跨国婚姻 Cross-Cultural Marriage

随着suízhe全球化quánqiúhuà的de发展fāzhǎn，跨国kuàguó婚姻hūnyīn在zài中国Zhōngguó变得biàn de越来越yuèláiyuè常见chángjiàn。

With the advance of globalization, cross-national marriages have become more and more common in China.

我wǒ的de好hǎo朋友péngyou小雨Xiǎoyǔ嫁给jià gěi了le一位yí wèi德国Déguó工程师gōngchéngshī，他们tāmen的de故事gùshi让ràng我wǒ对duì婚姻hūnyīn有yǒu了le新xīn的de理解lǐjiě。

My good friend Xiaoyu married a German engineer, and their story gave me a new understanding of marriage.

刚gāng结婚jiéhūn的de时候shíhou，两liǎng个gè人rén因为yīnwèi文化wénhuà差异chāyì，产生chǎnshēng过guo不少bù shǎo矛盾máodùn。

When they were newly married, cultural differences caused quite a few conflicts between them.

比如bǐrú，小雨Xiǎoyǔ觉得juéde夫妻fūqī的de收入shōurù应该yīnggāi放fàng在zài一起yìqǐ管理guǎnlǐ，她tā的de丈夫zhàngfu则zé认为rènwéi各自gèzì管理guǎnlǐ更gèng合理hélǐ。

For example, Xiaoyu feels a couple's income should be pooled and managed together, while her husband believes it is more sensible for each to manage their own.

春节Chūnjié要不要yào bu yào给gěi亲戚qīnqi的de孩子háizi红包hóngbāo，也yě曾经céngjīng让ràng他们tāmen争论zhēnglùn了le好几hǎo jǐ天tiān。

Whether to give red envelopes to the relatives' children at Spring Festival once kept them arguing for days.

后来hòulái他们tāmen发现fāxiàn，遇到yùdào分歧fēnqí的de时候shíhou，与其yǔqí互相hùxiāng抱怨bàoyuàn，不如bùrú坐zuò下来xiàlai好好hǎohǎo沟通gōutōng。

Later they discovered that when disagreements arise, it is better to sit down and really communicate than to blame each other.

小雨Xiǎoyǔ常cháng说shuō：“爱情àiqíng让ràng我们wǒmen走到zǒu dào一起yìqǐ，但是dànshì让ràng婚姻hūnyīn长久chángjiǔ的de，是shì理解lǐjiě和hé尊重zūnzhòng。”

Xiaoyu often says: "Love brought us together, but what makes a marriage last is understanding and respect."

在zài我wǒ看来kànlái，任何rènhé婚姻hūnyīn都dōu需要xūyào用心yòngxīn经营jīngyíng，跨国kuàguó婚姻hūnyīn只是zhǐshì把bǎ文化wénhuà差异chāyì放大fàngdà了le而已éryǐ。

In my view, every marriage takes careful effort; a cross-national marriage merely magnifies the cultural differences, that's all.

只要zhǐyào双方shuāngfāng愿意yuànyì站zhàn在zài对方duìfāng的de角度jiǎodù考虑kǎolǜ问题wèntí，幸福xìngfú就jiù不bú是shì一件yí jiàn难nán事shì。

As long as both partners are willing to see things from each other's perspective, happiness is not a difficult thing.

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Key words 生词

跨国kuàguócross-national, transnational

婚姻hūnyīnmarriage

全球化quánqiúhuàglobalization

分歧fēnqídisagreement, difference of opinion

沟通gōutōngto communicate

红包hóngbāored envelope (gift of money)

Grammar note 语法点

随着

Means 'along with, as' — introduces a background change that another change follows, e.g. 随着天气变冷，街上的人少了.

随着全球化的发展，跨国婚姻在中国变得越来越常见。 — With the advance of globalization, cross-national marriages have become more and more common in China.

只要…，就…

States a sufficient condition: 'as long as A happens, B will follow', e.g. 只要你努力，就一定能学好汉语.

只要双方愿意站在对方的角度考虑问题，幸福就不是一件难事。 — As long as both partners are willing to see things from each other's perspective, happiness is not a difficult thing.

只是…而已

Means 'merely..., that's all' — plays something down as nothing more than what is stated, e.g. 我只是开个玩笑而已.

跨国婚姻只是把文化差异放大了而已。 — A cross-national marriage merely magnifies the cultural differences, that's all.

Check yourself 小测验

1. What did Xiaoyu and her husband disagree about when they were newly married?

2. What did the couple learn about handling disagreements?

3. According to the author, how does a cross-national marriage differ from other marriages?

跨国婚姻Kuàguó hūnyīnCross-Cultural Marriage

Key words 生词

Grammar note 语法点

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