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Hello and welcome to today’s ____ Amazing World.

I am your MC, Junyoung Park, and with me are Matilde from Switzerland, Chen from Singapore, and Sophia from ____

____ we are going to talk about interesting laws from around the world.

Our guests ____ here to share unique laws from their own countries that may be interesting to others.

They will further explain why such laws were created, based on ____ countries’ cultural and historical backgrounds.

Matilde, can you share one ____ Switzerland?

Sure. Switzer land is ____ concerned about the welfare of not only humans, but also animals.

In fact, it is one of the world’s most animal-friendly countries, ____ the support of many animal lovers.

In 2008, the Swiss government made it a requirement for social animals that typically ____ in groups, like goldfish, rabbits, or guinea pigs, to be kept in pairs.

In other words, it is illegal to own ____ raise just one goldfish, one rabbit, or one guinea pig.

This law recognizes that social animals will experience loneliness if left alone and considers this to ____ a case of animal abuse.

In my case, I raised two ____ pigs when I was young.

When one of them died, I had to get another ____

Otherwise, I would ____ been fined.

There are additional laws in ____ to guarantee animals’ quality of life.

For example, Switzerland is known to be the only European country requiring all dogs to be microchipped and registered in ____ country’s database.

This is to stop the illegal ____ of dogs.

As these laws suggest, you can tell how much Switzerland cares about animal ____

I can tell how passionate Switzerland is ____ animals.

____ what about Singapore? Are there any interesting laws?

In Singapore, there is a famous law about chewing ____

Chewing gum sales and imports are prohibited in the nation, and violators face fines ____ up to 2,000 Singapore dollars.

Although the law itself is quite well-known internationally, I imagine that many of you are unaware of ____ historical context.

Singapore ____ a small nation with limited resources when it gained independence.

____ nation’s prime minister at the time came up with strategies to boost national prosperity, one of which was to transform the nation into an “oasis” for tourists in Asia.

____ order to accomplish this, he emphasized cleanliness and orderliness, which resulted in the establishment of the gum ban in 1992.

____ that time, chewing gum left on streets, roads, and stairs diminished the country’s beauty and raised the cleaning costs.

The country’s ban on chewing gum has become one of the most well-known aspects of life in Singapore, along with its laws against improperly throwing away trash and ____ in public.

These laws being ____ people could enjoy clean public spaces.

Today, Singapore leads the world in terms of cleanliness ____ welcomes millions of tourists every year.

Yes, I ____ Singapore as a clean and pleasant country to visit.

Sophia, can you tell ____ about an interesting law in Italy?

As you ____ people from all over the world visit Rome, the capital of Italy.

Unfortunately, some tourists’ actions caused severe damage to the ____ historical monuments.

So, the city had to establish a number of laws to protect ____ numerous historical sites.

One of them was to forbid adding a lock to any bridge in ____

You may have heard that to symbolize ____ love forever, many couples carve their names on locks and attach them to a bridge.

However, as the ____ of the locks increases the pressure on bridges, they are no longer permitted.

Even ____ existing ones have been removed since 2012.

This law was also introduced in Venice so that locks could no longer damage the famous Rialto ____

In addition, people are not allowed to go into ____ city’s iconic Trevi Fountain.

Although you may be tempted to dip your toes into the cool fountain water ____ a hot summer day, it is illegal to do so.

Sitting on Rome’s famed Spanish Steps has also ____ banned since 2019.

If you don’t ____ this law, you are made to pay a fine ranging from €250 to €450.

All of these laws are committed to ____ the city’s historical monuments.

Considering ____ large number of tourists from all over the world, it is understandable why Italy passed these regulations to protect its priceless monuments.

Thank you for sharing all these interesting laws with us, Matilde, ____ and Sophia.

Some of the laws may initially appear to be difficult to ____

However, now that you have learned ____ stories behind them, I am sure you understand why they were put in place.

Knowing the unique cultural and historical ____ of these laws will help you appreciate them better.