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根据以下材料,回答题ForChen Hua,28, an automobile engineer in Shanghai, reading out English text aloudafter taking pronunciation lessons on a mobile app has become an eveningroutine.Chen might skip dinner, but wouldn't trade even one language classdelivered by the app for anything.
Nothaving been using English much since leaving college, Chert feels the pressureto pick it up using spare time.The "pressure" arises from a constantfear of being left behind as English-proficient peers appear to get ahead.Academiccircles refer to this as "middle-class anxiety" ,which isgrasping some sections of China's population.
In areport released by leading online recruiter Zhaopin in January, one-fourth ofsurveyed white-collar workers said they feel more stressed than inspired,citing reasons from unstable paychecks to gloomy career prospects.Mostimportant of all, many people worry that the worth and utility of theirknowledge and qualifications could erode due to thriving technologicalprogress,globalism and entrepreneurship.
"Intensifiedpeer pressure, especially at workplaces, is one factor that fuels ourbusiness," said Wang Yi, CEO of Liulishuo, an English-learning app thatChen uses every day.Wang, a Princeton computer science graduate and formerproduct manager at Google Inc, launched the app over five years ago with theintention to disrupt China's hidebound brick-and-mortar language schools.
Liulishuo--itis Chinese for "speaking fluently" --brings social media and gamingelements to the genre.Wang said that unlike pre-school or K12 education, theadult-learning market is characterized by an inherent desire forself-improvement.Students of online adult education courses feel the fee ismoney well spent.
Topersonalize offerings, Liulishuo has introduced big data and algorithms toquantify multiple dimensions of speech, as well as automatically tailor coursesso that the courses could walk a fine line between challenging the students anddiscouraging them to the extent that they quit learning.
Actually,this is not just confined to language courses.China's growing learners haveshown they will spend time on the right educational programs.
Whichof the following can be the best title for the text? A.White-collarWorkers Feeling Stressed
B.OnlineAdult Education Gaining Popularity
C.YoungLeamers Leading the New Trend
D.MobileApps Used in English Learning
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