Three decades of strict family-planning policies have exacerbated a traditional preference for boy children and contributed to a shortage of marriageable women.

三十年来的严格的人口政策加重了传统意义上的男孩为主的思维并导致了适婚妇女的短缺.

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Tweaking curriculums by exposing kids to more books full of explosions might lead boys to do better in reading — and if boys continue to lag, there’ll be more of a push for boy-friendly initiatives.

如果调整教学课程，让小孩接触更多的与爆炸有关的书，男孩的阅读能力或许会因此提高。 如果这样男孩成绩还是落后于女生，就需要有更多的激励男生学习的方法。

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You are a bad boy for repeating what I told you.

你是个没规矩的男孩，重复我对你讲的话。

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The Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree is for boys eleven to eighteen.

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Against that, the pessimists might say, " "Boy, death comes not a moment too soon for any of us.

相反，悲观主义者可能会说，“伙计，死亡从来不会太早。

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His father's death, when Frost was a boy, represented, among other things, an economic crisis for his family. Frost's schooling was erratic.

他小时候父亲去世，因为他家陷入了经济危机,所以他上学总是断断续续。

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The Pinewood Derby continues to be one of the most popular Cub Scout programs, says Renee Fairrer, spokeswoman for Boy Scouts of America.

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Now, Disney Channel is developing a pilot for Boy spinoff.

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Mr Singh's romantic life had become a casualty of India's preference for boy babies, which in his state, Haryana, has led to the most skewed sex ratio in India: 116 to 100, according to the 2001 census, compared with a national average of 108.

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