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dateline: 15 September 2015
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Java Teens Banned From Dating After Sunset
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- ban: to disallow
- dating: spending time with a romantic partner
- curfew: a time that a person has to be at home for safety reasons
- morality: an understanding of what’s right and what’s wrong
- patrol: the watching over of an area by an authority figure
- regulation: rule or law
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Java Teens Banned From Dating After Sunset
Comprehension Questions
- Who does the new curfew apply to?
- What is the purpose of this rule?
- Why will the punishment be difficult to enforce?
Discussion Questions: Do you think this curfew will prevent young Indonesian teens from dating after dark? Why or why not?
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Java Teens Banned From Dating After Sunset
As of October 1, teens under 17 in West Java will have a dating curfew of 9pm. Couples who are caught breaking the curfew three times could be forced to get married. In order to enforce the curfew, the chief who created the rule says he plans to install new cameras and initiate a village patrol. His goal is to bring morality back to the community and to reduce the number of unplanned teen pregnancies. One problem with the new regulation is that children under 16 are not allowed to marry in Indonesia.
- The new curfew applies to teens under 17.
- The purpose of this rule is to bring morality back to the community and reduce teen pregnancies.
- The punishment will be difficult to enforce since marriage is illegal for children under 16 in Indonesia.
Written and recorded by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub
Tara Benwell is a Canadian freelance writer and editor who specializes in materials and articles for the ELT industry.
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