The road is, at first, filled with quaint boutique shops and young couples and friends, but as it advances uphill they give way to small cottage homes and kids playing ball in the street.

在这条路上起先看到的是一些古色古香的精品店、年轻情侣以及一起出游的朋友们，但再往上走看到的便是小平房院落和街上玩球的孩子们。

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Finding out the exact number of these that are linked to real estate, likely to be a very small number, is impossible, however, with few couples willing to openly admit to the practice.

去除那些跟房地产有关的离婚数目，很有可能离婚数量会变得很少，但是想去除那些数目是不可能的，然而却有很少一部分夫妇愿意公开承认实际情况。

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Dr. Acevedo expected to find only a small percentage of long-married couples still passionately in love.

Acevedo博士认为，老夫老妻并仍然十分相爱的夫妇应该占很小的比例。

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At the wedding itself, many couples hire small chamber groups to play classical music before and at the end of the ceremony.

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"When couples begin to argue over small things, it usually means they have not resolved a more important problem, " said.

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