Children of rural migrant workers want to stay in cities

时间：2007-02-08 00:50:37

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An undated photo shows the children of rural migrant workers are taking a bus for school in Linyi, Shandong Province. (File photo)
 
Chinanews, Chengdu, Feb. 7 – “I love this city. I think it’s beautiful and I won’t go back,” said Xiao Yan, a young girl from Neijiang, a small city in Sichuan, who now studies at a senior high school in Shanghai.

 

Although she might miss her hometown from time to time, she definitely wouldn’t go back to that small town any more, which has become a strange land to her now.

 

Xiao Yan has lived in Shanghai for more than five years and has established her own social network in the new city. She aspires1 to integrate into the city and to become a “real Shanghainese” some day.

 

In a recent survey by the Huaxi Metropolitan2 News, 90% of the migrant workers who come from Sichuan plan to go back some day in future. However, 70% of the children of these migrant workers say they won’t live a farmer’s life, like their parents do. For these children, they don’t want to be treated as an outsider in cities. Instead, they plan to settle down in the city permanently3 and gradually integrate into the mainstream4 of the city.

 

Although 30% of the children of migrant workers do plan to go back to their hometown, they still prefer to live in cities rather than in the countryside.

 

The children of these migrant workers from Sichuan feel comfortable living in the city, although sometimes they also experience some sorrow. This reporter recently investigated some 20 families of migrant farmers who come from Sichuan and now work in various cities like Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Xiaman, Kunshan, and Shanghai. The investigation5 shows that although these families are treated as the lower class in cities, their children are satisfied with their life in cities, since there are more goods available there and they earn more in cities than in their hometowns.

 

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1 aspires e0d3cbcde2a88805b7fd83a70eb48df3     
v.渴望，追求( aspire的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • The fame to which he aspires was beyond his reach. 他追求的名誉乃是他所不能及的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • An old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand li. 老骥伏枥，志在千里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 metropolitan mCyxZ     
adj.大城市的，大都会的
参考例句：
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
3 permanently KluzuU     
adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地
参考例句：
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
4 mainstream AoCzh9     
n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的
参考例句：
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
5 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

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