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  • Child Marriage 2

  • Most people in Taiwan can choose their husband or wife, 3

  • but people in some countries cannot. 4

  • Millions of children under the age of eighteen get married without a choice. 5

  • Here are two stories. 6

  • A ten-year-old girl from Niger, Geeta, 7

  • got married to a thirty-year-old man. 8

  • Geeta had her first baby and became a mother at eleven. 9

  • She could not go to school because her baby needed her. 10

  • Tanya, from Yemen, got married to a man at eleven 11

  • because he gave her father money. 12

  • She cried and said “NO!”, but nobody helped her. 13

  • Her husband hit her very often. 14

  • She was scared, and could not sleep at night. 15

  • The marriage was like a nightmare. 16

  • Child marriage is happening in many countries. 17

  • Children like Geeta and Tanya need our help. 18

  • Let's take action now!

Child Marriage 2

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A2 US marriage tanya married husband child ten year

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    Vincent posted on 2020/10/12
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nightmare

US /ˈnaɪtˌmɛr/

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UK /ˈnaɪtmeə(r)/

  • noun
  • A very frightening or unpleasant dream.
  • Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
  • A situation or experience that is extremely unpleasant or difficult to deal with.
  • Frightening or upsetting dream while sleeping
  • A very unpleasant or frightening experience or situation.
  • A very unpleasant or frightening experience or situation.

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hit

US /hɪt/

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UK /hɪt/

  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To strike someone physically.
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport
  • To strike someone or something forcefully.
  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • An instance of striking or making contact.
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • A successful or popular thing or person.
  • Time when a website is accessed

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marriage

US /ˈmærɪdʒ/

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UK /ˈmærɪdʒ/

  • other
  • A wedding ceremony.
  • A close union or blending of two things.
  • The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a relationship.
  • other
  • A close union or combination.
  • The institution of marriage as a social and legal construct.
  • The state of being married.
  • noun
  • Relationship between a husband and a wife
  • A wedding ceremony
  • Close union between two things

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choice

US /tʃɔɪs/

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UK /tʃɔɪs/

  • noun
  • Decision between two or more possibilities
  • A range of options from which one may be selected.
  • A person who is selected.
  • The power, right, or liberty to choose.
  • An act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities.
  • adjective
  • Of very high quality; superior.
  • Of good quality or taste; desirable
  • Of high quality; superior.
  • other
  • The power, right, or liberty to choose; option.

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action

US /ˈækʃən/

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UK /'ækʃn/

  • noun
  • Something that a person or thing does
  • The fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
  • A lawsuit.
  • verb
  • To act to do something

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choose

US /tʃuz/

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UK /tʃu:z/

  • verb
  • To select; decide between several possibilities
  • other
  • To decide; determine.
  • other
  • To pick out; select.

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happen

US /ˈhæpən/

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UK /'hæpən/

  • verb
  • To take place or occur
  • other
  • To occur by chance
  • Used to introduce a possibility or condition
  • To take place or occur

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give

US /ɡɪv/

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UK /ɡɪv/

  • other
  • To administer something, such as medicine
  • To allow someone to have something
  • To produce offspring
  • To cause someone to experience something
  • To provide instructions or guidance
  • To donate something, especially money
  • To provide as an instance
  • To hold or host
  • To perform an action
  • To present something voluntarily to someone
  • To provide something needed or wanted
  • To utter or emit something
  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something
  • other
  • To collapse or break
  • To collapse or break under pressure

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age

US /edʒ/

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UK /eɪdʒ/

  • verb
  • To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
  • To get older
  • noun
  • Period of time in history
  • Number of years a person or thing has lived

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people

US /ˈpipəl/

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UK /'pi:pl/

  • noun
  • Ordinary people; the general public.
  • Ordinary people; commoners.
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • The employees of a company or organization.
  • Humans in general; persons considered collectively.
  • Men, Women, Children
  • A nation or ethnic group.
  • Human beings in general or considered collectively.
  • One's family or relatives.
  • other
  • Human beings in general or considered collectively.
  • other
  • To populate; to fill with people.

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