茶壶配茶盖-- Every Jack has his Jill

Every Jack has his Jill 人人皆有妻可娶1.A: Do you think marriages based on love are more successful than arranged marriage?(你认为建立在爱情上的婚姻比包办婚姻更成功吗？)
B: Generally speaking, marriages based on love are more successful than arranged marriages. In its long history, China has witnessed many tragic events arising from arranged marriage. However, we should not go to extremes and claim that all arranged marriages are failures. After all, in the past 2000-plus years, most of the arranged marriages did survive, and some of the couples did develop real love after their marriage.（总的来说，前者比后者更加成功。长久以来，中国见证了多少包办婚姻引起的悲剧。然而，我们不能走极端，而且认为所有的包办婚姻都是失败的。毕竟，在过去的两千多年里，大多数的包办婚姻存活下来，而且许多夫妻在婚后的确培养出感情。）
2.A: Do you think a girl should marry someone who is much older or younger than she is?（你如何看待一个年轻女孩嫁给比她年长或年幼的男人？）
B: Personally, I think a girl should not marry someone who is too old or too young for her. With a wide age gap, a couple may be physically incompatible, and their ways of thinking may differ largely from each other. But I will not go so far as to claim that marriages with a wide age gap will all fail. We find many perfect matches between a young girl and a middle-age man. Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Madam Dong Qingling, and the famous writer Lu Xun and his young wife Xu Guanping are good examples.（我个人认为，女孩子不应该嫁给比他年长或年幼太多的人。由于两人年龄的较大差异，可能夫妻俩从生理上就不够和谐。同时，他们的思维方式也存在很大差异。但是，我不能一概而论，有年龄差异的婚姻就注定会失败。我们可以看到许多年轻女孩和中年男士结婚的佳偶，如孙中山先生和宋庆龄女士，在比如著名作家鲁迅和许贯平）
3.A: Do you think a girl should share the expenses or let the boy pay the bill?（你认为女士应该同男士共同付账，还是由男士一人承担？）
B: In the past, the normal pattern was that men worked, while women did not. Thus, it was natural for men to pay. Things have changed now. A certain level of equality between men and women has achieved, so it is natural that some girls no longer want men to pick up the check. Instead, they prefer to share or “Go Dutch.” to show that they are equal to males.（在过去，通常是男人工作，女人没有工作。因此，男人买单自然而然。而现今世事不同于从前，男女在一定程度上达到了平等，女人不让男人掏腰包也是很自然得事情。相反，他们选择AA, 以示平等。）
4.A: What do you know about wedding ceremonies in China?（你对中国的婚礼了解多少？）
B: Wedding ceremonies vary from family to family, but a typical Chinese wedding is an elaborate affair. Many Chinese believe that marriage is a major event in life, and they choose to spend a lot of money to celebrate it. Usually, the couple invites a large number of guests, who are seated at ten or more dinning tables. The bride and the groom toast each other. In the past the food itself was the main part of the wedding ceremony and some hungry guests made pigs of themselves. But with economic development, people’s living standards have improved a great deal. Food is no longer so important. Now the essential element is a happy atmosphere. The parents of the couple may give speeches to express thanks to each other and guests. After the feast, guests may visit the couple’s new apartment, when they tend to make a lot of noise to increase the jubilant atmosphere.（婚礼因家庭而异，但典型的中国婚礼是一件很繁琐的事。许多中国人认为结婚是人生的大事，因此他们选择花费大量钱来庆祝。通常，夫妻俩会邀请许多客人，他们十个或更多围坐在餐桌前。新郎和新娘为他们敬酒。在过去，食物是婚礼的主要组成部分之一，许多饥饿的食客纷沓而来，吃不饱决不走。但随着经济得发展，人们生活水平的改善，食物不那么重要了。现在最重要的是快乐的气氛。新郎和新娘的父母会向客人致谢。喜筵结束后，客人会参观新人的洞房，并制造造音增加高兴的气氛。）