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联系自己的大学生活，写一篇文章“Disappearing jobs in China”。

 

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There are a lot of social pressures on some traditional jobs in China, and many professions have disappeared. Stilled, a surprising number of traditional jobs have been maintained. Examples include traditional musicians, Beijing opera singers, artists who paint in traditional styles, folk dancers, carpet makers, and circus performers etc. But inevitably other jobs are disappearing as society is changing. A case in point may be the matchmaker, who traditionally was a professional go-between. They met different families to exchange information about possible marriage partners helped families to arrange suitable marriages for a fee. Perhaps the husband and wife did not actually meet until the wedding day. Today, some families may still get help from the go-between but this is probably a family friend, and of course the couple will meet to get to know each other and have the final decision about whether they get married or not. Personal advertisements in newspapers and internet dating agencies show that in today’s China there is still a need for go-betweens, but these are not quite the same as the old matchmakers.

As to those jobs which have disappeared completely, is their disappearance regrettable? I should say this depends on the profession. We should hardly regret the passing of the fool-blinders of the 18th and 19th centuries or the night soil removers now that houses all have modern toilets. Similarly, and perhaps sadly, I have mixed feelings about matchmakers. The dating agencies show that people still need introductions and a good matchmaker would have surely checked the characters and judged the backgrounds of possible marriage partners, which seems useful. But like most people of my generation I would be happier to find my own partner when the time comes. Still, I wouldn’t mind receiving advice from an experienced expert.