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《参考消息》2006年7月24日第8版：外来新娘改变台湾人口结构
《基督教科学箴言报》2006年7月21日文章：跨境婚姻小镇
Backstory: A town of foreign marriages
By Simon Montlake | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
SHIHDING, TAIWAN – From the b_______① street outside, Tsai Huang-jin's one-room noodle shop looks like any other no-nonsense eatery[1] in this tiny village.
（1）But to the Vietnamese wives in this mountain town, it offers a taste of home: iced coffee blended with sweetened milk, chased by a steaming bowl of Vietnamese soup. It's where they go to relax and share stories of married life in Taiwan.
Over the past decade, 187 sons of Shihding (population: 7,800) have brought home a foreign bride, part of a wave of marriages that is reshaping Taiwan's demographics. __________________.（对于外埠新娘们来说，这不失为一个摆脱贫困的好办法。）
Last year, 1 in 5 marriages in Taiwan were to a foreigner. Most were to women from Mainland China, Vietnam, and other Southeast Asian countries who met their husbands through marriage b_______②. Dozens of agencies in Taiwan offer foreign tours for men to pick a bride. Since 1987, Taiwan has registered more than 370,000 marriages to foreigners.
（2）In recent decades, Taiwan's expanding economy has absorbed a female workforce that is increasingly educated and assertive[2]. Women are delaying getting married - the average bride is 29 - and having fewer children.
As a result, fewer women want to marry into traditional families in rural towns like Shihding. Childless men are instead traveling overseas to find a bride who will keep house and bear children without c_______③.
Once in Taiwan, foreign brides must contend with culture shock, family politics, and social isolation, as well as homesickness. （3）Some struggle to send money home to their families, often rebuffed[3] by their husbands who control the purse strings.
（4）Friction between foreign brides and their extended families is common, particularly if they don't speak a common language. By one estimate, 40 percent of the marriages break down within five years.
NOTES:
[1]eatery n.餐馆，食堂
[2]assertive adj.断定的，过分自信的
[3]rebuff v.回绝
WORDS FOCUS:
与“marry”有关的词汇：
wedding（the ceremony at which people get married）婚礼
bride（the woman who is getting married）新娘
bridegroom/groom（the man who is getting married）新郎
the best man（a friend of the groom, who helps him and gives a speech）男傧相
bridesmaid（a woman or girl who helps the bride）女傧相
matron of honor（a married woman who helps the bride on her wedding day）首席伴娘（已婚）
reception（the meal after the wedding）婚礼后的宴会
honeymoon（the holiday that people go on after they get married）蜜月
hen night（BrE）/bridal shower（AmE）（a party before the wedding for the bride）婚礼前为新娘举行的聚会
stag night （BrE）/bachelor party（AmE）（a party before the wedding for the groom）婚礼前为新郎举行的聚会，只限男子，不带女伴
propose（to ask s
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