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Chinese women satisfied with their role in family

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Chinanews, Beijing, Mar¹. 11 – A recent survey conducted among women in 16 countries shows that Chinese women are satisfied with their role in the family, as they get support from their spouses² and have decision-making power in the family. On the other hand, Chinese women are dissatisfied with issues like their economic status in society, health security, career opportunities and the chance of receiving education.

The results of the survey were released on Thursday by Avon Products Inc., an American cosmetic³ company, after it investigated more than 8,000 urban women above the age of 18 in the world. The investigation⁴, carried out early in last January, aimed at finding out the status in the family, socio-economic position, health conditions and social relationships of women of different age groups and different ethnic⁵ and cultural backgrounds.

The survey was randomly⁶ conducted among women living in China, the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, India, Poland, Russia, Venezuela, the Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, South Africa and Turkey.

The survey contained 34 questions. They include whether women can choose their marriage partners and decide when to marry; whether women can decide whether or when they will give birth to a baby; whether they are fully⁷ respected by their spouses; whether their husbands help them with household chores; whether they take care of and educate their children; whether they have the right to divorce; whether they have their own houses and sufficient money to do what they want; and whether they can get affordable⁸ health check and medical care.

About 500 Chinese women participated in the survey and overall, they gave 64 marks out of 100 to grade their current life. The survey shows that Chinese women are most satisfied with the fact that they can arrange their own life, make decision on religion issue, and are cared for by the family. Most women believe they will have a bright future. More than 60% of the respondents believe they will have a female state leader in ten years.

About 70% of women in the survey, including women from China, are dissatisfied with their career opportunities and their chance of receiving education.

Avon Products Inc. entered into China in 1991. It now has 74 subsidiary companies and 5,400 sales outlets⁹ in China. The company’s annual sales volume exceeds 200 million US dollars.

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1 mar
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。 Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 spouses
n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。来自辞典例句 An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。来自辞典例句

3 cosmetic
n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的
参考例句：
These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。 Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

4 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。 The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

6 randomly
adv.随便地，未加计划地
参考例句：
Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。来自辞典例句 Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。来自辞典例句

7 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 affordable
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
参考例句：
The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。 There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

9 outlets
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店
参考例句：
The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。来自《简明英汉词典》 They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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