CRI听力:China Launches Campaign against Sex Determinations and Sex-selective Abortions

短语讲解：

1. The eight-month campaign, which runs from this August to next March, aims to raise awareness of gender equality, severely punish those who are involved in non-medical sex determinations and sex-selective abortions, and strengthen monitoring.

involve in使参与〔陷入, 牵扯到〕
例句：The vast masses there have become involved in the health campaign.
那里的广大群众都参加了卫生运动。
gender equality男女平等
sex determination性别鉴定

2. It will have a negative impact on the long-term development of the country and social stability and harmony, and harm the interests of the general public.

have an impact on对…有影响;对…起作用,产生效果
例句：The amount of taxation levied will have an impact on the economy of a country.
征缴的税额对一国的经济有直接影响。

3. After three decades of family-planning policies, China's population is now under control.

under control处于控制之下
例句：Everything is under control.
一切都处于控制之下。

4. Li therefore says local governments should also devote themselves to changing the traditional view that men are superior to women.

devote to致力于…
例句：He has always devoted himself to his music.
他一直致力于音乐。
be superior to优越于,不受诱惑,不屈服于
例句：The book is superior to that.
这本书比那本书好。