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1. Cubans Vote In Favor Of Family Law
Reform That Will Allow Same-sex
Marriage
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 REFERENDUM
 REFORM
 SURROGATE
 CONSERVATISM
 CAMPAIGN

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1. REFERENDUM (NOUN)
The principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed
on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
The issue was decided by referendum.
ref·er·en·dum | ˌre-fə-ˈren-dəm
Meaning
Example
PRONUNCIATION

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2. REFORM (VERB)
to put or change into an improved form or condition
I made many resolutions to reform my personality, but never quite got
round to it..
re·form | ri-ˈfȯrm
Meaning
Example
PRONUNCIATION

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3. SURROGATE (NOUN)
one appointed to act in place of another
He could not attend the meeting, so he sent his surrogate..
sur·ro·gate | ˈsər-ə-gət
Meaning
Example
PRONUNCIATION

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4. CONSERVATISM (NOUN)
the tendency to prefer an existing or traditional situation to change
Jones himself was a curious mixture of radicalism and conservatism..
Meaning
Example
PRONUNCIATION
con·ser·va·tism | kən-ˈsər-və-ˌti-zəm

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5. CAMPAIGN (VERB)
to go on, engage in, or conduct a campaign
By 2006 several groups such as No2ID had formed to campaign against
ID cards in Britain..
Meaning
Example
PRONUNCIATION
cam·paign | (ˌ)kam-ˈpān

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THINGS YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON:
 Read and comprehend the questions
 Listen to the audio attentively
 Take notes the important information
 Answer the questions

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1. What family law code have been approved in
Cuba?
2. What movements are against the reform of family
law code?
3. Who is the major supporter of same-sex
marriage?
4. Why have several religious leaders opposed or
expressed concern to the law?

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Cubans Vote In Favor Of Family Law Reform That Will Allow Same-sex Marriage
Cubans have approved a sweeping “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as
redefine rights for children and grandparents, officials said, though opposition in the national referendum was unusually strong
on the Communist party-governed island. The reforms had met unusually strong open resistance from the growing evangelical
movement – and many other Cubans – despite an extensive government campaign in favour of the measure, including
thousands of informative meetings across the country and extensive media coverage backing it.
Cuban elections, in which no party other than the Communist is allowed, routinely produce victory margins of more than 90% –
as did a referendum on a major constitutional reform in 2019. The code would allow surrogate pregnancies, broader rights for
grandparents in regard to grandchildren, protection of elderly people and measures against gender violence.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has promoted the law, acknowledged questions about the measure as he voted on Sunday.
“Most of our people will vote in favor of the code, but it still has issues that our society as a whole does not understand,” he
said.
The measure had been approved by Cuba’s parliament, the national assembly, after years of debate.
A major supporter of the measure was Mariela Castro, the director of the National Center for Sex Education, a promoter of
rights for same-sex couples, daughter of the former president, Raúl Castro, and niece of his brother Fidel.
There is a strong strain of social conservatism in Cuba and several religious leaders have expressed concern or opposition to
the law, worried it could weaken nuclear families.
Some of those churches took advantage of the opening in 2018 and 2019 to campaign against another referendum that
would have rewritten the constitution to allow same-sex marriage. Opposition was strong enough that the government at that
time backed away.

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
1. What family law code have been approved in Cuba?
WHAT?

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
1. What family law code have been approved in Cuba?
ANSWER
ALLOWING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND ADOPT

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
2. What movements are against the reform of family law
code?
WHAT ?

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
2. What movements are against the reform of family law code?
ANSWER
THE EVANGELICAL AND MANY OTHER CUBANS

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
3. Who is the major supporter of same-sex marriage?
WH0 ?

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
3. Who is the major supporter of same-sex marriage?
ANSWER
SHE IS MARIELA CASTRO

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
4. Why have several religious leaders opposed or expressed concern
to the law?
WHY ?

