Premarital sex 婚前性行为 The waiting game 等待的游戏 Chastity before marriage may have its uses afterall 婚前守贞可能的确有作用 WHEN is it the right time to do the deed? 什么时候做爱做的事情合适呢? If priests had their way, it would be shortly after the wedding ceremonybut recent studiesshow such advice is rarely heeded. 如果让神父们来说,这档事应当发生在在结婚典礼的不久之后但是最近的研究显示,这样的建议很少得到人们的重视。 Roughly 85% of the American population, for example, approves of premarital sex. 比如说,大约85%的美国人赞同婚前性行为。 Faced with numbers like that, what hope do the Vatican and its ilk really have? 面对这样子的数据,梵蒂冈和它的同仁们又到底是做何想法呢? More than they did a week ago. 相对于已在一周前 Until now, the argument that couplesshould wait until they are married before they have sex has rested on mere assertion andanecdote. 亲热过的情侣来说,现今依旧认为夫妇应将童贞留于婚后的论调,已仅仅成了一种口头宣言或是奇闻轶事。 |