中国剩女 在传统与变革中艰难寻爱.docVIP

中国剩女: 在传统与变革中艰难寻爱 难度：容易 作者：沪江英语 来源：路透社 评论：5 Xu Jiajie has gone on countless blind dates and to numerous match-making events over the past five years in search of a husband. 在过去5年中，许佳洁（音译）为找到好一位丈夫参加了无数次相亲和婚恋活动。 At 31, the baby-faced office worker from Shanghai is under enormous pressure from family and friends to get married. But the right man is hard to find, she says, a big issue for urban, educated and well-paid Chinese women in a society where the husbands social status is traditionally above the wifes. 这位来自上海的上班族虽然已经31岁，却还是一张娃娃脸。谈到结婚问题，她表示正处于亲友的巨大压力之下。但许小姐说，传统的中国家庭中，丈夫的社会地位要高于妻子。对于高教育程度、高收入的城市女性来说，找到合适的男人实在太难了。 My parents have introduced every bachelor they know, said Xu, who earns double the average wage in Shanghai. Half of the bachelors I met are quiet and never go out. Outgoing men dont need blind dates. 许小姐的工资是上海市民平均收入的两倍，她说：“我的父母把他们认识的单身男子全都介绍给我，但在我见过面的单身汉中，有一半人十分内向，很少出门。常出门聚会的人不需要相亲。” As couples celebrate the Qixi festival on Tuesday, the Chinese equivalent of Valentines Day, Xu and millions of women like her face HYPERLINK /w/starkstark choices as long-held ideas about HYPERLINK /w/matrimonialmatrimonial hierarchy run up against economic and social changes sweeping the worlds most populous country. 当一对对恋人周二欢度中国“七夕”情人节时，数以百万计的女性却和许小姐一样面临着艰难抉择。在这个全球人口最多的国家中，长久沿袭的婚姻等级制度正遭遇到席卷全国的经济社会剧变。 The term shengnu - directly translated as leftover women - was coined to refer to professional women who have not married by their late 20s. 社会上还流传着“剩女”一词，指的是那些将近30岁还没结婚的职业女性。 Chinese people often think males should be higher in a relationship in every sense, including height, age, education and salary, Ni Lin, who hosts a popular match-making television show in Shanghai, told Reuters. 上海电视台著名相亲节目主持人倪琳告诉路透社记者：“中国人总认为在婚姻关系中，男性处处都要高女性一筹，包括身高、年龄、教育水平和工资收入。” This leads to a phenomenon in which A-grade men marry B-grade women, B-grade men marry C-grade women and C-grade men marry D-grade women. Only A-grade women and D-grade men cant find partners. “这导致一等男人娶二等女人，二等男人娶三等女人，三