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Directions: Read each question and state the correct answer based on the
article you have listened
4. Why have several religious leaders opposed or expressed concern
to the law?
ANSWER
BECAUSE IT COULD WEAKEN NUCLEAR FAMILIES

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Directions: Read the news article aloud, you may use the slashing technique as a guide.
ニュース記事を音読しましょう。文中の意味のまとまりを表すスラッシュ (/) までを一息で読
んでみましょう。
Cubans/ have approved / a sweeping /“family law” code that /would allow/ same-sex couples /to marry/ and adopt /as well as/
redefine rights/ for children/ and grandparents,/ officials said,/ though opposition /in the national referendum/ was unusually
strong /on the Communist/ party-governed island./ The reforms/ had met unusually /strong open resistance/ from the growing/
evangelical movement /– and many other Cubans/ – despite/ an extensive /government campaign /in favour of the measure,/
including thousands /of informative meetings /across the country /and extensive media coverage/ backing it./
Cuban elections,/ in which no party/ other than /the Communist is allowed,/ routinely produce/ victory margins /of more than
90% /– as did a referendum /on a major /constitutional reform in 2019./ The code would allow /surrogate pregnancies,/ broader
rights for grandparents/ in regard to grandchildren,/ protection of elderly people/ and measures against /gender violence./
President Miguel Díaz-Canel,/ who has promoted/ the law, /acknowledged questions /about the measure /as he voted on
Sunday./
“Most of our people/ will vote/ in favor of the code, /but it still /has issues/ that our society/ as a whole/ does not understand,”/ he
said./
The measure/ had been approved/ by Cuba’s parliament,/ the national assembly,/ after years of debate./
A major supporter /of the measure /was Mariela Castro,/ the director/ of the National Center for Sex Education,/ a promoter of
rights/ for same-sex couples, /daughter of the former president,/ Raúl Castro, /and niece of/ his brother Fidel./
There is a strong strain /of social conservatism/ in Cuba/ and several religious leaders/ have expressed concern /or opposition
to the law, /worried it could weaken/ nuclear families./
Some of those churches/ took advantage/ of the opening in 2018/ and 2019/ to campaign /against another/ referendum/ that
would have/ rewritten the constitution/ to allow same-sex marriage. /Opposition was strong enough /that the government at that
Cubans Vote In Favor Of Family Law Reform That Will Allow Same-sex Marriage

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You may answer the questions based on your ideal thoughts.
Expressing yourself freely is encouraged either in a positive or negative
language.
ANSWER IN TWO OPTIONS:
POSITIVE THOUGHTS NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

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QUESTION 1
DO YOU AGREE TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?

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DO YOU AGREE TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?

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DO YOU AGREE TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
Yes, I agree, because love is universal and even same
sex, they can fall in love genuinely.
No, I don’t agree because it is a big sin, man is for
woman and vice-versa. So, it should be in an alignment
with gender

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QUESTION 2
DO YOU AGREE THAT CHURCHES SHOULD PARTICIPATE
IN OPPOSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ?

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DO YOU AGREE THAT CHURCHES SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN
OPPOSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ?

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DO YOU AGREE THAT CHURCHES SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN
OPPOSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
Yes, I agree, because it would help them to realize what
they are doing is against God and the society .
No, I don’t agree, because it is not about what they are
fighting for, it is about the human rights and equality

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QUESTION 3
DO YOU AGREE THAT A SAME-SEX COUPLE SHOULD BE
GIVEN THE RIGHTS TO ADOPT?

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DO YOU AGREE THAT A SAME-SEX COUPLE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE
RIGHTS TO ADOPT?

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DO YOU AGREE THAT A SAME-SEX COUPLE SHOULD BE
GIVEN THE RIGHTS TO ADOPT?
Yes, I agree, because it can help an orphan to have a
loving family and let them feel to have a parent to love
them.
No, I don’t agree, because it would be a negative
impact to child that would cause bullying and emotional
confusion.

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 Three new words and phrases in this lesson
このレッスンでの新出単語やフレーズを 3 つ
 Three difficult -to -pronounce words
あなたの苦手な発音を 3 つ
Teacher will choose the word/ phrases then read it.
You will repeat after your teacher 3 times.

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 Study your vocabulary and its meaning
 Practice the pronunciation
 Try to make you own sentence using the vocabulary
 Read it aloud