The Seven-Year Itch - (3) - Final Version

 

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  The term seven- year itch that comes from a famous movie called “The Seven Year Itch” in that the main actor, Tom faced the difficulties in his marriage that he was >by being attracted by the >his beautiful neighbor and imagined that he had an affair. After the movie became famous, also, the term seven- year itch became well-known. The seven- year itch means that when people have been married for about seven years, they start to feel that the marriage is plain and boring, so they may want a passionate relationship, new sexual experience, and even have an affair. There are different opinions of the seven- year itch - some people consider that the itch is normal and even have >ing an affair is normal, too. On the contrary, some people cannot accept the itch and needless to say >not mention to have an affair.

  In tradition, the Asia >Asians and most people in the country which belong to Catholicism or Christianity believe that a marriage should at least maintain a whole life to keep its sanctity.

  However, people have become more open-minded in today’s society. Lots of factors-such as financial stress, argument and affairs-might lead people to their divorce. Each of us is a free individual, but sometimes we are bound by the marriage; besides a large amount of alimony must be paid when we finally get our divorce done. For those reasons, I am strongly against an everlasting marriage since most people are like the character Tom Ewell in the movie “The seven-year itch” We all have a difficult time staying in clam.

  Take my birthing place Taiwan for an example. According to a statistics given out by Ministry of the Interior, the country that owns >has the highest divorce rate in Asia and happens to be the top 4 around >of the world in 2013 is Taiwan. In Taiwan, the divorce rate this year has reached a new high to 47 percents. As an average, one would be divorced in each of the two couples, and one would be divorced every ten minutes. A British research showed that a marriage goes stale after 10 years and 11 months in England. The survey said that after a decade of marriage the romance has often died and partners have become fed up with their daily routines. 10-year marriage is much longer than the marriage in other countries, even longer than the marriage in Taiwan. Most of the people around >in the world gradually lose the energy to complete their marriage.

  In Germany, a politician Gabriele Pauli told reporters at the launch of her campaign manifesto. She wanted marriage to expire after seven years. "The basic approach is wrong ... many marriages last just because people believe they are safe," she told reporters. "My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years." After the seven-year mark, options for dissolution or renewal should be available to couples, she noted. This suggestion is fairly suitable for Taiwan which has the highest rate of divorce in Asia. Needless to say that the property and the child’s custody of a couple should be well arranged before they get marry >ied. Our government must also execute some policies that back up citizens in order to create an ideal society.

  As mentioned above, the divorce rate has become higher in Taiwan in recent years, and the viewpoint of the German politician toward a marriage, the two supports indicate that people can get divorced to make their life happy when there are problems which are difficult to be solved between husband and wife. Also, everyone is supposed to have the seven- year itch because of the unhappy and plain marriage. In order to make people live happily, when a marriage faces its problems and difficulties that never be overcome, people should be brave to get away from it, and not try to maintain the surface of peace. In addition, do not be shamed to get divorced because it is normal in modern world.

The Contrast Between Chinese And German - (3) - Final Version

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  Since I began to learn German, I have gradually realized the vastly difference between Chinese and German in many dimensions through myself and German teacher’s sayings. I am going to discuss the three discrepancies which are the most obvious and related to college students.

