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進入中英對照讀新聞--Britons don’t believe in monogamy 英國人不相信一夫一妻制
One in five Britons find monogamy undesirable and nearly a third think it is unnatural, according to a sex survey out Sunday.
5分之1的英國人不喜歡一夫一妻制，而近3分之1的受訪者認為它違背自然，據週日公布的一項性愛調查指出。
Asked about homosexuality, 24 percent thought gay sex should be made illegal.
被問及對同性戀看法時，24%的受訪者認為同志性愛應被列為非法。
The ICM poll found that women were more likely to view monogamy as natural and desirable, while young Britons were "significantly more promiscuous than previous generations".
ICM民調公司所做的這項調查發現，女性較可能認為一夫一妻制合乎自然而且是其所嚮往的，同時，年紀輕的英國人則「遠較先前世代的人更淫亂」。
The survey found that 18 percent had been unfaithful to their current partner, with 56 percent of those having been unfaithful with a friend of their partner, or someone known to their partner.
調查中發現，18%的受訪者曾經對現在的伴侶不忠，其中56%曾和伴侶的友人，或伴侶認識的某人有染。
Some 49 percent said they had had a one-night stand and 21 percent had slept with someone whose name they did not know.
約49%受訪者表示曾有過一夜情，21%的人曾和不知其名的對象上床。
"Women are more likely to take the trouble to ask someone’s name before sleeping with them," the poll found.
「女性比較會在與一夜情對象上床前，不厭其煩地詢問其姓名。」這項調查指出。
Dictionary 新聞辭典
monogamy：名詞，一夫一妻。mono-，字首，表示「一」、「單」、「單一」，至於表示「多」、「多數」的字首則是poly，例如，polygamy，一夫多妻或一妻多夫。
promiscuous：形容詞，雜亂的；不分男女的； 男女亂交的。
用法如：promiscuous bathing（男女混浴）、promiscuous sexual relations（性亂交）、 a promiscuous heap of clothes（亂堆在一起的衣服）。
take the trouble to do something：片語，費心力或精神去做某事。例句：I’ll do it for you since you take the trouble to ask me. （既然你不嫌煩地來要求我，我會幫你忙的。）
