【请高手翻译Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficultiesoftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitselfisaliveandthriving(兴盛).AsSkolnicknotes,Americansaremarryingpeople----relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarry】

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　　Moresurprising,perhaps,thanthecurrentdifficultiesoftraditionalmarriageisthefactthatmarriageitselfisaliveandthriving(兴盛).AsSkolnicknotes,Americansaremarryingpeople----relativetoEuropeans,moreofusmarryandwemarryatayoungerage.Moreover,afteradeclineintheearly1970s,therateofmarriageintheUnitedStatesisnowincreasing.Eventhedivorcerateneedstobetakeninthispro-marriagecontext:some80percentofdivorcedindividualsremarry.Thus,marriageremains,byfar,thepreferredwayoflifeforthevastmajorityofpeopleinoursociety.

　　Whathaschangedmorethanmarriageisthenuclearfamily.Twenty-fiveyearsago,thetypicalAmericanfamilyconsistedofahusband,awifeandtwoorthreechildren.Now,therearemanymarriagesinwhichcoupleshavedecidednottohaveanychildren.Andtherearemanymarriageswhereatleastsomeofthechildrenarefromthewife’spreviousmarriage,orthehusband’s,orboth.Sometimesthesechildrenspendalltheirtimewithoneparentfromtheformermarriage;sometimestheyaresharedbetweenthetwoformerspouses.

　　Thus,onecanfindtheverytypeoffamilyarrangement.Therearemarriageswithoutchildren;marriageswithchildrenfromonlythepresentmarriage;marriageswithfulltimechildrenfromthepresentmarriageandparttimechildrenfromformermarriages.Thesearestepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,andhalf-sisters.Itisnotalltheunusualforachildtohavefourparentsandeightgrandparents!Thereareenormouschangesfromthetraditionalnuclearfamily.Butevenso,eveninthemidstofallthis,onethingremainsconstant:mostAmericansspendmostoftheiradultlivesmarried.