跨年齡段的愛(ài)情，你接受嗎？

In many cultures, it is not considered acceptable to fall in love with someone who is much older or younger than you - Dr Elena Touroni 

For both men and women, fertility tends to decline after the age of about 35, and women lose their ability to conceive much more rapidly.

It’s not just about parenting, however. Pairing up with someone of a similar age makes your relationship more likely to go the distance, research shows. Experts believe that this is because these couples tend to go through life challenges and stages at a similar time, and can therefore continue to find common ground. 

Historically people (particularly those in the middle- and upper-classes) would have been much more likely to marry someone far older or younger than them. 

The reasons for this are both biological and economic. If a 50-year-old man wants to have children, it is not in his interest to couple up with a similarly-aged woman who is much less likely to still be fertile. In a patriarchal society in which men have the economic  power, the choice to pair up with a much younger woman would be more likely to be available to him.  

In the 19th and early 20th Centuries, most women were excluded from the workforce, so it made sense for them to prioritize marrying someone who had already achieved financial security. For men, it made sense to establish themselves economically and worry about marriage at a later date – when due to their increased social power they were able to find younger wives who provided the best chance of having children. 

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In many cultures, it is not considered acceptable to fall in love with someone who is much older or younger than you - Dr Elena Touroni 

For both men and women, fertility tends to decline after the age of about 35, and women lose their ability to conceive much more rapidly.

單詞解析

1）Fertility /f??t?l?ti/ <noun> 能生育性;

2）Conceive /k?n?si?v/ <verb> 懷孕; 懷(胎); 

It’s not just about parenting, however. Pairing up with someone of a similar age makes your relationship more likely to go the distance, research shows. Experts believe that this is because these couples tend to go through life challenges and stages at a similar time, and can therefore continue to find common ground. 

單詞解析

1）More likely to do something 更有可能 … 

2）Go the distance 自始至終堅(jiān)持下來(lái) 

3）Go through life challenges and stages 共度難關(guān) 

4）At a similar time 在相同的人生階段 

5）Find common ground 找到共同點(diǎn) 

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Historically people (particularly those in the middle- and upper-classes) would have been much more likely to marry someone far older or younger than them. 

The reasons for this are both biological and economic. If a 50-year-old man wants to have children, it is not in his interest to couple up with a similarly-aged woman who is much less likely to still be fertile. In a patriarchal society in which men have the economic power, the choice to pair up with a much younger woman would be more likely to be available to him.  

單詞解析

1）Biological and economic 這里可以理解成 “生理上的和經(jīng)濟(jì)上的”

2）Patriarchal /?pe?tri?ɑ?kl/ <adj.> 男人統(tǒng)治的; 男性主宰的; 

In the 19th and early 20th Centuries, most women were excluded from the workforce, so it made sense for them to prioritize marrying someone who had already achieved financial security. For men, it made sense to establish themselves economically and worry about marriage 

at a later date – when due to their increased social power they were able to find younger wives who provided the best chance of having children. 

單詞解析

1）Exclude from … .使 ... 不得進(jìn)入; 把 ... 排除在外

2）Workforce <noun> 勞動(dòng)力; 全體員工; 勞動(dòng)大軍，勞動(dòng)人口

3）It makes sense … 講得通，有道理 

4）Achieve financial security … 經(jīng)濟(jì)擔(dān)保，財(cái)政擔(dān)?！?nbsp;

5）Establish <verb> 使立足; 使穩(wěn)固,

6）Economically <adv.>在經(jīng)濟(jì)上; 在經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)上 

7）Establish themselves economically 立業(yè)

8）At a later date … 以后 …