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听力文本
The government in China plans to end its one-child per family policy and instead let families have two children.
The plan was announced Thursday after high-level political meetings in Beijing. The official Xinhua news agency says the country's top legislature must approve the proposal before it becomes law.
A Chinese Communist Party statement gave a number of reasons for the change in policy. The statement said the change is meant to balance population development. It said the move also attempts to stop a declining birth rate and strengthen the country's work force.
China - the world's most populous country - launched the one-child policy in 1980. But the government permitted only a small number of couples to have two children. For example, some rural families were given approval to have two children.
A total of 19 rural provinces have a partial two-child policy. That policy states if the first-born is a girl, a second child is permitted.
In 2013, the Chinese government gave other couples a chance to have two children. Families could have two if one parent was an only child.
A teacher and population expert, Jiang Quanbao, explained how Chinese families will react to the policy.
"Too many young people in the cities are probably no longer interested in having a second child," he said. "People in rural farming villages may be more interested. But again, some of them are already allowed to have two children."
At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people. A total of 800 million of them are employed. But that job market population is expected to drop by 2050. With the two-child policy, an increase in births will ease the labor shortage, starting in 20 years.
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词汇学习
1.approve v. 赞成，同意；赞许；批准
Nobody would approve your ideal plans for reforming the system of government.
没有人会赞成你的关于改革政体的不切实际的计划。
2.proposal n.提案
Can you advance any proposal?
你能否提出建议？
3.legislature n.立法机关；立法机构
The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
立法机关拨款作为大学经费。
4.balance v. 使…保持平衡
He balanced a football on his head.
他将一只足球稳稳地顶在头上。
5.populous adj.人口多的,人口稠密的
Asia is also the most populous continent.
亚洲又是人口最多的洲。
6.ease v.减轻，缓和
I gave him some brandy to ease the pain.
我给他喝了些白兰地以减轻疼痛。
内容解析
1.A Chinese Communist Party statement gave a number of reasons for the change in policy.
a number of一定数量，若干
The speaker can extemporize on any of a number of subjects.
该演讲人对若干题目中的任一个都能即席发言。
2.A total of 19 rural provinces have a partial two-child policy.
a total of总计为,总共…
A total of 7500 brochures had to be binned.
整整7500本不得不作废。
3.Too many young people in the cities are probably no longer interested in having a second child.
no longer不再
The law will no longer come into force.
这项法律将不再有约束力了。
参考译文
中国政府计划终止独生子女政策，允许每个家庭生育两个孩子。
该计划在周四北京高层政治会议之后宣布。新华社报道称，正式成为法律之前，该提案必须经过最高立法机关批准。
中国共产党发表的一份声明说明了政策变化的几点原因。该声明表示，该政策是为了平衡人口发展。声明还说，该政策还旨在阻止出生率下降，增强劳动力。
中国是世界上人口最多的国家，1980年开始实施独生子女政策。但是政府允许少数家庭生育两个孩子。例如，一些农村家庭可以生育两个孩子。
共有19个农业省份实施部分二胎政策。该政策规定，如果第一个孩子是女孩，则允许生育第二胎。
2013年，中国政府给予另一些夫妻生育两个孩子的机会。如果父母一方是独生子女，则可以生育两个孩子。
教师和人口专家江全保(音)解释了中国家庭可能对该政策做出的反应。
“城市里很多年轻人可能不再有兴趣生育第二个孩子，农村人相对来说更感兴趣。但是同样，他们中的一些人已经被允许生育第二个孩子。”
2014年年底，中国有13.7亿人口，其中就业人口有8亿。但是预计到2050年，就业人口会有所下降。通过放开二胎政策提高生育水平将能缓解20年内开始的用工荒。
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