{"id":31462,"date":"2026-01-05T16:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T15:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31462"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:14:04","slug":"baby-girls-now-more-popular-than-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/01\/baby-girls-now-more-popular-than-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girls Now More Popular Than Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, conversations about gender preferences have begun to shift, raising the question of whether baby girls are now more popular than boys. Cultural trends, changing family values, and social media influence how people perceive and celebrate gender, potentially reshaping long-standing preferences. This topic invites a closer look at whether these changes reflect real societal shifts or simply evolving attitudes and expressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video and be able to answer questions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Are baby girls now more popular than boys?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jfr9ij_uDLk?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does &#8220;<strong>to leave it up to (someone\/something)<\/strong>&#8221; mean? <em> <br>&#8220;If you <strong>leave it up to nature<\/strong>, there are roughly 105 male births for every 100 female ones.<\/em>&#8221; Use the phrase in a sentence. Give a synonym or a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does &#8220;<strong>a torrent of (something)<\/strong>&#8221; mean?<em> &#8220;Meanwhile, the world has recently been exposed to <strong>a torrent of news<\/strong> about poor male behavior.<\/em>&#8221; Use the phrase in a sentence. Give a synonym or a similar expression.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does &#8220;<strong>skewed<\/strong>&#8221; mean?<em> <\/em>&#8220;<em>In China, which has a <strong>skewed<\/strong> sex ratio, there are so many men that they often end up unmarried and childless.<\/em>&#8221; Use the word in a sentence. 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