French lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage despite protests from conservative opponents. The nation's lower house approved a marriage bill, which will also give same-sex couples the right to adopt. However, opponents, including the UMP

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: I believe marriage is an institution worth pursuing and protecting. 结婚就像合开一家公司,需要双方去经营和维护 So I hope you'll use the information I've given you today to we

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Marriage is forever. Until death do us part. At least thats what people promise at the altar when they say I do. World Marriage Day (WMD) is celebrated on the second Sunday in February. It is for people to think about their marriage and perhaps renew

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Part 1 Before the Wedding 结婚准备 Dialogue Script 对话原文 Nancy: Have you heard about Dana? Scott: No, I haven't talked to her for a couple of months. How are things with her? Nancy: Well, she is just so-so right now. She had a little accident las

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US Supreme Court Considers Gay Marriage A huge crowd both for and against gay marriage swarmed outside the Supreme Court, eager to take part in what may turn out to be a pivotal moment in the struggle for equal rights for gay Americans. At issue is C

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Chapter 45 Love and Marriage第45章 恋爱与婚姻David: So please tell me what you think about love and marriage in China? 你怎么看待中国人的爱情和婚姻? You: I think love and marriage is very traditional in China. People who have k

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Annulling a Marriage Courtney: Did you hear? Kate and Christopher are trying to annul their marriage. Ray: What?! Theyve only been married for two months! What brought this on? Courtney: I have no idea. Neither of them is underage or bigamists and th

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Toni / Mozambique speaker I think people should live together because by living together, you tend to find out, like the qualities in the partner that you want. And before marriage, it's important to confirm those qualities by living together. Antoin

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Coming to Grips with Gay Marriage 同性恋行不行? Gay marriage has been hotly debated in the news lately. While several countries have some form of gay marriage on the books, the Netherlands recently became the first country to give same-sex co

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IN THE NEWS - Obama's Decision to Support Same-Sex Marriage 新闻报道 - 奥巴马宣布支持同性婚姻 成为首位公开支持的在任总统 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This wee

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Several US States to Let Voters Decide Same-Sex Marriage DeRionne Pollard and Robyn Jones are raising their six-year-old son Myles like other families in a loving home environment. They have been a couple for 23 years and wed in California three year

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Indian Girls Rise Up Against Child Marriage Bitika Das is concentrating on her school work. The 16-year-old girl from a small village in West Bengal state knows this opportunity to study is one that was nearly lost two years ago when her parents arra

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US Supreme Court to Consider Same-Sex Marriage Same-sex couples are getting marriage licenses in Washington state, where voters approved gay marriage in November. But their unions are not federally-recognized. That could change, thanks to Edie Windso

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Washington Week: Focus on Immigration, Same-Sex Marriage A proposal to dramatically boost U.S. border security could be the key to unlocking bipartisan support needed to pass comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate. Democrat Charles Schumer sa

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Why Child Marriage Persists In Mexico ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The world has made huge strides in ending child marriage over the past few decades. Back in the 1980s, 1 of every 3 young women were married as teenagers worldwide. Today, it's fewer than 1 in

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. In Romania, an effort to ban same-sex marriage has failed. This was a two day referendum that would've changed the constitution in this socially conservative country in the European Union. But not enough voters showed u

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The report shows the current average age at which Chinese people get married remains at 26. About 75 percent of men got married between the ages of 25 and 34, while more than 90 per cent of women found their husbands before turning 30 years old. Clos

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Adria: So New Mexico like you said, it's pretty conservative. What are the gay marriage laws or are there any gay marriage laws in New Mexico? Shiloh: Well it's illegal in the state of New Mexico to receive a gay marriage. You can't receive a marriag

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Katia: Hey, Enam, I've heard that in Bangladesh there are still arranged marriages. Is that true? Enam: Yes, it is true. We still have arranged marriages but the number of arranged marriages are declining these days because students, or even you can

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Todd: So, Mark, um, you mentioned that your wife is Japanese. Mark: Thats right. Todd: Ok, and how long have you been married? Mark: We finally got married in April of 1998 but it took us a while to get to that stage. Todd: Ok, well,whats it like bei

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