Answer to Dictation 1
A new law in South Korea means South Koreans will be a year or two younger.
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Answer to Dictation 2
There were three different ways that people could tell their age.
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Answer to Dictation 3
This is the same as how most people in the world calculate their age.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Under this system babies are considered a year old on the day they are born.
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Answer to Dictation 5
This makes babies zero years old at birth and a year is added to their age.
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Lawmakers hope it will end confusion about how old people are.
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Answer to Dictation 7
From June 2023 all official documents must use the standard international age.
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It should help to end legal and social problems caused by the old system.
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Answer to Dictation 9
A Korean Twitter user was relieved there is a new law to make things simpler.
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Answer to Dictation 10
I turned two years old two weeks after I was born as I was born in December.
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