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.

生词短语:

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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