世界節(jié)假日博覽 第23期:世界結(jié)婚日

　　Marriage is forever. “Until death do us part”. At least that’s 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 peopleto think about their marriage and perhaps renew their own vows of faithfulness and love. It is quite surprising this day does not have a higher profile in the world. After all, marriage is perhaps the most important social bond in our lives. The WMD website says: “World Marriage Day honors husband and wife as head of the family, the basic unit of society. It salutes the beauty of their faithfulness, sacrifice and joy indaily married life.” In 1993, Pope John Paul II gave his support for WMD. It continues to grow every year.

　　婚姻意味著永恒。至死不渝。在“我愿意”之前，人們會在教堂加上這幾句承諾。世界結(jié)婚日會在二月的第二個星期日慶祝。人們會在這一天對自己的婚姻進行反思，或許會重新確定自己對承諾和愛的誓言。但是，世界結(jié)婚日并沒有受到全世界的更高關(guān)注，這不禁讓人們非常驚訝。畢竟，結(jié)婚或許是我們生活中重要的社會紐帶。世界結(jié)婚日官網(wǎng)稱：“世界結(jié)婚日認為丈夫和妻子是家庭的頂梁柱，同樣，也是最基本的社會單元。它也向婚姻中的忠誠、犧牲以及快樂致敬。1993年，教皇保羅二世支持世界結(jié)婚日。該節(jié)日每年都在不斷成長。

　　Marriage is under threat today. More and more marriages are ending in divorce and many couples are choosing not to marry at all. In the developed world, people are leaving it later and later to marry, or are deciding to stay single. So why do people get married? They want to show their lifelong commitment to the partner they love or they believe children should have married parents. For most people, it is the natural thing to do. One rather strange reason people often give for getting married is financial security. There areso many different and difficult issues surrounding marriage. Societies are still wondering what to do about same sex marriages and in some countries, polygamous marriages. I suppose every marriage is different.

　　如今，婚姻正在面臨威脅。越來越多的人選擇離婚，還有一些人選擇不結(jié)婚。在發(fā)達國家，人們選擇晚婚，或者是選擇單身。所以，人們?yōu)槭裁匆Y(jié)婚呢?他們希望展現(xiàn)對婚姻的忠誠，或是他們相信孩子應(yīng)該擁有父母。對于大多數(shù)人來說，這是人的本性。還有一些奇怪的原因是希望在經(jīng)濟上得到保障。婚姻會產(chǎn)生許多與眾不同的問題和難以解答的困難。社會正在解決同性婚姻問題，在許多國家還允許一夫多妻制。我認為每一個婚姻都是不同的。

本篇內(nèi)容翻譯來自可可英語網(wǎng)。