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ChoosingaSpouse

Ifyouareyoungandunmarried,youmusthaveinyourmindtheimageofanidealhusbandorwife.Mostyoungpeopleliketoindulgeinfantasies,andyourimagemayta.ketheformofacertainfamousfilmstarorpopsinger.Butifyouareofapracticalturnofmind;

your"

ideal"

wouldbemoredowntoearth,andyour"

image"

wouldbemodelledafterwhatyouseearoundyou.Thoughimagesdonotalwayscoincidewithrealities（forafterall,anidealisanideal）,itisneverthelessaninterestingsubjectforstudy,forittellsuswhattheyoungpeopleexpectfromthepresentsociety.

Dr.LiYinheoftheSociologicalInstituteofBeijingUniversityhasmadeastudyofacertainamountofmatrimonialadvertisements,andhefoundthatthepresentgenerationofChinaputgreatemphasison,inorderofimportance,

（1）age,

（2）height,（3）educationasthethreemostimportantstandardsinchoosingaspouse.Nextcomes（4）characterandtemperament,（5）profession,（6）maritalstatusandpersonalhistory,（7）appearanceand（8）health.

SuchorderofemphasisispeculiarlyChinese.Otherconditionssuchasreligion,raceandlove,soimportanttopeopleofothernationsarecompletelymissinginDr.Li,slist.ManyforeignscholarsarealsointerestedintheChineseideaofanidealspouseandtheyjustcan'

tunderstandwhytheChinesemenespeciallysetsomuchstoreby"

age"

whentheychooseaspouse.Amanofoverfortywouldwantawomanunderthirtyandamanofthirtywouldwanthisfuturespousetobeundertwenty-five.Onepossibleexplanationisthatyouthisalmostsynonymouswithbeauty.Atleastthetwowordsyoungandbeautifulalwaysgotogether.TheChinesepeoplehavenotyetdiscoveredmaturebeauty.

HeightdefinitelyisuniquelyChineseinplayingsuchanimportantrolewhenpeoplechooseaspouse.Tobeeligibleamanhastobeatleast1.70m.inheight.Itissaidthattoachoosygirl,anymanunder1.70m.isconsideredasemiinvalid!

Sofarnoonehasofferedasatisfactoryexplanationtosuchastrangephenomenon.

Astothethirdimportantcondition,thatofeducationallevel,peoplefinditapuzzletoo,becauseinpresentdayChinaeducationdoesn'

tgiveyouhighsocialstatus,nordoesitbringyougoodpay.Yetbothsexessetagreatstorebyit.Thethingtonoticeisthatamanwithauniversityeducationiscontenttohaveawifewithseniormiddleschooleducationwhileawomanwithauniversityeducationwouldneverconsideramanwithonlyaseniormiddleschooleducation:

Herhusbandhastobeatleastauniversitygraduatetoo,preferablysomeonewithapost-graduatedegree.

Whatconclusioncancanwedrawfromallthis?

Ithinkthatinseekingahusbandorwife,weChinesehavenotyetfreedourselvesfromourfeudaltraditionofarrangedmarriages.Insteadofhavingourmarriagesarrangedbyourparents,wenowarrangeourownmarriages.Intheolddaysstresswasputonequalsocialandeconomicstatusofthetwofamilies,whichwasconsideredaconditionofagoodmatch.

Nowlovemarriagesboil4downtomoreorlessthesamething,exceptthatstressisnolongerplacedontheconditionofthetwofamilies,butonthetwoindividualsthemselves.Andconditionsvarywiththetrendofthetimes.NotsolongagoitwasPartymembershipthatwasallimportant.AgirlwhowasaPartymemberwouldnotbesatisfiedwithamanwhowasonlyaLeaguemember.HehadtobeatleastaPartymember,andpreferablyaPartymemberwitharesponsibleposition.

Inessencewearestillsellingourselvestothehighesthidder.Toputitanotherway:

Wearestilltryingtogetthebestbargainwithwhatcapitaiwehave.Isitsomuchdifferentfromtheoldmercenarymarriage?

II.Read

Readthefollowingpassages.Underlinetheimportantviewpointswhilereading.

1.HusbandandWifebyArrangement.

YoshioandHiromiTanakaareayoungJapanesecouplelivingintheUSAwhilehestudieselectricalengineering.Theyclearlyloveeachotherverydeeply,but,saysYoshio,"

Wedidn'

tmarryforloveintheWesternsense.Wegotmarriedinthetime-ItcanouredJapaneseway.Ourparentsarrangedourmarriagethroughamatchmaker.lnJapanwebelievethatmarriageissomethingthataffectsthewholefamily;

notjusttbeyoungcoupleconcerned.

Sowethinkitisveryimportanttomatchpeopleaccordingtotheirsocialbackground,educationandsoon.Matchmakersareusuallymiddle-agedwomenwhokeeplistsofsuitableyoungpeoplewithinformationabouttheirfamilies,educationandinterests.Whenourparentsthoughtitwastimeforustogetmarriedtheywenttoalocalmatchmakerandaskedherforsomesuggestions.We