Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol (酒) in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.

Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don’t make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful! The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings (人行横道) and do not take any chances when crossing the road.

My next point is about litter (throwing away waste material in a public place). It is an offence (违法行为) to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin.

Finally, as regards something, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco (烟草) if you are under 16 years of age.

I’d like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact your local police station, who will be pleased to help you.

Now, are there any questions?

An 18­year­old girl Anna Meier from Austria is taking her parents to court for posting over 500 photos of her on Facebook since 2009，without her permission.

Anna has apparently become fed up with her parents’ refusal to take down the embarrassing photos of her at an early age，and is now seeking justice in court.She told the magazine that even though she was 11 years old when her parents started sharing her photos with several hundreds of Facebook friends，they went as far as to post pictures of her as a baby，without ever asking if it was alright with her.“They knew no shame and no limit and didn’t care whether it was a picture of me sitting on the toilet or lying naked in my bed—every stage was photographed and then made public，”the girl said.

The girl added that she was only able to see the photos posted on Facebook by her parents when she was 14，after setting up her own account on it.Again and again，Anna asked her parents to remove the photos of her immediately，but they refused.Angry and upset，she felt that she had no other way but to take them to court，which she did as soon as she turned 18，this year.“I’m tired of not being taken seriously by my parents，”she said.

Anna’s lawyer claims they have a good chance of winning the case in court，if it can be proven that the images have violated her rights to a personal life.But，based on similar cases and according to Austrian privacy laws，if the parents lose，they may be forced to pay their daughter a fine of 3,000 to 10,000.

But Anna’s parents，however，see nothing wrong with posting baby photos of her.“I consider it my right to publish these photos，”her father said.“We have posted no more photos of our daughter since she stopped allowing us to photograph her.We also have baby photos of her that can only be seen by a limited group of 700 Facebook friends.”

It’s reported that Anna has moved out of her parents’ home and is living with some girl friends in a rented apartment.

Almost every community has some form of rules and some way of enforcing them. So why do we have rules, and what makes people follow them?

Studies have suggested that the reason we don’t like rule-breaking is because fairness is programmed into our brains. Scientists have found that the brain reacts in a particular way when we feel we are being treated unfairly. A fair situation makes us feel comfortable and even happy, but unfairness causes our brains to respond with negative feelings. The study found that this so happened when subjects saw others being treated unfairly. They concluded that fairness is one of basic human needs.

Arriving at a feeling of fairness means considering different, often conflicting, points of view. Regardless of the disagreement, people almost always need to compromise. But it can be difficult to arrive at a compromise when there are conflicting interests. This is why communities have rules that everyone must follow.

Social controls are an important factor in setting and following rules. They influence the way we behave, and can be internal (内在的) or external. Internal controls come from within and are based on our values and fears. Most of us don’t steal, for example, because we believe that theft is unfair and wrong. We don’t want to disappoint our family and friends, either. In other words, our internal controls keep us from behaving in ways that cause conflict.

External controls include rewards and punishments. Rewards, such as job promotions and praise, are designed to encourage people to behave and act in the interest of the whole community.

Punishments, such as public embarrassment, fines, and even imprisonment can prevent people from acting against the community’s best interests.

People need their communities to function smoothly. If there were no rules, most people would probably still behave positively. However, there would always be a minority who would not. This is why a society without rules is unlikely to exist.