雅思阅读文章：意大利妈妈为儿子真人秀选媳妇_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读文章：意大利妈妈为儿子真人秀选媳妇

　　Mammas pick their sons brides on Italy reality TV.

　　Often seen as mommys boys, Italian men are now letting their mothers choose their future wives live on television.

　　Italys state TV aired the first episode（1） of a new reality show this week in which the mothers of five single men have to pick out prospective（2） brides from a selection of candidates.

　　Critics said Perfect Bride was both insulting（3） to women and showed Italian TV already packed with other reality formats such as Big Brother and Celebrity Island falling to new depths of banality（4）.

　　In the first episode, the jury of mothers called only by their first names such as Mamma Rosa and Mamma Ambra quizzed 18 hopefuls about their suitability（5） as wives.

　　From next week the mothers will have to live in a Big Brother-style house with their potential daughters-in-law, seeing first hand how they deal with household chores（6）. Viewers will be encouraged to vote off the candidates they dislike.

　　Mamma Teresa said she was looking for a simple, intelligent, classy girl for her son Claudio. I would like someone whos not too ostentatious（7） and who knows how to take care of the family, she said on the programs Web site.

　　Claudio, viewers learn, is a really capable person, very affectionate（8） with his family, but suffers from one defect common to many Italian bachelors: He has too many girlfriends! I want to find him his ultimate woman.