CRI听力:Post-holiday Labor Shortage: Is It a One-way Ticket?

carry out进行
例句：They also carry out experiments.
他们还进行实验。

2. 26 year old Ma Qiangjun, from northwest China's Gansu Province, explains why he would rather stay at home

would rather宁愿, 宁可
例句：I would rather go out tonight, if you don't mind.
如果你不介意的话, 我宁愿今晚出去。

3. You make 3,000 to 4,000 yuan every month, but after paying for housing and food, there's almost nothing left.

pay for为…付钱
例句：I have to pay 150 dollars for the sewing machine.
我得花150美元买这台缝纫机。

4. For example, Shenzhen city authorities have announced that it would hike the minimum monthly wage by 13.6 percent starting February 2012 in an effort to attract workers and buffer their rapidly rising living costs.

in an effort to为了...
例句：They rebuilt the cinemas in an effort to reach out to the young people.
他们重建了电影院，试图吸引青年人。

5. But more recently, the wage differential has become less attractive, since eastern living costs have risen due to high inflation.

due to由于，因为
例句：Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。

6. In addition, Zhao says workers have become increasingly unwilling to leave their hometowns, due to concerns about their children's education

concern about使(自己)关心…
例句：There is no need for you to concern yourself about where I was last night.
你没必要关心我昨晚在哪儿。

7. They argue that the overall worker supply is still increasing in China, and that current shortages are merely structural, tied to a changing labor force.

tie to使被…束缚; 使被困于…
例句：The weather tied him to the house.
天气将他困在家里, 不能出去。