China's "floating children" enjoy life in metropolises

时间：2006-12-20 01:07:41

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Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 19 – Currently there are hundreds of thousands of "rural migrants" working in China's cities as janitors1, laborers2, street vendors3 and at other jobs shunned4 by city dwellers5. The children of this "floating population" are China's "floating children." Some of them came to metropolises6 with their parents, and immediately became fascinated by the colorful life there.

 

Han Jialing, a scholar from Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said at a seminar on floating population that floating children are marginalized in the city life, which makes them feel humiliated7.

 

Related statistics made in the Fifth National Census8 show that there are 14.1 million floating children aged9 from 0 to 14 in China, 283 thousand of them living in Beijing. Transprovincial floating children amount to 3.39 million. Most of these children live in the most backward parts of the cities, having fewer opportunities to enjoy public services and education than local children.

 

However, most floating children expect to stay in the cities, after they have become more or less adapted to city life. More than 94 percent of them wish to receive higher education, 28 percent hoping they can get Master degrees in the future.

 

They hope metropolises can also accept them one day, granting them equal social status as locals.

 
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1 janitors 57ca206edb2855b724941b4089bf8ca7     
n.看门人( janitor的名词复数 )；看管房屋的人；锅炉工
参考例句：
  • The janitors were always kicking us out. 守卫总是将～踢出去。 来自互联网
  • My aim is to be one of the best janitors in the world. 我的目标是要成为全世界最好的守门人。 来自互联网
2 laborers c8c6422086151d6c0ae2a95777108e3c     
n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工
参考例句：
  • Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
3 vendors 2bc28e228525b75e14c07dbc14850c34     
n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方
参考例句：
  • The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
  • At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
4 shunned bcd48f012d0befb1223f8e35a7516d0e     
v.避开，回避，避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She was shunned by her family when she remarried. 她再婚后家里人都躲着她。
  • He was a shy man who shunned all publicity. 他是个怕羞的人，总是避开一切引人注目的活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 dwellers e3f4717dcbd471afe8dae6a3121a3602     
n.居民，居住者( dweller的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 metropolises 3d837c2865033f3eb08d5709dbe6d0ee     
n.一国的主要城市（不一定是首都）( metropolis的名词复数 )；中心；大都会；大城市
参考例句：
  • That season, you ride it, all metropolises achieve what one wishes! 那时节，您骑上它，一切都会如愿以偿！ 来自互联网
  • Carl has carried the banner in infernal metropolises. 卡尔曾经在那些地狱般的大都市流浪街头。 来自互联网
7 humiliated 97211aab9c3dcd4f7c74e1101d555362     
感到羞愧的
参考例句：
  • Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present. 子女在客人面前举止失当，父母也失体面。
  • He was ashamed and bitterly humiliated. 他感到羞耻，丢尽了面子。
8 census arnz5     
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。
9 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

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