首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Every Sunday morning millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea and the special weekend issues of their newspapers, just
Every Sunday morning millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea and the special weekend issues of their newspapers, just
admin
2010-03-26
42
问题
Every Sunday morning millions of Indians settle down with a cup of tea and the special weekend issues of their newspapers, just as Americans do. But here, with the marriage season approaching, many of them turn quickly to a Sunday feature that is particularly Indian-- columns and columns of marriage advertisements in which young people look for husbands and wives.
"Beautiful Brahman girl wanted for bank officer from well-connected family", one says. "Vegetarian man (doctor, engineer preferred) for church-educated girl with light complexion", says another. "Solid 25-year-old, salary four figures, wants tall, charming, educated Punjabi (旁遮普人)" says a third.
This is a relatively modern change in the age of old custom of the arranged marriage. Thousands of advertisements published each week increasingly reflect social changes that are coming to this traditional society. For example, although women are still usually described in terms of appearance, or skills in "the wifely arts", information about their earning power is entering more and more of the advertisements. This reflects the arrival in India of the working wife.
Divorce, which used to be almost unheard of in India, is sometimes now mentioned in the advertisements as in the case of a woman whose advertisement in a New Delhi newspaper explained that she had been "the innocent party" when her marriage broke up.
As a sign of the slight loosening of the rigid caste (社会阶层) system, a number of advertisements promise "caste not important", or "girl’s abilities will be main consideration". The majority of them, however, still require not only caste, such as Brahman or Kshatriya, but also a certain home region or ethnic origin.
In a land where light skin is often regarded as socially preferable, many also require that a woman have a "wheat-color" complexion or that a man be "tall, fair and handsome".
Advertisements are placed and eagerly read by a wide range of people in the upper classes, mostly in cities. Many of them receive dozens of answers. "There’s nothing embarrassing about it", explained a Calcutta businessman advertising for a son-in-law. "It’s just another way of broadening the contacts and increasing the possibility of doing the best one can for one’s daughter".
Because of high unemployment and a generally poor standard of living here, one of the best attractions a marriage advertisement can offer is a permit to live abroad, especially in Canada or the United States. A person who has one can get what be wants. One recent Sunday in Madras, for example, a Punjabi engineer living in San Francisco advertised for "a beautiful slim bride with lovely features knowing music and dance". And a man whose advertisement said that he had an American immigration permit was able to say, "Only girls from rich, well-educated families need apply".
What would be the best title for this passage?
选项
A、Why People Marry
B、Marriage Customs in India Are Changing
C、Why Indians Read the Sunday Newspaper
D、Living Abroad
答案
B
解析
本题属主旨题,问“哪项为短文最恰当的标题”。短文第三段中提到"This is a relatively modern change in the age of old custom of the arranged marriage. Thousands of advertisements published each week increasingly reflect social changes that are coming to this traditional society.",也就是说印度一改
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/V1OK777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
TheEnvironmentalProtectionAgencyhassetlimitsfortheradiationpermittedtoleakfromaproposednuclearwasteburialcent
Bytheearly1900’s,manypeopleintheUnitedStatesbegantoworryabouttheuseofalcoholbycitizens.Itwaspossiblethatt
Whydowecry?Canyouimaginealifewithouttears?Notonlydotearskeepyoureyeslubricated,theyalsocontaina(36)______
A、Theyhavetobargainonthesale.B、TheTVsetisusuallyonsale.C、TheyadvertisetoselltheirTVset.D、TheygotobuyaT
Publicrelationsismanagementfunctionthatcreates,develops,andcarriesoutpoliciesandprogramstoinfluencepublicopinio
Personalityistoalargeextentinherent—AtypeparentsusuallybringaboutAtype(36)______.Buttheenvironmentmustalsoha
A、Manknowswherethesocietyisgoing.B、Peopledon’twelcometherapiddevelopmentofourmodernsociety.C、Thespeakeriswor
Scientistshavediscoveredthatplantsthemselvesproducemanypoisonouschemicalsfor(36)______againstinsects.Butinsectsh
A、Theyarechangedtomakethesitemoreinteresting.B、Theyareexpandedtolimittheamountofconstruction.C、Theyareintegr
A、Thetwospeakersareclassmates.B、Themanismajoringinelementaryeducation.C、Thewomanismajoringinelementaryeducatio
随机试题
“大数据”是当前众多领域关注和应用的热门话题,下列关于“大数据”特点的叙述,正确的有_______。
她在英语演讲中得了一等奖,感到非常兴奋。
蛔虫病的辨证纲领是
在建设项目合理利用资源,节约能源,提高土地利用率中,应充分利用()。
设备监理人员安装设备的重要性分类,采用书面查询、现场调查等方式对供应商或分供商就( )进行调查。
资产信息资料,按信息来源可分为()。
甲公司购进一台价值120万元的机器设备,向保险公司投保。保险合同约定保险金额为60万元,但未约定保险金的计算方法,后保险期间发生了保险事故,造成该设备实际损失80万元;甲公司为防止损失的扩大,花费了6万元施救费。根据保险法律制度的规定,保险公司应当支付给甲
加工橘子罐头,采用酸碱处理脱去中果皮(橘络)会产生严重污染。目前使用酶解法去除橘络可减少污染,下列生长在特定环境下的4类微生物可以大量产生所用酶的有()。
甲企业与乙银行签订借款合同,借款金额为10万元人民币,借款期限为1年,由丙企业作为借款保证人。合同签订3个月后,甲企业因扩大生产规模急需资金,遂与乙银行协商,将贷款金额增加到15万元,甲和银行通知了丙企业,丙企业未予答复。后甲企业到期不能偿还债务。该案中的
在课程评价模式中,认为教育活动中所需的评价应该是广义的,应有助于方案的改进,不限于确定目标是否达成,评价的最大目的在于为学校行政人员、校方领导以及学校的教师们提供信息,以便在必要时对方案加以修订的是()
最新回复
(
0
)