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1、Unit5TextWhyMarriagesFailbyAnneRoipheBackgroundInformation1.AbouttheAuthorAnneRoiphe(bornDecember25,1935)isanAmericanwriterandjournalist.Sheisbest-knownasafirst-generationfeminist,andauthorofthenovelUpTheSandbox(1970)《沙坑之上》,whichwasfilmedasastarringvehicleforBarbraStreisand
2、in1972.In1996,Saloncalledthebook"afeministclassic."AnneRoiphehaspublishedseveralworksincludingthisarticlewritteninFamilyWeeklymagazine.2.BertrandRussell’sideaabouthappinessinmarriageBertrandRussellstatedinhisbook"Marriage"thatitisthereforepossibleforacivilizedmanandawomanto
3、behappyinmarriage,althoughifthisistobethecaseanumberofconditionsmustbefulfilled.Theremustbeafeelingofcompleteequalityonbothsides;theremustbenointerferencewithmutualfreedom;theremustbethemostcompletephysicalandmentalintimacy;andtheremustbeacertainsimilarityinregardtostandard
4、sofvalues.(Itisfatal,forexample,ifonevaluesonlymoneywhiletheothervaluesonlygoodwork.)Givenalltheseconditions,Ibelievemarriagetobethebestandmostimportantrelationthatcanexistbetweentwohumanbeings.Ifithasnotoftenbeenrealizedhitherto,thatischieflybecausehusbandandwifehavenottru
5、stedeachother.Ifmarriageistoachieveitspossibilities,husbandsandwivesmustlearntounderstandthatwhateverthelawmaysay,intheirprivatelivestheymustbefree.3.Whatexperiencesorassumptiondoyouhaveaboutfailedmarriage?Ibelievethatsomepeoplegetmarriedforlove,someforlust,someforstatus,so
6、meformoney,someforsecurity,someforconvenience,sometohavechildren,somelookingforparentalguidance,someforbusinessreasonsetc.Andifthatistrue,whyisitthateveryonewhogetsmarriedexpectsadherencetothesamestandardsasfarasfidelityisconcerned?Theexpectationseemstobethateveryonegetsmar
7、riedforpassionate,romanticloveandfidelityisthehighestvalueofmarriage.LanguagePoints1.Para.[1]“Sacredvows”:arethepromises—religiousandsecular—thataremadeduringthemarriageceremony.Amongtheseare“toloveandhonortilldeathdouspart,”sopresumablythecouplewilllivehappilyeverafter,asi
8、nafairytale.Thesearetime-honoredexpressions,almostclichés;theymaybecomeobsoleteift
