Unlike marriage or the ties that bind parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by law.

不像婚姻或联结父母与孩子的纽带，它不被法律所定义或约束。

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When you get right down to it, communication in marriage is not about being understood by each other, communication is about handling what another person thinks and feels.

当你开始认真对待，你会发现婚姻中的沟通不是要让彼此明白对方，而是要去感觉对方的想法和感觉。

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As a matter of fact, we are talking about marriage, although it is not official yet (he hasn't formally proposed).

事实上，我们在谈论结婚，尽管还不是正式的(他还没正式求婚)。

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Professor Robinson says it is not clear when the first marriage between a black person and a white person took place.

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It's a transition, an evaluation of marriage that is not at all an easy one, however. There are debates.

这是一种转变，对婚姻的评价,那并不是一个简单的转变，当时也有争论。

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But marriage is about children, say some: to which the answer is, it often is, but not always, and permitting gay marriage would not alter that.

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