying rules?
Well, when it comes to the law, you don't go to prison.
So, that's a great incentive.
Beyond that, if you stick to the rules, then social interaction becomes more stable and predictable.
So, there's less stress from constantly second -guessing others.
And that would probably have some health benefits too, if you aren't stressed out all the time.
How can parents teach children to obey rules?
Well, in the first place, probably by aiming to set a good example and not breaking too many rules themselves, or at least justifying their decisions when they do, ensure it's all not just a random and selfish or self -interested behavior.
Another way might be discussing and enforcing reasonable boundaries to impart how to behave decently.
And why do some people become lawyers?
Well, lots of reasons.
First and foremost, lawyers or being a lawyer is quite a well -respected position to have in life.
So, that's one incentive.
Another might be the pay.
Lawyers sometimes are extremely well -paid and they're powerful if they do their jobs correctly.
And then, on top of that, it's a pretty stable career.
I mean, there will always be disputes between people that must be resolved.
And so, you'll always need lawyers.
And why do some people prefer to be a lawyer rather than a policeman?
Well, being a police officer is quite dangerous.
Whereas being a lawyer, it could be dangerous, but it's probably not as dangerous as being a police officer.
I'm not sure about the pay.
They might be on par with each other, but not so sure.
But certainly, it seems at first a face value that being a police officer would be less well -paid than being a lawyer.
And how should lawmakers address the controversy surrounding certain laws?
It will depend on the effect they want to achieve.
Some controversies just burn themselves out naturally.
So, taking steps to avoid this might actually wind up making it worse.
Whereas others, they could preempt it by telling people what's going to happen and preparing them accordingly.
I think those are the two best ways.
There are others, of course, but I think those were the ones that seemed like the most popular choices.
