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Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Children under 16


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澳大利亚计划禁止16岁以下儿童使用社交媒体

Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Children under 16


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Part I. QUESTIONS

Listen to the news and choose the best answer to each question you hear.


Q1. What is the main purpose of the new bill introduced by the Australian Parliament?

A. To ban social media for children under 16.

B. To promote social media use among children.

C. To increase social media engagement.

D. To support social media companies financially.


Q2. What is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s main concern regarding social media?

A. The economic impact of social media.

B. The safety of children online.

C. The popularity of social media platforms.

D. The technological advancements in social media.


Q3. What is Antigone Davis’s position regarding the age limit proposal?

A. She opposes the age limit completely.

B. She believes social media should be banned for everyone.

C. She supports respecting the government’s age limits.

D. She thinks social media is not harmful to children.


Q4. What is the main idea of the opposition to the social media age limit?

A. The ban will improve children’s mental health.

B. The age limit will enhance digital literacy.

C. The age limit will increase online harm.

D. The ban is not an effective way to address social media risks.


Q5. Why does child psychologist Philip Tam believe enforcing a ban for children under 16 might be challenging?

A. Children under 16 do not use social media.

B. The problem might be driven underground.

C. The technology to enforce the ban does not exist.

D. Parents will not support the ban.


Part II. TRANSCRIPT


Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Children under 16


The Australian government recently announced plans to ban the use of social media by children under the age of 16.


Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “Social media is doing harm to our kids.” He added that now is the time for the government to intervene.


The country’s Parliament will introduce a new bill during the final two weeks of its meeting starting on November 18. (Q1) The bill will set an age limit of 16 for children to use social media and make the services responsible for enforcement.

parliament n. 议会,国会

enforcement v. 执行,实施


Albanese told reporters that the age limit would take effect 12 months after the bill is passed. And social media services, including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, would need to use the year to work out how to put age controls in place.


(Q2) “I’ve spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. They, like me, are worried sick about the safety of our kids online,” Albanese said.

be worried sick 非常担心


The proposal comes at a time when governments around the world are considering ways to control how young people use smartphones and social media.


Under the Australian proposal, social media companies would face penalties for violating the age limit. However, under-age children and their parents would not face penalties.


(Q3) Antigone Davis is the head of safety at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. Davis said the company would respect any age limits the government wants to put in place. She added that officials need to discuss the ways social media can make the age limit happen. She suggested that stronger tools in app stores and computer systems for parents could be a “simple and effective solution.”

effective adj. 有效的


X did not immediately answer a request from The Associated Press (AP) for comment. TikTok said it would not offer a comment to the AP.

Some groups oppose the age limit


More than 140 experts in fields related to technology and children signed an open letter to Albanese last month opposing a social media age limit. (Q4) The letter said a ban would not be an effective way to deal with the risks of social media use.


Sunita Bose is a director at the Digital Industry Group in Australia. Bose said in a statement, “Rather than blocking access through bans, we need to take a balanced approach to create age-appropriate spaces, build digital literacy and protect young people from online harm.”

literacy n. 读写能力,文化水平


Jackie Hallan is a director at the youth mental health service ReachOut. She also opposed the ban. She noted that 73 percent of young people across Australia seeking mental health support get it through social media. She added that young people are likely to find ways to use social media even with a ban in place.


Child psychologist Philip Tam said it would have been easier to enforce the ban for children under the age of 12 or 13. (Q5) Tam said, “My real fear honestly is that the problem of social media will simply be driven underground.”


Prime Minister Albanese said there would be rules to permit social media use in some situations, such as a need to connect with educational services.


Earlier this year, the government began testing age-restriction technologies among a group of users. Officials will use the test results to guide what reasonable steps social media services can take.


Lawmaker Paul Fletcher said the services already have the technology to enforce such an age ban. He added that if the law for controlling social media use is well written, Australia can get the results it wants.


Part III. KEY


Q1. A. 细节题。题目出处为:The bill will set an age limit of 16 for children to use social media and make the services responsible for enforcement. 意为:该法案将设定16岁的年龄限制,禁止16岁以下的儿童使用社交媒体,并要求这些服务提供商负责执行这一规定。因此答案是A


Q2. B. 细节题。题目出处为:I’ve spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. They, like me, are worried sick about the safety of our kids online,’ Albanese said. 意为:我和成千上万的父母、祖父母、叔叔和阿姨交谈过。他们和我一样,非常担心孩子们在网络上的安全问题阿尔巴尼斯说。因此答案是B


Q3. C. 细节题。题目出处为:Antigone Davi... said the company would respect any age limits the government wants to put in place. 意为:安提戈涅·戴维斯……说公司会尊重政府决定实施的任何年龄限制。因此答案是C


Q4. D. 主旨题。题目出处为:The letter said a ban would not be an effective way to deal with the risks of social media use. 意为:这封信表示,禁止使用社交媒体并不是应对社交媒体风险的有效方法。因此答案是D


Q5. B. 推理题。题目出处为:Tam said, ‘My real fear honestly is that the problem of social media will simply be driven underground.’ 意为:Tam说,我真正担心的是,社交媒体的问题将被直接转入地下(以更隐蔽的形式存在)因此答案是B


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