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Today we are going to be talking about the surplus of about 30 million marriageable males in China.
China’s long-standing preference for male babies means it now has about 30 million unmarried men, and despite the latest census suggesting a slight increase in the number of girls being born, the problem is unlikely to be resolved any time soon, experts say.
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long-standing [ˌlɔːŋ ˈstændɪŋ]
长期存在的
preference [ˈprefrəns]
偏爱；倾向
preference for male babies/重男轻女
unmarried [ˌʌnˈmærid]
未婚的
Despite their age difference, they have avery happy marriage.
census [ˈsensəs]
<名词> 人口普查
slight [slaɪt]
轻微的；细微的
resolve [rɪˈzɑːlv]
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