Sixty-six percent of marriages in the UK end in divorce, which is the highest rate in Europe. The rate is continuing to rise as well. Will it get close to 100 percent one day? What on earth is happening to the UK to cause such a phenomenon? ______76______ If marriages and families are falling apart, is UK society also falling apart? Is the divorce rate a symptom of some sort of social crisis? Is the UK's cultural identity falling apart? It's quite difficult these days to say what the UK's cultural identity is. We're all familiar with British traditions and customs, but they don't really seem to be a big part of modern life in the UK. It is inaccurate to think that all British men are gentlemen who wear bowler hats (圆顶礼帽). It is wrong to think that we all live in quiet, sleepy villages. ______77______ The UK of today is one of the most multicultural countries on earth. There are exotic (异国情调的) sights and sounds on the street corners of every British city. British food is now one of the most diverse around. Everyone speaks with a different accent. ______78______ Well, it makes the UK a very exciting place to live. There are new ideas everywhere. All the senses are stimulated. There is great freedom to be who you want to be, and most people will not criticize you for who you are. ______79______ It's not all happy families. The breakdown of marriages in the UK is in some part because of the pressures put upon families by wider problems in British society. It will be interesting to see if the divorce rate also increases because of the financial pressures put upon families by the credit crisis. Many people become stressed and unhappy when they lack financial security, and that can then make their home life or family life stressed and unhappy as well. ______80______ Church attendance in the UK has been falling for the last 50 years, suggesting fewer people consider marriage a holy institution (习俗). Since 1991, there has been a drop of 50 percent in people getting married in church rather than a register office. Strangely, Christian missionaries (传教士) now come to the UK, whereas 800 years ago, the UK was sending Christian missionaries out around the world. A. Many consider the family to be the basic building block of society. B. Then there is the financial side to getting married C. Yet such freedom seems to come at a cost. D. Is such diversity a good thing? E. Another possible reason for the high divorce rate might be that marriage no longer has the same value or meaning for British people as it once did. F. We don't all drink tea with milk. 76 A B C D E F 77 A B C D E F 78 A B C D E F 79 A B C D E F 80 A B C D E F

已完成理解「Sixty-six percent of marriages in the UK end in divorce, which is the highest rate in Europe. The rate is continuing to rise as well. Will it get close to 100 percent one day? What on earth is happening to the UK to cause such a phenomenon? ______76______ If marriages and families are falling apart, is UK society also falling apart? Is the divorce rate a symptom of some sort of social crisis? Is the UK's cultural identity falling apart? It's quite difficult these days to say what the UK's cultural identity is. We're all familiar with British traditions and customs, but they don't really seem to be a big part of modern life in the UK. It is inaccurate to think that all British men are gentlemen who wear bowler hats (圆顶礼帽). It is wrong to think that we all live in quiet, sleepy villages. ______77______ The UK of today is one of the most multicultural countries on earth. There are exotic (异国情调的) sights and sounds on the street corners of every British city. British food is now one of the most diverse around. Everyone speaks with a different accent. ______78______ Well, it makes the UK a very exciting place to live. There are new ideas everywhere. All the senses are stimulated. There is great freedom to be who you want to be, and most people will not criticize you for who you are. ______79______ It's not all happy families. The breakdown of marriages in the UK is in some part because of the pressures put upon families by wider problems in British society. It will be interesting to see if the divorce rate also increases because of the financial pressures put upon families by the credit crisis. Many people become stressed and unhappy when they lack financial security, and that can then make their home life or family life stressed and unhappy as well. ______80______ Church attendance in the UK has been falling for the last 50 years, suggesting fewer people consider marriage a holy institution (习俗). Since 1991, there has been a drop of 50 percent in people getting married in church rather than a register office. Strangely, Christian missionaries (传教士) now come to the UK, whereas 800 years ago, the UK was sending Christian missionaries out around the world. A. Many consider the family to be the basic building block of society. B. Then there is the financial side to getting married C. Yet such freedom seems to come at a cost. D. Is such diversity a good thing? E. Another possible reason for the high divorce rate might be that marriage no longer has the same value or meaning for British people as it once did. F. We don't all drink tea with milk. 76 A B C D E F 77 A B C D E F 78 A B C D E F 79 A B C D E F 80 A B C D E F」