亚洲结婚率下降亚洲人孤独的心讲述.PDFVIP

新东方 《考研英语历年真题详解及复习指南》同源精读 『亚洲女性拒绝婚姻，这种现象有严肃的社会含意。』 The decline of Asian marriage：Asias lonely hearts 亚洲结婚率下降：亚洲人孤独的心 Aug 20th 2011 | from The Economist TWENTY years ago a debate erupted about whether there were specific “Asian values”. Most attention focused on dubious claims by autocrats 1 that democracy was not 2 among them. But a more intriguing , if less noticed, argument was that traditional family values were stronger in Asia than in America and Europe, and that this partly accounted for3 Asia’s economic success. In the words of Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore and a keen advocate of Asian values, the Chinese family encouraged “scholarship and hard work and thrift 4 and deferment 5 of present enjoyment for future gain”. On the face of it his claim appears persuasive still. In most of Asia, marriage is widespread and illegitimacy6 almost unknown. In contrast, half of marriages in some 7 Western countries end in divorce, and half of all children are born outside wedlock . Yet marriage is changing fast in East, South-East and South Asia, even though each region has different traditions. The changes are different from those that took place in the West in the second half of the 20th century. Divorce, though rising in some countries, remains comparatively rare. What’s happening in Asia is a flight8 from marriage. 9 Marriage