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Thinking  1.“民政部”用英文如何表达？

                    2.造成本文所探讨的现象的原因是什么？

年轻人为什么越来越不愿意结婚？

文章背景

8月26日，民政部公布《2021年民政事业发展统计公报》。数据显示，从2013年到2021年，我国结婚率持续下降，且平均初婚年龄向后推迟。这究竟是怎么回事呢？

Couples tend to wait before tying the knot

While( although) fewer Chinese couples are willing to tie the knot these days, many of those choose to walk down the aisle (tie the knot)at a later stage in their lives, according to recently released data.

Last year, 7.64 million marriages were registered in China, a 6.1 percent year-on-year（ 同比）decrease, （常见数据写作方式）according to a Ministry of Civil Affairs（民政部） report.

What's more, it's the record low （最低记录）for the 36 years since the ministry started releasing the report in 1986.

The number of marriage registrations has been declining for eight consecutive （连续）years. And 48.2 percent of those who registered to become newlyweds （新婚夫妇 n.）last year were older than 30, setting a record (分词做结果状语),according to the report.

Guo Xiamei, an associate professor （副教授）at Xiamen University who specializes in （专门从事）family studies（同位语）, said: "The COVID-19 epidemic may be a cause of the decline in the desire to marry because it has reduced the chances of meeting potential partners. The economic difficulties that resulted from （由于，后接原因）the epidemic, may also have contributed to (result in 导致，后接结果)the decline."    

"The 'cooling off' period （冷静期）before divorce is another factor in the decline because people are attempting to avoid that risk."

"Statistics show that more people of the younger generation prefer not to get married because lots of young people are more aware that a marriage certificate cannot keep the love fresh," she said.

"To some extent, they see the essence of （本质）marriage as actually being a system of allocating property."

"The structure of marriage and family is to build a system to keep society stable, but more and more people think the other way. Marriage, in many people's mind, becomes a risky decision," Guo added.

Zhou, who declined to （拒绝）provide her full name, had a stable relationship with her boyfriend and they had a wedding ceremony in 2017. However, it is necessary in China to obtain an official marriage certificate for the union of two people to be legally binding（法律效力）, and Zhou and her boyfriend had not done that.

Last year, the number of newborns in China fell to 10.62 million, compared with 12 million in 2020.

According to the National Health Commission, China's population growth is set to （确定...）turn negative(负增长), with more deaths than births（伴随状语）, by 2025 as（随着..   表原因） the rate has slowed down in the past few years.

单词短语(13)

• 1.tie the knot 结婚

tie sb/yourself (up) in knots（使）大惑不解，糊涂

•  bind/tie sb hand and foot 用条条框框限制某人

2.aisle /aɪl/n.（教堂、戏院、火车等座位间或超级市场货架间的）走道，过道

【释】a passage between rows of seats in a church, theatre, train, etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket

【例】Coffee and tea are in the next aisle. 咖啡和茶在下一个走道处。

go/walk down the aisle (informal) 结婚

rolling in the aisles (informal) 大笑；笑声不断

3.register /ˈredʒɪstər/ v. --gister 带来

• 1) 登记；注册

  【释】to record your/sb's/sth's name on an official list

  【例】to register a company/trademark 注册公司/商标

  2) 流露出；显得；表达出

  【释】[no passive] (formal) to show or express a feeling

  【例】Her face registered disapproval. 她脸上流露出不赞同的神色。

4.affair /əˈfer/ n.

• 1) 公共事务；政治事务

  【释】[pl.] events that are of public interest or political importance

  【例】world/international/business affairs 世界/国际/商业事务

  2) 事件；事情

  【释】[C, usually sing.] an event that people are talking about or describing in a particular way

  【例】The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly. 报章毫无根据地夸大了整个事件。

近义词辨析：

• 1) affair n. 事件，事情

  【辨析】指令人印象深刻的重大事件或具有某种特点的不寻常之事。

  2) matter n. 事情，事务

  【辨析】通常指关乎利益、命运等的紧要事务，必须予以考虑或解决。

5.release /rɪˈliːs/ v. 公开；公布；发布

• 【释】to make sth available to the public

  【例】Police have released no further details about the accident. 关于这次事故，警方没有透露更多的细节。

  n. 解脱；轻松感

  【释】[U, sing.] the feeling that you are free from pain, anxiety or some other unpleasant feeling

  【例】I think her death was a merciful release. 我认为她的死是一种幸运的解脱。

6.set /set/ v.

