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　　Some Japanese still get married by parents’ arrangement．Yoshio and Hiromis Tanaka, a young Japanese 　　1　　 living in the United States, told the story of their 　　2　　 marriage．“We didn’t marry for love in the western sense．We got married in the　　3　　 Japanese way．Our parents arranged our marriage 　　4　　 a match-maker．In Japan, we believe that marriage is 　　5　　 affecting the whole family rather than a matter concerning(与……有关)only the young couple．　　6　　 we think it is very important to match people according to their 　　7　　 background, education and so on．When our parents thought it was time for us to get married, they went to a local 　　8　　 and asked her for some suggestion．We discussed the details and looked at the 　　9　　 she sent, and then our parents asked her to arrange an interview for 　　10　　 of us．”

　　A Japanese marriage interview is held in 　　11　　 place, such as a hotel or a restaurant, and is 　　12　　 by the boy and the girl, their parents and the match-maker．Information about the couple and their families is 　　13　　 over a cup of tea or a meal．Then the boy and the girl are 　　14　　 for a short time to know each other．When they return home, they have to tell the family 　　15　　 they want to meet again or not．

　　Yoshio 　　16　　,“When our parents realized we were 　　17　　 about each other, they started to make arrangements for our wedding．My family paid money to 　　18　　．This is the money to help pay for the wedding ceremony and for setting up the house 　　19　　．We also gave her family a beautiful ornament(装饰品)to put in the 　　20　　 room of their house, so everyone knew that Hiromis was going to marry．”

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　　Some Japanese still get married by parents’ arrangement．Yoshio and Hiromis Tanaka, a young Japanese 　　1　　 living in the United States, told the story of their 　　2　　 marriage．“We didn’t marry for love in the western sense．We got married in the 　　3　　 Japanese way．Our parents arranged our marriage 　　4　　 a match-maker．In Japan, we believe that marriage is 　　5　　 affecting the whole family rather than a matter concerning(与……有关)only the young couple．　　6　　 we think it is very important to match people according to their 　　7　　 background, education and so on．When our parents thought it was time for us to get married, they went to a local 　　8　　 and asked her for some suggestion．We discussed the details and looked at the 　　9　　 she sent, and then our parents asked her to arrange an interview for 　　10　　 of us．”

　　A Japanese marriage interview is held in 　　11　　 place, such as a hotel or a restaurant, and is 　　12　　 by the boy and the girl, their parents and the match-maker．Information about the couple and their families is 　　13　　 over a cup of tea or a meal．Then the boy and the girl are 　　14　　 for a short time to know each other．When they return home, they have to tell the family 　　15　　 they want to meet again or not．

　　Yoshio 　　16　　, “When our parents realized we were 　　17　　 about each other, they started to make arrangements for our wedding．My family paid money to 　　18　　．This is the money to help pay for the wedding ceremony and for setting up the house 　　19　　．We also gave her family a beautiful ornament(装饰品)to put in the 　　20　　 room of their house, so everyone knew that Hiromis was going to marry．”

阅读理解

　　If the salinity(盐分)of ocean waters is analyzed(分析), it is found to differ only slightly from place to place．However, some of these small changes are important．There are three basic processes(过程)that cause a change in oceanic salinity．One of these is the subtraction(减少)of water from the ocean by means of evaporation－conversion(转化)of liquid water to water vapour．In this manner, the salinity is increased, since the salts stay behind．If this is carried to the extreme(极度), of course, white crystals of salt would be left behind; this, by the way, is how much of the table salt we use is actually got．

　　The opposite of evaporation is precipitation(降水), such as rain, by which water is added to the ocean．Here the ocean is being diluted(冲淡)so that the salinity is decreased．This may occur in areas of high rainfall or in coastal regions where rivers flow into the ocean．Thus salinity may be increased by the subtraction of the water by evaporation, or decreased by the addition of fresh water by rainfall or runoff．

　　Normally, in hot areas where the sun is very strong, the ocean salinity is somewhat higher than it is in other parts of the world where there is not as much evaporation．Similarly, in coastal regions where rivers dilute the sea, salinity is somewhat lower than in other oceanic areas．

　　A third process by which salinity may be different is associated with(与……有关)the formation and melting of sea ice．When seawater is frozen, the dissolved(溶解的)materials are left behind．In this manner, seawater directly under freshly formed sea ice has a higher salinity than it did before the ice appeared．Of course, when this ice melts, it will tend to decrease the salinity of the surrounding water．

　　In the Weddell Sea of America, the densest(浓的)water in the oceans is formed as a result of this freezing process, which increases the salinity of cold water．This heavy water sinks and is found in the deeper part of the oceans of the world．