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The decline of marriage 婚姻的衰落 For richer, for smarter 结婚吧，为了更富有、更聪明 The traditional family is now the preserve of aminority 传统家庭：少数人的坚持 MARRIAGE, and its many ups and downs, still exercises a powerful hold over newspapers,magazines and the airwaves. Nearly 23m Americans watched Prince William being joined in holymatrimony to Kate Middleton. Millions more have wallowed in the break-up of ArnoldSchwarzeneggers marriage after revelations that he fathered a son with a maid. And thetumescent tweets of congressman Anthony Weiner have stirred up endless speculation aboutthe health of his own year-old marriage and the forbearance of his newly pregnant wife. 婚姻、婚姻里的悲欢离合仍然强有力地占据着报纸、杂志的版面和广播电视的节目。近2300万美国人收看了威廉王子迎娶凯特?米德尔顿的神圣婚礼。更有数百万人因阿诺德?施瓦辛格与女管家育有一个私生子被曝光而离婚一事感慨不已。而国会议员安东尼 温纳在微博上上传自己勃起内裤照片后激起无数人猜测他刚刚才一年的婚姻是否良好、他最近怀孕的妻子是否容忍他的行为。 Less titillating are revelations about the sorry state of marriage across the United States. Datafrom the Census Bureau show that married couples, for the first time, now make up less thanhalf of all households. | 
