"Family" is of course an elastic word.
And in different countries it has different meanings. But when British people
say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in
its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living
together in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British
marriage indicates the beginning of a new and in- dependent family—hence the
tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the
woman, marriage means leaving one’s parents and starting one’s own life. The
man’s first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife’s to her husband. He
will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running
of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and their
alone. Neither the w A. Different families have different ways of life. B. Different definitions could be given to the word. C. Different nations have different families. D. Different times produce different families.
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What does the man mean A. It’s hard to find a room. B. He always walks around in the dormitory. C. It’s his turn to clean the dormitory. D. His dormitory is quite small.
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