Age
| What you can do
|
5
| You have to go to school.
|
12
| You can buy a pet.
|
13
| You can get a part-time job, but you can't work for more than two hours on a school day
or on Sunday.
|
14
| You can go into a bar, but you can't buy alcohol (酒).
|
16
| You can leave school. A boy can join the army with the parents' permission(允许).
You can drive a motorcycle. You can have beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant.
|
17
| You can hold a license (执照) to drive most small cars.
|
18
| Age of maturity (选举)- you have grown up in the eyes of the law. You can marry even without your parents' permission. You can buy or drink alcohol in a bar.
|
21
| You can hold a license to drive a large passenger bus.
You can have a license to sell alcohol. You can become a member of Parliament.
|
【小题1】What can you do in Britain when you're 14 years old?