Rural youths face marital difficulties

时间：2007-08-07 06:33:17

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Chinanews, Taiyuan, August 6 – Nowadays, more and more rural1 youths in China have chosen to work in cities as migrant workers. Life in the cities has brought a great shock to the traditional view on marriage. Besides, the problem of husbands and wives living apart in two different places has also caused many troubles. Thus many of them have started to think about their marriage over again.

 

Take a small city in north China as an example, where 50% of divorce2 cases involve rural couples (most of them being migrant workers), averaging 2,500 every year.

 

Most migrant workers return to their hometowns only on the Spring-Festival holidays, and that is the only time for them to think about love affairs: dating and marriage. Many of them get married in a rush, and then leave their spouses3 to work in the cities. The next time they can see each other is probably the next Spring Festival.

 

Many young girls in rural areas are no longer content with the life there. Instead, they wish to start careers of their own in cities. In fact, quite a large number of them got married with men from cities.

 

With great gender4 imbalance in rural areas, young men there find it even more difficult to find wives. Local governments should take immediate5 action to solve the marriage problem in rural areas, before it starts to affect social stability6.

 
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1 rural OC8za     
adj.乡下的，田园的，乡村风味的
参考例句：
  • He lived a rural life.他过着田园生活。
  • We left the city for a rural home.我们离开城市，去农村安家。
2 divorce m8dyq     
n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离
参考例句：
  • Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
  • None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。
3 spouses 3fbe4097e124d44af1bc18e63e898b65     
n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
  • An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句
4 gender slSyD     
n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性
参考例句：
  • French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
  • Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。
5 immediate aapxh     
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
6 stability 0vgwY     
n.稳定，稳固
参考例句：
  • The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
  • She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。

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