新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第二册 unit03c_new

[07:05.92]Without his leadership and special way of thinking,
[07:12.18]members of the community quickly returned
[07:17.44]to the traditional marriage of one woman and one man.
[07:23.81]A more famous example of a different style of marriage
[07:30.54]is found among the Mormons.
[07:34.90]The group's first leader,Joseph Smith,
[07:41.27]believed that a man should be allowed to have several wives.
[07:48.11]As the Mormon church grew,
[07:52.97]many of the men followed Smith's teaching and married a number of wives.
[08:00.53]The Mormons believe that it is a woman's duty to marry at a young age
[08:09.38]and raise as many children as possible.
[08:14.53]For example,in 1854,one Mormon leader became a father nine times in one week
[08:27.20]when nine of his wives all had babies.
[08:32.75]Today the Mormon church teaches
[08:38.90]that marriage should involve one man and one woman as partners
[08:45.64]who will be together not only during this life but also forever.
[08:53.70]Today some men agree with the old custom of having as many wives as desired.
[09:03.35]Some young lovers today dream of the former freedom of the Hopi,
[09:11.12]and some wish that a marriage counselor would help them find the perfect mate.
[09:19.19]Finding a spouse with whom we can spend a lifetime
[09:25.63]has always been an important concern.
[09:30.71]Despite all these unusual traditional ways of finding a marriage partner,
[09:38.77]one idea is the same throughout the world:
[09:44.32]Marriage is a basic and important part of human life.