Task 2. Read and enjoy We, the Jury

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A judge asked our group of potential jurors whether anyone should be excused, and one man raised his hand.

“I can’t hear out of my left ear,” the man told the judge.

“Can you hear out of your right ear?” the judge asked. The man nodded his head.

“You’ll be allowed to serve on the jury,” the judge declared. “ We only listen to one side of the case at a time”.

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My honest, hard-working father stood before the judge to explain why he wished to be excused from the jury duty.

“Your Honor, my small grocery store is the sole means of support for my wife and eight children. To serve as a juror would mean closing the store, and I can’t afford that.”

“Mr. Jones, what if everyone were like you?” asked the judge.

“Your Honor,” my father replied, “ if everyone were like me, you wouldn’t be needing a jury.”

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Jury foreman addressing judge: ”Before announcing our verdict, we’d like to recommend that Harrison Ford play the defendant.”

Task 3. Make comments on the sayings, given below

• There’s one law for the rich, and another for the poor.

• The law is not the same at morning and at night.

• You cannot make people honest by Act of Parliament

• Every law has a loophole.

• The more laws, the more offenders.

• Lawmakers should not be lawbreakers.

• A good lawyer must be a great liar.

• Laws catch flies but let hornets go free.

Grammar exercises

Task 1. Study the navigation models. Make comments on them

Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Simple (have/has + Past Participle) Time expressions used with the Present Perfect: just, already, yet, for, since, recently, lately, so far, ever, etc.	We have turned down your invitation. I’ve twisted my leg, so I can’t walk. Have you ever been to Great Britain? He has been to the dentist four times. They have already booked their flight. Have you done your shopping yet? She hasn’t phoned her mother yet. My sister has been a lawyer since 1989. He has been ill for a week. We have seen this film.
Past Perfect Simple (had +Past Participle)	He called Jane after he had finished dinner. (First he finished dinner, then he called Jane) You had never traveled abroad. She had just finished the cleaning when Bill came round for a cup of coffee.. We had never eaten Thai food before we went to Thailand. They had spent their money before they came back from their holidays. After I had had a bath, I read my newspaper.
Time expressions used with the Past Perfect: already, by the time, never, as soon as, just, after, when, before, etc.
Future Perfect Simple. (shall/will + have + + Past Participle)	I shall have written the letter before you come. He will have finished “Robinson Crusoe” by the end of this month. They will have painted the fence by 6 o’clock in the evening tomorrow. We shall have translated the article by the time you come. You will have forgotten me by then.
Time expressions used with the Future Perfect: by 2 o’clock tomorrow, by the end of the year, by Saturday, by the time, etc.

Task 2. Divide the verbs below into two groups: regular and irregular