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Writer's pictureCiiindy English

[Topic] The Future of Marriage

Have you thought about getting married? What do you think it will be like?

I think it is very different than our parents' generation. People are getting married much later than the older generation. Why is that?


Traditional values of marriage ties down women in modern society. Often times, they want to pursue their career more than marrying early to have children and take care of the family.


Check out these idioms related to marriage below:



Here are some funny marriage advice:

  • Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right (aka the wife) and the other is the husband.

  • Marriage is the bond between a person who never remembers anniversaries and another who never forgets them.

  • If you want to be happy with a man, love him less and try to understand him more. If you want to be happy with a woman, love her more, and don't try to understand her.

  • If you’re wrong and you shut up, you’re wise. If you’re right and you shut up, you’re married.

  • Marriage is a workshop, where the husband works and the wife shops.


Now, let's practice listening!


Listen to the BBC Talk on The Future of Marriage

  1. What is the talk about?

  2. What do you think about marriage? Why do people get married?

  3. Year on year there are fewer couples getting married in the UK, do you think it is the same in Taiwan? Why?

  4. Marriage has a stabilizing effect on society. Do you agree?

  5. According to the UK’s Office for National Statistics, how many opposite-sex marriages were there in 2015?: a) 239,000 b) 309,000 c) 339,000

  6. What do you think about the idea of commitment? Is it important to you? Why or why not?

  7. What words are new to you? Make your own sentence.


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