预览加载中,请您耐心等待几秒...
1/4
2/4
3/4
4/4

在线预览结束,喜欢就下载吧,查找使用更方便

如果您无法下载资料,请参考说明:

1、部分资料下载需要金币,请确保您的账户上有足够的金币

2、已购买过的文档,再次下载不重复扣费

3、资料包下载后请先用软件解压,在使用对应软件打开

Unit3 Lead-in Generallyspeaking,marriagesbasedonlovearemoresuccessfulthanarrangedmarriages.Initslonghistory,Chinahaswitnessedmanytragiceventsarisingfromarrangedmarriages.However,weshouldnotgotoextremesandclaimthatallarrangedmarriagesarefailures.Afterall,inthepast2000-plusyears,mostofthearrangedmarriagesdidsurvive,andsomeofthecouplesdiddeveloprealloveaftertheirmarriage.Asformarriagesbasedonlove,theyarenotwithoutproblems.Inthecontemporaryworld,arrangedmarriageshavealmostdisappeared.Boysandgirlsgooutondatesandgraduallydevelopalovebetweenthembeforetheygetmarried.Strangely,thedivorceratehaskeptrising.Andthereasonsfordivorcecanbeverysimple:"Wecannolongercommunicatewitheachotherverywell"orsimply"I'vegottenboredwithhimorher."Inspiteofthedrawbacksofmarriagesbasedonloveandtheoccasionalsuccessesofarrangedmarriages,itisobvioustoallthattheformeraremoreinconformitywithhumannature.Thetraditionalpracticeofarrangedmarriagesshouldnotberestored. Personally,Ithinkagirlshouldnotmarrysomeonewhoistoooldortooyoungforher.Withawideagegap,acouplemaybephysicallyincompatible,andtheirwaysofthinkingmaydifferlargelyfromeachother.ButIwillnotgosofarastoclaimthatmarriageswithawideagegapwillallfail.Wecanfindmanyperfectmatchesbetweenayounggirlandamiddle-agedman.Dr.SunYat-senandMadamSongQingling,andthefamouswriterLuXunandhisyoungwifeXuGuangpingaregoodexamples.Ontheotherhand,casesofamiddle-agedwomanmarryingamuchyoungermanseemtoberare.Probablysuchunionsarelesssociallyacceptableandthecouplehastofacegreatersocialprejudice.Generally,wewoulddowelltofollownature,andagirlshouldselectherspousefromamongpeopleclosetoherownage.Thiswillpreventmanyunnecessarydifficulties. Inthepast,thenormalpatternwasthatmenworked,whilewomendidnot.Thus,itwasnaturalformentopay.Thingshavechanged.AfterthefoundingofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,manyfemales,ifnotall,wentouttowork.Thewomen'sliberationmovementintheUnitedStatesinthe1960salsoachievedacertainlevelofequalitybetweenmenandwomen.So,itisnaturalthatsomegirlsnolongerwantmentopickupthech