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跨國婚姻英語演講稿 Transnationalmarriage Withthedevelopmentoftheworld,everythingischanging,includingpeoplesmind,onerespectistransnationalmarriage. Whatisthetransnationalmarriage? Thetransnationalmarriagecouldeasilybeusedtodescribeamarriagebetweentwopeopleofdifferentraces,likebetweenaChineseandanAmerican.Inthe19thcentury,transnationalmarriagewasillegalinmoststatesintheUS,in1967,thelandmarkSupremeCourtcase,LovingV.Virginia,putanendtolegaldiscriminationintransnationalmarriage. Todaythisphenomenonhasbecamemoreandmorepopular,ourpresentationisgoingtotalkaboutthisphenomenon,mostlyaboutthemarriagebetweentwopeopleofdifferenceraces,especiallyaboutaChineseandaforeigner. Thefamoustransnationalmarriage Marriageisaromanticandpure,asfamouspeople,starsalsohavetheirmarriage,someofthemaretransnationalmarriage,andnowletmeintroducethem. 1、WeiWei(韋唯)&MichaelJosephSmith December23，1995，MichaelJosephSmithwatchedaChinesesingshow,whenheknewWeiWei,quickly,theyfellinlove.In1994,theygotmarriedinTheKingdomofSweden,andtheyhadthreesonsinfiveyears.Itlookshopeful,butthemarriageendedinxx,becauseofMichaelJosephSmithsCharacterandthedifferentculture. 2、BruceLee(李小龍)&LindaEmery March27,1961,BruceleecametoAmerica,andlearnedinWashingtonUniversity,duringtheuniversity,theywereacquainted,andfellinlove.Finally,theydroppedoutoftheuniversity,andgotmarriedinaugust12,1963.Later,theyworkedtogether,andhadtwochildren,asonandadaughter.Theirlifearefullofsunshine,unfortunately,BruceLeeleavetheworldin1973,Evenit,theirmarriagestillisasuessfultransnationalmarriage. 3、NingJing(寧靜)&PaulKersey In1996，movieRedRiverValleyeout,peopleknewtheactress,NingJing,shebecameastar,andshewasknowntheactorPaulKerseybythemovie,Aftera veryshortperiodoftime,theypletedthemarried,andtheyhaveason.In1998,theyactedthefilmYellowRiverLove.Formthen,NingJingstartedtostayathometolookaftertheirson,butshestillwantedtowork,shehadacontradictionwithherhusband.Inxx,NingJingrecognizedshehasendedthemarriage,becauseofthedifferentculture. Asthefamousmarriage,moreandmoreintheworld,suchasLiuYe(劉燁)andhisFrenchgirlfriend,DengWeDi(鄧文迪)andRupertMurdoch,JiangWen(姜文)andhisFrenchwife,andsoon.Butintheend,mosttransnationalmarriageendedupwithafailure,afewcouplehasasuessfullife. Thedifferentattitudestowardstransnationalmarriage Howdopeoplethinkaboutthisphenomenon?Therearesomedifferentanswersfromthem.Iconcludesomemainreasonsabouttwodifferentsides,SupporterorOpponent. Inopponentopinion,transnationalmarriagescancausemanyproblemswithinthefamily.Firstthecouplehasadifferentfamilybackground,culture,andtradition,eatinghabits,especiallythereligion,manydisagreementscanour.Second,thelanguageisimportantformunicate,butinthetransnationalmarriage,thecoupleusethedifferentlanguage,thebarrierformunicationhasbroughtalotoftrouble,Third,aboutthechildren,theygrowinafamilyincludingtwoandmoreculture,itcanbechallenginginaeptingbothculturesatthesametime.Howtoteachthechildrightthinkingisthegeneralproblemforthetransnationalfamily.Finallyandforemost,mostpeoplecalltransnationalmarriage“worshipandhaveblindfaithinforeignthings”,becauseofthetraditionalculture,theycannotaepttransnationalmarriage,soinfact,mostpeopleobjectthetransnationalmarriage,nowthatamarriagewhichnopeopleunderstandandsupport,itmustbefailed. Ontheotherhand,insupporteropinion,itisnttrouble,itischance.Firstasthememberofthetransnationalfamily,youcanexperienceanewlifestyle,pursueabetterwelfareservices,saygoodbyetothepast,evenhaveamixed-racebaby,itisanicelife.Second,Internationalmarriagescanpromoteknowingaboutdifferentculturesandcustoms,evenifdifferentlanguage.Third,youandyourchildrenwill havethechancetolearnanewlanguage.Ofcourse,finallyandforemost,purposeofmarriageisforloveratherthanforthefamily,ifthecouplesunderstandeachother,nobarrierexistsbetweenthem. Myopinionfortransnationalmarriage Inmyopinion,thereisnodistinctionbetweenrightandwrong.Infact,theunderstandingoftransnationalmarriageisnotlikewhatweseeastheterribleandmysterious,onlyapersonmarriedanotherpersonwhofromadifferentcountry.Sincethechoiceisatwo-wayanddouble-pass,italsoneedsmorehumility,tolerance,playandresponsibilities,iftheyunderstandeachother,whyobjectthetransnationalmarriage?Asforourattitude,Ithinkweshouldgivemorerespectandunderstanding. ItissaidbyTagorethatloveisanendlessmystery,forithasnothingelsetoexplainit.Trueloveisinclusivecrosseachothersculturalha