In any country rootless young males spell trouble; in Asian societies, where marriage and children are the recognised routes into society, single men are almost like outlaws.

在任何一个国家无所寄托的年轻男性必然带来麻烦。在亚洲国家，婚姻和子女是得到社会认可的必要条件，单身男性几乎像不法分子。

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Five years after the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage, it is still not clear whether the global battle is being won or lost.

五年前，荷兰成为首个将同性婚姻合法化的国家；五年后，争取同性婚姻合法化的全球斗争的成败态势仍然并不明朗。

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Divorce is central because it causes people to step off the marriage-go-round, but then they re-partner faster than in any other country, which makes them step on again.

离婚是因为婚姻使双方走入了围城，但是他们比其它国家的人能更快的再婚，进而又使他们陷入了围城。

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Polls have shown increasing support in the country for gay marriage.

NPR: Calif. Gay Marriage Argument At High Court Tuesday

Lei had insisted that a new life in a new country marriage, friendship, children would save her from her despair, but why would she want to be saved when her friends and their memories would become the casualties of her battle to live on?

NEWYORKER: Alone

The court could historically alter how the law treats marriage, striking down laws across the country banning same-sex marriage and matching an apparent cultural shift toward acceptance of same-sex couples.

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