Almost half of Americans want their first child to be a boy, according to a new study.

一项新研究发现，近半数美国人希望头一胎生的是男孩。

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In "the gentle boy", for example, a quaker child in an inimical new england settlement is stoned by the other children, and betrayed by one of them whom he had befriended .

例如在《温文少年》里，一个教友会的孩子，在敌视他的新英格兰村落里，被别人孩子用石头打了，被一个受过他的恩惠的孩子出卖了。

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The boy's disappearance raised awareness of child abductions and led to new ways to search for missing children.

CNN: Basement search for Etan Patz clues ends

That child gave a different account, telling the New York Daily News that Wilson and another boy approached him and both reached into his pocket before Wilson struck him in the face.

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The boy's disappearance was thought to raise awareness of child abductions and led to new ways to search for missing children.

CNN: After suspension, search for Etan Patz to resume Monday