  Eating is the most consequential >material thing that supports human being to live. In Chinese, there are countless kinds of dishes, such as fried spring rolls, dumplings, pork chop with sweet and sour sauce, fried rice and fried noodles, etc., just like numerous and dense stars in the murky night. Likewise, there are also various ways to cook, for example, poach, pan-fry, stir-fry, steam, stew, braise…and so on. Different ways of cooking create a variety of Chinese delicacies. By contrast, in Germany there are not as many dishes as in Chinese. German’s staple diets are salads, potatoes, and wheaten food, such as bread and noodles. A basket of bread, a dish of meat with mashed potato or French fries, a bowl of soup and a glass of drink are the most abundant meal in a day, and normally it is at dinner. More often than not, Germans only eat a sausage with bread as their lunch. Except lunch or dinner, Germans have cold food at >for the rest of meals; unlike above >Germans, Chinese are used to having hot food at each meal. Appearance is the most crucial and immediate factor to judge a human at first. In Chinese, beyond half of the students pay much attention on >to dressing, hair style, and make-up. Therefore, each student has their own fashion style. In the past few years, the trend of fashion was influenced by Japan and Korea. Obviously, no matter boys or girls in Taiwan, they all follow the foreign steps of fashion. However, in German, most of the students are not that concerned about dressing. A T-shirt, jeans, and a normal pair of sport shoes are fairly common on a German student. It does not mean that German student do not care about “fashion”. At the same time, we can also discover an interesting phenomenon - German adolescents do not like to have fringe, no matter full fringe or side fringe, because they think having fringe is too childish and immature. They would rather just have a simple hair style in order to look even riper >more mature and wiser than cut a fringe so as to look much younger and cuter. It is far from Chinese teenagers’ general notions. When Chinese mention the most popular amusements, the first activities that come to their minds are indoor distractions >attraction, such like shopping, going karaoke, hanging out with friends, going to watch movie, tasting diverse kinds of dainties together…Although more and more people gradually love to go outing, mass of people would still like to stay indoor instead. Nevertheless, German people are fond of going to the beach, woods or riverside to enjoy the scene of nature. Outdoor pastimes – playing soccer, rowing a boat, driving a bike and lying on the grass to enjoy the genial sunshine are their usual recreations in their leisure time. On the other hand, people in Germany also enjoy being alone. They call those people who stays alone “ein Einzelgänger”. On opposite >the contrary, Chinese people are always used >using to do everything together.

  Those national habitual behaviors of these two nations have their own values of existence. There are no “better” or “worse” nations. When we face the dissimilarities, we should esteem >respect and tolerate them. Through continuing interaction, we can absorb their advantages and get out >rid of our shortcomings by make our country, our society and the whole citizens scale the heights and arrive at the state of bliss.

The Seven-Year Itch

   The term seven- year itch that comes from a famous movie called “The Seven Year Itch” that the main actor, Tom faced the difficulties in his marriage that he was attracted by the beautiful neighbor and imagined that he had an affair. After the movie became famous, also, the term seven- year itch became well-known. The seven- year itch means that when people married about seven years, they start to feel that the marriage is plain and boring, so they may want a passionate relationship, new sexual experience, and even have an affair. There are different opinions of the seven- year itch - some people consider that the itch is normal and even have an affair is normal, too. On the contrary, some people cannot accept the itch and needless to say to have an affair.

  In tradition, the Asia and most people in the country which belong to Catholicism or Christianity believe that a marriage should at least maintain a whole life to keep its sanctity.

  However, people have become more open-minded in today’s society. Lots of factors-such as financial stress, argument and affairs-might lead people to their divorce. Each of us is a free individual, but sometimes we are bound by the marriage, besides a large amount of alimony must be paid when we finally get our divorce done. For those reasons, I am strongly against an everlasting marriage since most people are like the character Tom Ewell in the movie “The seven-year itch” We all have a difficult time staying in clam.

  Take my birthing place Taiwan for an example. According to a statistics given out by Ministry of the Interior, the country that owns the highest divorce rate in Asia and happens to be the top 4 around the world in 2013 is Taiwan. In Taiwan, the divorce rate this year has reached a new high to 47 percents. As an average, one would be divorced in each of the two couples, and one would be divorced every ten minutes. A British research showed that a marriage goes stale after 10 years and 11 months in England. The survey said that after a decade of marriage the romance has often died and partners have become fed up with their daily routine. 10-year marriage is much longer than the marriage in other countries, even longer than the marriage in Taiwan. Most of the people around the world gradually lose the energy to complete their marriage.

  In Germany, a politician Gabriele Pauli told reporters at the launch of her campaign manifesto. She wanted marriage to expire after seven years. "The basic approach is wrong ... many marriages last just because people believe they are safe," she told reporters. "My suggestion is that marriages expire after seven years." After the seven-year mark, options for dissolution or renewal should be available to couples, she noted. This suggestion is fairly suitable for Taiwan which has the highest rate of divorce in Asia. Needless to say that the property and the child’s custody of a couple should be well arranged before they get marry. Our government must also execute some policies that back up citizens in order to create an ideal society.

  As mentioned above, the divorce rate has become higher in Taiwan in recent years, and the viewpoint of the German politician toward a marriage, the two supports indicate that people can get divorced to make their life happy when there are problems which difficult to be solved between husband and wife. Also, everyone is supposed to have the seven- year itch because of the unhappy and plain marriage. In order to make people live happily, when a marriage faces its problems and difficulties that never be overcome, people should be brave to get away from it, and not try to maintain the surface of peace. In addition, do not be shame to get divorced because it is normal in modern world.