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1、智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读机经背景回忆：一场向女孩发起的战争英文原文：IMAGINEyouareonehalfofayoungcoupleexpectingyourfirstchildinafast-growing,poorcountry.Youarepartofthenewmiddleclass;yourincomeisrising;youwantasmallfamily.Buttraditionalmoresholdswayaroundyou,mostimportantinthepreferenceforson
2、soverdaughters.Perhapshardphysicallabourisstillneededforthefamilytomakeitsliving.Perhapsonlysonsmayinheritland.Perhapsadaughterisdeemedtojoinanotherfamilyonmarriageandyouwantsomeonetocareforyouwhenyouareold.Perhapssheneedsadowry.Nowimaginethatyouhavehadanultrasou
3、ndscan;itcosts$12,butyoucanaffordthat.Thescansaystheunbornchildisagirl.Youyourselfwouldpreferaboy;therestofyourfamilyclamoursforone.Youwouldneverdreamofkillingababydaughter,astheydooutinthevillages.Butanabortionseemsdifferent.Whatdoyoudo?Formillionsofcouples,thea
4、nsweris:abortthedaughter,tryforason.InChinaandnorthernIndiamorethan120boysarebeingbornforevery100girls.Naturedictatesthatslightlymoremalesarebornthanfemalestooffsetboys’greatersusceptibilitytoinfantdisease.Butnothingonthisscale.Forthosewhoopposeabortion,thisismas
5、smurder.Forthosesuchasthisnewspaper,whothinkabortionshouldbe“safe,legalandrare”(touseBillClinton’sphrase),alotdependsonthecircumstances,butthecumulativeconsequenceforsocietiesofsuchindividualactionsiscatastrophic.Chinaalonestandstohaveasmanyunmarriedyoungmen—“bar
6、ebranches”,astheyareknown—astheentirepopulationofyoungmeninAmerica.Inanycountryrootlessyoungmalesspelltrouble;inAsiansocieties,wheremarriageandchildrenaretherecognisedroutesintosociety,singlemenarealmostlikeoutlaws.Crimerates,bridetrafficking,sexualviolence,evenf
7、emalesuicideratesareallrisingandwillrisefurtherasthelopsidedgenerationsreachtheirmaturity(seearticle).Itisnoexaggerationtocallthisgendercide.Womenaremissingintheirmillions—aborted,killed,neglectedtodeath.In1990anIndianeconomist,AmartyaSen,putthenumberat100m;theto
8、llishighernow.Thecrumbofcomfortisthatcountriescanmitigatethehurt,andthatone,SouthKorea,hasshowntheworstcanbeavoided.Othersneedtolearnfromitiftheyaretostoptheca
