首页
登录
职称英语
These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, "meet and look. " Man
These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, "meet and look. " Man
游客
2024-10-19
18
管理
问题
These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, "meet and look. " Many of them do so willingly. In today’s prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon , or arranged marriage, is thriving.
But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn’t reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middlernan. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren’ai kekkon , or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.
But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn’t necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. "Today’s young people are quite calculating," says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.
What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country’s history, the "Japanization" of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new orniai in which both parties are free to reject the match. "Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction," Mrs. Akiyama says.
Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age—in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for men—they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40% of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It’s hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, describe their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.
These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighborhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful match would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it’s less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.
Japan has about five hundred computer matching services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a typical commercial service, an applicant pays $80 to $ 125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for two years and $ 200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies, and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent first daughthers, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents. ) [br] According to the passage, the figure 40% (Paragraph Five) is uncertain because______.
选项
A、there has been a big increase in the number of arranged marriages
B、Western love marriage still remains popular among young Japanese
C、young Japanese start dating very early in their life in a Western tradition
D、the tendency for arranged marriages could be stronger than is indicated
答案
D
解析
理解题。第五段最后一句说道,因为很多受访的日本年轻夫妇把由家庭安排的婚姻也认作恋爱婚姻,所以研究人员认为这一数据并不准确,即年轻人对新式的由社会安排的婚姻的接受度比实际显示的调查结果要大,故选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3808062.html
相关试题推荐
ChrisStevenshasliterallywrittenabook.It’scalledAppillionaires:Secr
ChrisStevenshasliterallywrittenabook.It’scalledAppillionaires:Secr
ChrisStevenshasliterallywrittenabook.It’scalledAppillionaires:Secr
ChrisStevenshasliterallywrittenabook.It’scalledAppillionaires:Secr
ThesedayslotsofyoungJapanesedoomiai,literally,"meetandlook."Man
ThesedayslotsofyoungJapanesedoomiai,literally,"meetandlook."Man
ThesedayslotsofyoungJapanesedoomiai,literally,"meetandlook."Man
Shehurtmyfeelings______ratherthanbyaccident.A、virtuallyB、literallyC、deli
Accordingtothenews,Japaneseteenagewomen______.[originaltext]"Japanes
Wheneverpossible,Ina______howwellhespeaksJapanese.A、showsupB、showsaro
随机试题
下列哪种药物不适用于妇科腹腔镜检查的麻醉A.丙泊酚 B.异氟烷 C.依托咪酯
某地夏季炎热,冬季温暖且雨量充沛,则该地气候分区可划分为()。A.1-3-2
( )建立全国“旅游不文明行为记录”。单选A.国务院旅游主管部门 B.国务院文
下面谱例出自黎英海1975年的一首钢琴作品。其旋律取材于哪一首古曲( )A.《
治疗胎动不安,肝肾不足之痹痛的药物是A.独活 B.威灵仙 C.鸡血藤 D.
用于一般眼底检查的药物是A.后马托品 B.毛果芸香碱 C.哌仑西平 D.美
动火工作完毕后,动火执行人、消防监护人、动火工作负责人和运维许可人应检查现场有无
义务教育的基本内涵是:国家与社会有义务确保全体适龄儿童接受法定年限的学校教育、
下列关于球形红细胞的叙述,正确的是A.变形能力增大 B.脆性增大 C.沉降率
根据我国《公司法》规定,设立股份公司,关于其发起人的国籍和住所的限制表述正确的是
最新回复
(
0
)