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37 mln males will not be able to find wives by 2020

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Chinanews, Beijing, July 19 - Though China has successfully controlled its population explosion nowadays, the new problem of severely¹ imbalanced sex ratio has started to haunt the country. It is estimated that there will be about 37 million more men of marriageable age than women by 2020. That is to say, about 10% of men will not be able to find wives by then.

According to the national census² in 2005, the sex ratio of newborns in China was 118.88:100, while the normal figure should be 104:100 - 107:100. China has witnessed imbalanced sex ratio since the 1980s. Now it has become the country with the severest sex imbalance in the world.

Experts believe that the traditional prejudice against women in China has contributed to the sex imbalance, as many parents depend upon B-Ultrasonic make sure that they have male babies. Though the government has issued regulations to ban unnecessary fetus³ gender⁴ identification, some doctors still offer such service.

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1 severely
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。 He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

2 census
n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查
参考例句：
A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。 The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

3 fetus
n.胎，胎儿
参考例句：
In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。 No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。

4 gender
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。

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