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Tashiro Posted 15 years ago
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Hi, please help me.
'"There may be differences with the policies and institutions of the two countries. But we're all the same people, right? We're the same people."
To say that the unions are borne of a desire to reunify the country would ignore a reality in the matches.
North Korean women, says Choi, desire the automatic acceptance and stability a South Korean husband offers. South Korean men want a traditional Korean wife, believes Choi, which North Korean women offer, unlike modern South Korean women.'
I think I can read the black-faced sentence correctly, but my interpretation doesn't make sense in context. So please translate it into plainer English.
"Choi matches couples personally. When pressed what makes a match a marriage, she can't quite say."
I don't understand the structure of the black-faced sentence and its meaning.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/koreas.matchmaker/index.html
'"There may be differences with the policies and institutions of the two countries. But we're all the same people, right? We're the same people."
To say that the unions are borne of a desire to reunify the country would ignore a reality in the matches.
North Korean women, says Choi, desire the automatic acceptance and stability a South Korean husband offers. South Korean men want a traditional Korean wife, believes Choi, which North Korean women offer, unlike modern South Korean women.'
I think I can read the black-faced sentence correctly, but my interpretation doesn't make sense in context. So please translate it into plainer English.
"Choi matches couples personally. When pressed what makes a match a marriage, she can't quite say."
I don't understand the structure of the black-faced sentence and its meaning.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/08/koreas.matchmaker/index.html
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To say that the unions are borne of a desire to reunify the country would ignore a reality in the matches. ---- I read the whole article and found it interesting, anyway, I think what the witer is trying to say is that the joining (UNIONS) of S. Korean women is a result of both people wanting to re-unite their countries and not pay attention (IGNORE) or consider the reality.
- To say that the unions are borne of a desire to reunify the country would ignore a reality in the matches.
- ---- I read the whole article and found it interesting, anyway, I think what the witer is trying to say is that the joining (UNIONS) of S.
- Korean women is a result of both people wanting to re-unite their countries and not pay attention (IGNORE) or consider the reality.
- The reality meaning the differences between their own countries.
- When pressed what makes a match a marriage, she can't quite say.
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To say that the unions are borne of a desire to reunify the country would ignore a reality in the matches.
---- I read the whole article and found it interesting, anyway, I think what the witer is trying to say is that the joining (UNIONS) of S. Korean men and N.Korean women is a result of both people wanting to re-unite their countries and not pay attention (IGNO
---- I read the whole article and found it interesting, anyway, I think what the witer is trying to say is that the joining (UNIONS) of S. Korean men and N.Korean women is a result of both people wanting to re-unite their countries and not pay attention (IGNO
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Sorry, the above response is wrong about the first bolded sentence, in case anyone is still reading.
The author is saying something like the following:
1. Some people might say that these "unions" (that is, marriages between North and South Koreans) happen because the two people getting married want to reunify Korea.
2. People who say this are probably wrong, or at leas
The author is saying something like the following:
1. Some people might say that these "unions" (that is, marriages between North and South Koreans) happen because the two people getting married want to reunify Korea.
2. People who say this are probably wrong, or at leas
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