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Unit 1 Relationships 3 異性關系
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: 對年輕人未婚同居持肯定態度。同居，不僅使兩個人對彼此的生活習慣有所適應，更包含著對彼此更深刻的認識。因為同居，雙方可以充分觀察對方。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。
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，慢慢地兩個人都能感覺到和他（她）在一起會不會幸福。結尾的“打鼾”和“三百雙鞋子”非常生動。
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對未婚同居這一現象持反對態度。認為未婚同居給女性造成傷害，不利于孩子的成長教育并有違社會傳統觀念。
2. Do you believe that marriage is romantic in itself but it will perish someday in the future?
