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Same-Sex Marriage

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ID: 2447 Upper Intermediate
Attitudes are changing all around the world regarding same-sex relationships. Learn how to express your opinion by listening to this conversation between two people who have differing views.
Tue May 20 2014 | Vera, Greg
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微博 wēibó Weibo
毁 huǐ destroy
三观 sānguān three outlooks: outlooks on the world,on life and personal values
同志 tóngzhì homosexual
你刚刚有没有看微博，真是”毁三观“。
nǐ gānggāng yǒu méiyǒu kàn wēibó ，zhēn shì ”huǐ sānguān “。
Did you just see Weibo? It's really mind-blowing.
怎么了？
zěnme le ？
What happened?
福建有对“同志”结婚了，举办了盛大的婚礼。还在微博上贴了很多婚礼照片。
fújiàn yǒu duì “tóngzhì ”jiéhūn le ，jǔbàn le shèngdà de hūnlǐ 。hái zài wēibó shàng tiē le hěn duō hūnlǐ zhàopiàn 。
There's a gay couple in Fujian that got married. They held a grand wedding ceremony. They also posted a bunch of pictures on Weibo.
这也很正常嘛。现在社会开明了很多，同性恋也不稀奇。
zhè yě hěn zhèngcháng ma 。xiànzài shèhuì kāimíng le hěn duō ，tóngxìngliàn yě bù xīqí 。
That's pretty normal. Nowadays society is a lot more open. Homosexuality isn't so rare.
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