NakedMarriage(裸婚)•Leading•Definition•Reasons•Differentattitudes•MyopinionIn2008,aTVdramacalled“NakedMarriageEra”isbroadcasted.Anditbroughtahotissueamongtheyoung.Inthedrama,therearesomeclassiclines:•LewisYang:Iaskedyoutomarryme,althoughIdon'thaveacar,havenomoney,nohouse,nodiamondring,butIhavearomantichearttoaccompanyyoutotheold!Waitingforyouold,Istillcarryyou,Igiveyouwhencrutches;Youdidn'ttooth,andI'llchewbeforefeedingtheeatforyou;ImustwaityourdeadafterIdieagain,orputyouatthisworld,noonetotakecareof,Idoghostalsonotrestassured!TongJiaqianIloveyou!•刘易阳:我求你嫁给我吧,虽说我没车,没钱,没房,没钻戒,但是我有一颗陪你到老的心!等你老了,我依然背着你,我给你当拐杖;等你没牙了,我就嚼碎了再喂给你吃;我一定等你死了以后我再死,要不把你一个人留在这世上,没人照顾,我做鬼也不放心!童佳倩我爱你!NakedweddingiscurrentlyaverypopularphraseinChina,especiallyafterrecentlyhot-playedTVserieswiththesamenameactedbyMr.WenZhangandMsYaoDi.Manyyoungpeopleprefertochoosethiskindmarriage.Sowhatdoesitmean?•Marriageisnowthosewhoborninthe1980s,nakedafterthemosttrendyintomarriageofakindofmarriage,with“nowaytheydon’thaveacar,noroom,diamondring,noweddinggown,nodeposit,noweddingandhoneymoon”,withsomany“no”toexplainthriftymarriageandthewordlove。•裸婚,是现在80后走进婚姻中最新潮的一种结婚方式,他们用“没房、没车、没钻戒、没婚纱、没存款、没婚礼和没蜜月”,用诸多的“无”来诠释节俭的结婚方式和“爱”字。•Inshort,marriedinadditiontoregistryofficehandlesthered,othersbesideswhatmarriagecertificateofallmaynotneed.•Somedosodueinanefforttodeclaretheirindependence,whileotherssimplyhavenochoice.We’dliketothinkaboutaquestion:Whydosomanyyoungpeoplechoosenakedmarriage?AretheyjustmovedbytheTVdrama?Istheresomeotherreasonwhichcausedthisphenomenon?1.TheDrama’sInfluence:•Totelltruth,wecan’tignoretheinfluenceofthedrama.Itnotonlyshowsthelovebetweenthetwomaincharacters,butalsoreflectsthesociety.•Itbroughtthesubjectintothepublicspotlightandstruckachord(共鸣)withyoungChinese,especiallythoseborninthe1980s.2.TheYoung’sChoice•Nowadaysthesocietylikestofreethemarriagebecausetheyrunaftertheindependentlife.•Fromthepointoftheyoung,nakedmarriagemakesthemoutoftheordinary.Sointhatcase,theyavoidbesamewiththepublic.3.ThePressureoftheSociety•Nakedmarriagemeanstheydidawaywithnearlyallthetraditionalmust-havesforaChinesewedding:owninganapartment,acar,weddingringsaswellasholdinganexpensiveceremony.•Forexample,weallknowthathavinganapartmentmeanswhat,itperhapsmeansyouhavetobeamortgageslave(房奴)forseveraldecades.Mostpeopledon’thavesomuchmoneyforthemtoequiptheirmarriage.•Thereisnoquestionthateachcoinhastwosides.SoIdividethepublicintosupportersandopponents.•Accordingtotheresearchfromtheinternet,nearly55%oftherespondentsviewedcourageasanessentialpartwhenengaginginanakedmarriageand43%ofthemagreedthatmarriedlifeofthecouplewhohadanakedmarriagewouldbemuchtougherthantheirpeerswithbetterfinancialstatus.Support•Thenakedmarriagebelieversbelieveintheirloveandalsoholdthebeliefthattheirlifewillbebetterwiththeireffort.Breadwillfollowthestepofcontinuousloveandmutualcare.•Manypeoplethinkthatnakedmarriageisjustatruefeelingandperformancebecausetheyloveeachotherenough.•Theysaythat,wedon'twanttoemptyourwalletstobecomemortgageslaves...IamstillyoungandIhopeIwillseethedaywhenthepropertymarket(房地产市场)bubblebursts.•Ifacouplehashadeverythingwhentheygetmarried,whatshouldtheyexpectinthefuture?Theythinkthatthemostjoyfulpartinthemarriageisthattwopeopleworkhardtoachieveeverygoaloflifetogether.•Nowevenmanycollegestudentstendtohaveanakedmarriageandsomeofthemhavedoneit.•Theythinkinthisway,theycanenjoytheirloveandmarriagewithalittlecost.Against•TheideallifeforChineseistoliveandworkinpeaceandcontentment.Themarriagewithoutasolidmaterialfoundation(坚实的物质基础)isunstable.•Frictions(摩擦)willbegeneratedifthenewlywedshavetostruggletomakeendsmeeteveryday.•Frommypointofview,Iwanttoagreewithit,however,Ican’t.•Althoughthetraditionalmaritalvaluesarestilldeep-rootedinChinesepeople’smind,expertssaidtheincreasingacceptanceofnakedmarriageshowedamoreopen-mindedattitudeoftheyouth.•Wearealltoidentifyapointofview,lovecanberomantic,butthemarriageisriceandsalt.Iftherewasnomaterialasabasis,andthenlovewillbewitheredbright.•但是我们要认清一个观点,爱情可以风花雪月,婚姻却是柴米油盐,没有物质作基础的,再璀璨的爱情也会凋谢的.•SoIhopethatpeoplecanviewtheirpresentsituation.Iftheychoosenakedmarriageonimpulseorjustwanttocatchupwiththetrend,it’scrazy,becausetheytryitatthecostoftheirownhappiness.•Iftheywanttocreatetheirfurthertogether,whynotworkhardtogetheruntiltheyhavecertaineconomicbase,thengetmarried?•Iftheireconomicconditionspermit,I’dbetterthemnotchooseit.Inthatcase,theycanhaveastablelife.•That’sall.•Thankyou!