Yes-version: Though there is a well-known saying, “ marriage is the tomb of love”, I always believe that marriage is necessary if two people love sufficiently. Marriage is not only the token of love between two individuals, but it is also a legal guarantee of this greatest emotion of all from the social perspective. Marriage does much more good than harm to a relationship. It sustains the relationship, improves it, and reinforces it. Second, with marriage, giving birth to a child becomes possible. Your offspring may lead a normal life because you and your spouse are a legal combination. Thirdly, marriage also means responsibility. It is a solemn pledge to take good care of your spouse and be loyal to your spouse. It means you have to raise your child properly and let him or her useful to society. Finally, marriage is one of the most important human traditions. If this tradition is eliminated, society would get into great trouble, because family is to a true sense the basic unit of society, just like the brick is to the building.

No-version: I don’t think marriage is necessary or indispensable if two people love each other very much. As the old saying goes, “ marriage is the tomb of marriage”, marriage life would reduce the relationship and put out the flame of love. There are too many cases showing the boring married life just disillusions the young couple and shatters their beautiful dream. More important, statistics tell us that divorce rate is on the rise these years because of the fast pace of life and the stress of competition. When it turns out that the two people are not perfect match, they may break up, but marriage is then like a lock, as the name wedlock suggests, which prevents the couple from you going your way and I going mine, so to save trouble people don’t need to get married. Finally, the sensible couple may find love without marriage is more secure, more romantic. The couple may enjoy more freedom. Therefore, I think love without marriage fits well with the mentality of the modern youth. ??