1. Today the Mormon church teaches that marriage should involve one man and one woman as partners who will be together not only during this life but also forever. 如今的摩门教教导人们:婚姻应该是一个男人和一个女人为伴,他们不仅活着时在一起,而且要永远在一起。
2. As the Mormon church grew, many of the men followed Smith's teaching and married a number of wives. 随着摩门教的发展,许多男人遵循史密斯的教导,娶了几房妻子。
3. For example, in 1854, one Mormon leader became a father nine times in one week when nine of his wives all had babies. 例如, 在1854年,一个摩门教领袖的9个妻子同时生了孩子,他在一个星期里做了9次父亲。