戀愛與婚姻

David：So please tell me what you think about love and marriage in China? 你怎么看待中國人的愛情和婚姻?

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.

我覺得中國人在愛情和婚姻方面十分傳統。人們彼此了解一段時間以后才會結婚。而在一些國家，人們不結婚也可以住在一起。

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. 對。美國人對愛情和婚姻的理解源自現代觀念;我覺得在中國古代，人們沒有選擇婚姻的自由。

You：因為那時候，青年男女很少有機會交流。

David：Very difficult to know each other? Why?很難相互了解?為什么?

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. 7 a7 q7 K7 z. s% K因為有規定。男孩和女孩是不能單獨約會的。如果有約會的話，都會由侍女陪同。女孩子應該規規矩矩呆在家里并學會怎樣做一個好妻子，而她的婚姻是由父母包辦的。

David：Arranged marriages?包辦婚姻?

You：是的。Yeah.

David：But now people have more choice in who they get married to.但現在人們有婚姻自由了。

You：確實是這樣的。但我覺得要找一個稱心如意的對象是很難的。Yeah, but I have a feeling that it’s really hard to find a good spouse..