Despite the low rate of success at the market, parents cling to the hope that they will find a suitable match for their offspring.

尽管在市场上的成功率很低，父母们还是抱着给孩子找个合适的伴侣的希望。

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The young lady was Miss Mercy Chant, the only daughter of his father's neighbour and friend, whom it was his parents quiet hope that he might wed some day.

那个年轻的姑娘名叫梅茜·羌特，是他父亲的邻居和朋友的独生女儿，他的父母心里也暗暗盼望将来有一天他能够娶了她。

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But hope is not solely the realm of parents and their children.

但怀抱憧憬的，不仅仅是父母和他们的子女。

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It follows the story of Margaret Humphreys, the Nottingham social worker who first became aware of the problem when a child migrant contacted her from Sydney in the hope of retracing her British parents.

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Last month, Beijing elevated the political status of the country's food and drug watchdog, in the hope that parents would learn to trust the products produced within China.

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"I hope to meet new people and to see the parents of the boys, so our parents can meet him, " says Hristova, who, at 19, is prime marrying age.

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