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IV Debating and Discussing IV 6 Marriage, Love and Age Everyday English Topic sentence for today: it is supposed to be. Jeff: Would you ever get a divorce? 你会离婚吗？Joan: I would do everything I could to avoid divorcing the man I married. 我会去做任何我可以做的事，避免和我结婚的男人离婚。Jeff: But if he was not good to you, would you go to see a lawyer to divorce? 但是，如果他对你不好，你会去找律师离婚吗？Joan: If he really treated me badly and if I thought about my actions very carefully, then I would. 如果他真的对我不好，而且我很仔细考虑了我的做法，我会去做的。Jeff: You are a very mature woman Joan. 你是一个很成熟的女人，琼。Joan: I take marriage very seriously Jeff. When you say “I do” to a man, it is supposed to be for life. 我对待婚姻很严肃，杰夫。如果你对一个男人说“我愿意”，这就意味一生一世。Jeff: Will you marry me Joan? 你愿意嫁给我吗，琼？Joan: I will not! You are a good friend, but I think you would be an immature husband. 我不愿意！你是一个好朋友，不过我觉得你不是一个成熟的丈夫。In-put text for speaking Read the following passage Underline the key words while reading Choosing a Spouse If you are young and unmarried, you must have in your mind the image of an ideal husband or wife. Most young people like to indulge in fantasies, and your image may take the form of a certain famous film star or pop singer. But if you are of a practical turn of mind; your “ideal” would be more down to earth, and your “image” would be modeled after what you see around you. Though images do not always coincide with realities (for after all, an ideal is an ideal), it is nevertheless an interesting subject for study, for it tells us what the young people expect from the present society. Dr. Li Yinhe of the Sociological Institute of Beijing University has made a study of a certain amount of matrimonial advertisements, and he found that the present generation of China put great emphasis on, in order of importance, (1) age, (2) height, (3) education as the three most important standards in choosing a spouse. Next comes (4) character and temperament, (5) profession, (6) marital status and p