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China's third child policy

dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Mark, did you do anything_______for_______ Day yesterday?

Mark: It was a ______ day for me.　What about you?

Jingjing: ______ here.　______, have you read the news about China's ______ policy?

Mark: I saw ______ about that but didn't get _______.

Jingjing: I have an ______ here.　I can send you the ______.

Mark: Thanks.　I'll have a ______ at it later.　How about you______?

Jingjing: Sure ______.　As you know, ______years ago, couples could start ______ children.

Mark: I know quite______ people who ______ that.

Jingjing: Well, there are ______ to be ______ unless ______ kids.

Mark: I remember_______that China has an ______.

Jingjing: That's ______.　People aged ______63% of the population.

Mark: That_______ a lot of folks ______ the _______ age.　And those are mostly _______people?

Jingjing: Yes.　What's more, a______ ago, ______of the population was_______ 15 to _______.

Mark: Wow.　I see the ______ for a ______.

Jingjing: China's ______ have changed over a ______.　It might ______ to ______the labor force.

Mark: It'll be ______ to see ______ in the future.

Jingjing: I've gotten used to _______people say "_______" or "_______" when they're ______ talking about their _.

Mark: Ha ha.　We can expect sales of ______ to _______

dialogue 2:

Jingjing: Mark, do you think kids are_______raised as ______ or ______?

Mark: I think a young person ______about ______ by having someone______ in the home.

Jingjing: So you think it's better to ______.

Mark: I do.　I was an _______, and it was all my ______ could do to ______.

Jingjing: How about_______, do they have _______?

Mark: My dad has _______.　And my ______ family, in which she was ______.

Jingjing: With this policy _______ in China, there's something that ______ me.

Mark: Oh yeah?　What's ______?

Jingjing: Well, most of the people______ enough to have kids nowadays _______ without ______ or brothers.

Mark: You mean they_______ being a sister or a brother, so they ______ to help their kids ______?

Jingjing: Yeah, that's what ______ me.

Mark: I think the problem will _______.　Kids are _______ good at ______, ______

Jingjing: That's true.　More______ like______ might be harder to ______.

Mark: Those_______ are always hard to deal with.　But a family with ______ has more ______ on _______ problem.

Jingjing: That's true.　Well, I hope _______ will be a _______ one.

new words and phrases

give me the story in broad strokes:

labor shortage:

aging population:

baby boom:

nuclear family:

bunk bed:

skyrocket: