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留学生在中国第41期:恋爱与婚姻 Love and Marriage

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Chapter 45 Love and Marriage
第45章恋爱与婚姻

So please tell me what you think about love and marriage in China?
你怎么看待中国人的爱情和婚姻？

I think love and marriage is very traditional in China.
我觉得中国人在爱情和婚姻方面十分传统。

People who have known each other some time, get married, whereas in other countries, they can live together without marrying.
人们彼此了解一段时间以后才会结婚。而在一些国家，人们不结婚也可以住在一起。

Yeah, in the United States, the concept of love and marriage has adopted modern ideas.
对。美国人对爱情和婚姻的理解源自现代观念；

I think in traditional China people don't have a choice of who they would marry sometimes.
我觉得在中国古代，人们没有选择婚姻的自由。

Because in those times, it's difficut for young men and women to communicate with eachothers.
因为那时候，青年男女很少有机会交流。

Very difficult to know each other? Why?
很难相互了解？为什么？

Because there were some rules,
因为有规定。

for example, boys and girls couldn't be alone in the same place and they needed chaperons if they went out on a date.
男孩和女孩是不能单独约会的。如果有约会的话，都会由侍女陪同。

Girls had to stay at home and learn how to be good wives, while their parents arranged their marriages.
女孩子应该规规矩矩呆在家里并学会怎样做一个好妻子，而她的婚姻是由父母包办的。

Arranged marriages?
包办婚姻？

Yeah.
是的。

But now people have more choice in who they get married to.
但现在人们有婚姻自由了。

Yeah, but I have a feeling that it's really hard to find a good spouse..
确实是这样的。但我觉得要找一个称心如意的对象是很难的。

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Chapter 45 Love and Marriage

第45章恋爱与婚姻

David: So please tell me what you think about love and marriage in China?

你怎么看待中国人的爱情和婚姻？

You: I think love and marriage is very traditional in China. People who have known each other some time, get married, whereas in other countries, they can live together without marrying.

我觉得中国人在爱情和婚姻方面十分传统。人们彼此了解一段时间以后才会结婚。而在一些国家，人们不结婚也可以住在一起。

David: Yeah, in the United States, the concept of love and marriage has adopted modern ideas. I think in traditional China people don't have a choice of who they would marry sometimes.

对。美国人对爱情和婚姻的理解源自现代观念；我觉得在中国古代，人们没有选择婚姻的自由。

You: Because in those times, it's difficut for young men and women to communicate with eachothers.

因为那时候，青年男女很少有机会交流。

David: Very difficult to know each other? Why?

很难相互了解？为什么？

You: Because there were some rules, for example, boys and girls couldn't be alone in the same place and they needed chaperons if they went out on a date. Girls had to stay at home and learn how to be good wives, while their parents arranged their marriages.

因为有规定。男孩和女孩是不能单独约会的。如果有约会的话，都会由侍女陪同。女孩子应该规规矩矩呆在家里并学会怎样做一个好妻子，而她的婚姻是由父母包办的。

David: Arranged marriages？

包办婚姻？

You: Yeah.

是的。

David: But now people have more choice in who they get married to.

但现在人们有婚姻自由了。

You: Yeah, but I have a feeling that it's really hard to find a good spouse..

确实是这样的。但我觉得要找一个称心如意的对象是很难的。

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traditional	[trə'diʃənəl]	想一想再看 adj. 传统的
concept	['kɔnsept]	想一想再看 n. 概念，观念
communicate	[kə'mju:nikeit]	想一想再看 v. 交流，传达，沟通	联想记忆 X 单词communicate 联想记忆： commun＝common（adj 共有的）－大家共有－交流
spouse	[spauz]	想一想再看 n. 配偶