Unit 1 Relationships 3

1.Is it acceptable for couples to live together without marriage registration? What is your opinion?

Candidate 1: Nowadays, it's very common to see young couples who live together without marriage registration. They just rent a small apartment, furnish it with simple things and move in to have their special life. Perhaps different couples choose this way of life just for reasons known to themselves. I don't know, but I can understand and accept it. I have good reasons to believe that for some young couples living together without marriage registration is the right thing to do. I can list my reasons as follows.
Firstly, we can see that in our society it's a sad but true fact that divorce rate is on the rise. Young people's high expectation from each other and tendency to make rush decisions always lead to marriage failures. When they are in love, they are often blind to other things and quickly get married. However, sometimes love may be just a temporary passion. So when the passion is gone, the marriage is over. If people can live together and spend more time getting more knowledge about each other, the sad thing can be avoided. They can find the good thingd from their lovers and they will finally recognize that esteem and admiration are more important than passion. Therefore, they are really love matches and the unity of body and soul can last forever.
Secondly, marriage registration is just a form and when it comes to marriage, things seem to become complicated. Young couples like to live simple life and they don't want to be tied up. You can imagine if two persons get married, how many things they would do. They are likely to buy a new house expensively furnished, raise a baby and let him or her get the best education and also look after four old parents. They can't be absorbed in their work and some poor girls have to give up their work for the family.
Thirdly, as we all know, our country is facing a population explosion and the UN is investigating new methods of population control. In my view, young couples living together without marriage registration are not likely to be ready to raise a baby. That may do something good for our birth control policy.
All in all, living together without marriage registration is fashionable and it's also a good thing for ourselves, for the society and for our country.
Candidate 1: 對(duì)年輕人未婚同居持肯定態(tài)度。同居，不僅使兩個(gè)人對(duì)彼此的生活習(xí)慣有所適應(yīng)，更包含著對(duì)彼此更深刻的認(rèn)識(shí)。因?yàn)橥樱p方可以充分觀察對(duì)方。另外，這一行為也可以讓年輕人更全身心地投入工作，有利于控制人口的過快的增長(zhǎng)。

Candidate 2: These days this practice is becoming more and more acceptable to our society. I think it's good idea for couples to try to live together before they get moarried, because you can learn a lot more about someone when you are living together.A lot of married couples didn't know about each other's living habits until they are married. And that has caused a lot of problems and frictions between couples. And after people fall in love with each other, they usually try to show only their good sides. So why not try living with someone before you decide to spend the rest of your life with him/her? Maybe you'll find out that you can't sleep because he snores too much, or he can't live with your three-hundred pairs of shoes. You won't know until you've tried it.
Candidate 2: 同樣是贊同年輕人未婚同居，認(rèn)為同居的過程本身就是男女雙方相互了解、磨合的過程，慢慢地兩個(gè)人都能感覺到和他（她）在一起會(huì)不會(huì)幸福。結(jié)尾的“打鼾”和“三百雙鞋子”非常生動(dòng)。

Candidate 3: At present, it is universal that couples live together without marriage registration. And most people think that is understandable. But I insist that it has a series of defects if couples live together without marriage registration.
Firstly, if couples live together without marriage registration, most women would choose abortion when they are pregnant. But abortion would do harm to the women physically and psychologically.Secondly, if a woman is pregnant and then gives birth to a baby, the child wouldn't get better education in the future.Thirdly, living together without marriage registration comes into conflict with our traditional moral values.
Candidate 3對(duì)未婚同居這一現(xiàn)象持反對(duì)態(tài)度。認(rèn)為未婚同居給女性造成傷害，不利于孩子的成長(zhǎng)教育并有違社會(huì)傳統(tǒng)觀念。

2. Do you believe that marriage is romantic in itself but it will perish someday in the future?

Candidate 1: Marriage, which is full of vitality, is one of the most beautiful and romantic affairs in the world, though nowadays it seems more and more realistic. However, I'm convinced that it will last permanently until human begins die out on love can be manifested in the fact that love, which makes our world more peaceful, is the foundation of the society. When two persons fall in love and want to look after each other for the whole life, marriage is the best choice they could make. As the music plays, they swear to the God that they will help each other regardless of being happy or sad, healthy or ill. Such a beautiful thing of course won't disappear in the future, and I'm sure it will be more colorful as time passes by.
vitality n. 活力，生氣；生命力，生動(dòng)性
essence 實(shí)質(zhì)，本質(zhì)
permanently 永久地
regardless of 不顧，不管
Candidate 1認(rèn)為只要有婚姻就很美妙，而且會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)會(huì)存在。在存在的理由的解釋中突出愛是社會(huì)基石，也是婚姻的基石。

Candidate 2: In my view, marriage is a romantic business, and it will never disappear no matter how the society changes. For most people, marriage is one of the most important occasions in their life. It's a precious opportunity for the couples to share joy with all of their prays and blessings. The scene of that day will become the lovers' lifelong memory. However, marriage, in fact, is more than the wedding ceremony and the marriage certificate. It represents trust, loyalty, and support. It symbolozes that the couple are willing to spend the rest of their life with each other. It symbolizes that the seeds of their love have blossomed. Maybe the form of wedding will change a lot, but the motif of the marriage shall never perish.
注意最后的排比句，很好。