例文1-Divorce-in-China

DivorceinChinaInrecentyearsChinahasexperiencedadramaticincreaseinthedivorcerate.Accordingtothechartgiven,duringthelastdecade,thedivorcerateinsomebigcitieshasincreasedasmuchasithadintheentirepreviousthirtyyears.In1960therewereonlyonedivorcedpersonforevery100marriedpeople,andthirtyyearslatertheratewas2.9percent.Butby2000theratejumpedto5.8percent.Theupwardtrendindivorcereflectsthreeimportantchangesinoursociety.Themostsignificantoneisthechangeinsocialattitudetowardsthedivorcedpeople.Inthepasttheactofdivorceitselfwasconsideredasasocialstigma.Evenifacouplehadalreadylivedseparately,theydarednottoseekdivorce.Nowthatdivorcehasbecomesociallyacceptable,youwon’tbelookeddownuponjustbecauseyouareadivorcedperson.Second,thechangeinpersonaleconomicactivitiesalsofacilitatedivorce.Millionsoffarmersfloodedintocitiestoseekjobs,andthousandsofcitydwellersgoabroadforstudyorwork.Theunprecedentedsocialmobilityhasplacedseverestrainsonmarriedcouples,notonlyintermsofgeographicseparation,butalsopsychologicalchange.Finally,legalchangeshavegreatlysimplifieddivorceprocedures.Inthepastsuingforadivorcewasthemostdifficultthingeverimagined.Youwouldn’tsucceedwithoutyearsofefforts.Nowthereviseddivorcelawmakeslegalseparationeasyformostpeopletoobtain.People,forexample,areallowedtogetdivorcemerelyforlove’ssake.Thusthelastbarriertodivorceisremoved.Whateverchangesresponsiblefortheriseindivorcerate,onethingiscertain:thereisasignificantchangeinpeople’straditionalviewofmarriageanddivorce.