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Unit2

TheNewSingles

CarlaPower

IncreasingnumbersofNorthernEuropeansarechoosingtolivealone

新单身族

卡拉鲍威尔

越来越多的北欧人选择单身生活

1.Youknowthetype.EleanorRigby,whopicksupthericeinthechurchwherethe

weddinghasbeen.AustinPowers,proudownerofaLavalamp,lushchesthairand

anequal-opportunitylibido.BridgetJones,ofthewobblyegoandmuch-watched

answeringmachine.TheSingle,longastockfigureinstories,songsandpersonal

ads,wastraditionallysomeoneatthemarginsofsociety:afigureoffun,pityorawe.

1.你知道他们是这样的人：在举行过婚礼的教堂里捡大米的埃莉诺雷格比；胸毛浓密、性

欲旺盛、以拥有熔岩灯而感自豪的奥斯丁鲍威尔斯；个人意识模糊不清、总是期待录音电

话响起的布里奇特琼斯。这些单身人士过去一直是故事、歌曲和个人广告中的常见人物，

传统上这些人处在社会的边缘：滑稽有趣、让人怜悯或令人敬畏。

2.Thosedaysaregone.Intheplaceofwitheredspinstersandbachelorsarepeople

likeElizabethdeKergorlay,a29-year-oldParisianbankerwhoviewsher

independenceandherownapartmentasthespoilsofprofessionalsuccess.

ScootingaroundParisinherGolfGTI,onehandonthewheelandtheother

clutchinghercellphone,deKergorlaypausesbetweencallstoraveaboutlifealone.

“I’mnotantisocial,”shesays.“Ilovepeople.Butlivingalonegivesmethetime

andspaceforself-reflection.I’vegotthechoiceandtheprivacytogrowasa

humanbeing.”

2.那些日子已经一去不复返了。现在的单身族不再像过去那些面容枯槁的老处女和鳏夫，

而是像伊丽莎白克尔戈莱这样的人。伊丽莎白克尔戈莱是个29岁的巴黎银行家，她把拥

有独立生活和自己的公寓看成是事业成功的结果。她开着漂亮的德国GolfGTI牌小汽车快

速地在巴黎兜着风，一手扶着方向盘，另一手抓着手机，在打电话的间歇中热情洋溢地谈论

着单身生活。她说：“我不厌恶社交，我喜欢与人交往。但是独自生活使我有时间和空间自

我反省。我作为一个人有权选择并不受干扰地成长。”

3.Asthesageswouldsay,weareallultimatelyalone.Butanincreasingnumberof

Europeansarechoosingtobesoataneverearlierage.Thisisn’tthestuffof

gloomyphilosophicalmeditations,butafactofEuropesneweconomiclandscape,

embracedbydemographers,real-estatedevelopersandadexecutivesalike.The

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