• 1) 树立；创立；开创

  【释】to fix sth so that others copy it or try to achieve it

  【例】She set a new world record for the high jump. 她创造了新的跳高世界纪录。

  2) 为……谱曲；给……配乐

  【释】to write music to go with words

  【例】Schubert set many poems to music. 舒伯特为许多诗歌谱了曲。

set about sth 开始做；着手

We need to set about finding a solution. 我们得着手寻找一个解决办法。

7.associate /əˈsəʊsieɪt , əˈsəʊʃieɪt/

adj. 非正式的；准的；副的

• 【释】(often in titles) of a lower rank, having fewer rights in a particular profession or organization

  【例】associate membership of the European Union 欧洲联盟的非正式会员身份

  v. 联想；联系

  【释】to make a connection between people or things in your mind

  【例】He is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies. 在公众的心目中，他总是和恐怖电影紧密联系在一起。

  n. 同事；伙伴
  【释】a person that you work with, do business with or spend a lot of time with 
  【例】business associates 业务伙伴

近义词辨析：

• 1) partner n. 伙伴，伴侣，同伴

  【辨析】普通用词，词义广泛，可指有合作关系的组织或国家、生意上的合伙人、配偶或情人、跳舞或玩游戏的搭档等。

  2) ally n. 盟友，同盟国

  【辨析】尤指向从政者提供支持的人，或同意在战争中给予另一国家支持和帮助的国家。

  3) associate n. 同事；生意伙伴

  【辨析】指生意上的合作伙伴或一起工作的人。

8.attempt /əˈtempt/

v. 努力；尝试；试图

• 【释】to make an effort or try to do sth, especially sth difficult

  【例】Do not attempt to repair this yourself. 不要试图自己修理这个东西。

  n. 企图；试图；尝试

  【释】 ~ (to do sth) | ~ (at sth/at doing sth) an act of trying to do sth, especially sth difficult, often with no success

  【例】Two factories were closed in an attempt to cut costs. 为削减费用，关闭了两家工厂。

9.certificate /sərˈtɪfɪkət , sərˈtɪfɪkeɪt/

n. 证明；证明书

• 【释】an official document that may be used to prove that the facts it states are true

  【例】a birth/marriage/death certificate 出生/结婚/死亡证明

近义词辨析：

• 1) document n. 文件，文档

  【辨析】指记录官方信息的公文或计算机文档。

  2) certificate n. 证明书；结业证书

  【辨析】指证明某事真实性的官方文件；也指证明某人修完某一课程或通过某项考试的官方书面凭证。

10.to some/a certain extent  在某种程度上

1) to what extent 在多大程度上

• 【例】To what extent is this true of all schools? 这在多大程度上符合所有学校的实际情况？

  2) the extent to which ……的程度

  【例】The book discusses the extent to which (= how much) family life has changed over the past 50 years. 本书论述了近50年来家庭生活的变化程度。

11.allocate /ˈæləkeɪt/

v. 拨……（给）；划……（归）；分配……（给）

• 【释】to give sth officially to sb/sth for a particular purpose

  【例】They intend to allocate more places to mature students this year. 今年他们打算给成人学生提供更多的名额。

  【同义词】allot, distribute

12.stable /ˈsteɪbl/

adj. 稳定的；稳固的；牢固的

• 【释】firmly fixed; not likely to move, change or fail

  【例】a stable relationship 稳定的关系

  n.（养马作特定用途的）养马场；马房

  【释】an organization that keeps horses for a particular purpose

  【例】His stables are near Oxford. 他的养马场在牛津附近。

13.bind /baɪnd/ v.