How long are you allowed to watch TV every day at home? One hour? Two hours? Or never? Do you think it's fair? Well, you may think you should (allow) to watch TV as much as you like. However, in an island country called Iceland, there used to be day when people were not allowed to watch TV at all. Let's learn more about it.
1987, there was no TV broadcast in Iceland on Thursday. This may sound awful, it's true. Thursdays were traditionally a day to communicate with family and friends in the country. It's believed that the reason for (have) such a rule is that the government doesn't want to have a nation filled TV-addicted (沉迷电视的) people. In 1966, (something) was shown on the country's only state-run television station on Thursdays. The idea behind the (decide) was to make Thursdays a day for socializing (社交).
Later, it was decided that nothing would be shown on TV during the whole month of July. As July was considered as a vacation month, it was also expected that the local people could keep (they)away from TV and spend their days outdoors. (luck), the Thursday ban (禁令) ended in 1983 while the July ban lasted until 1987.