职场英语：高职务的强势女性更苗条(双语）
<p><span word="Powerful">Powerful</span> <span word="career">career</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="law">law</span>, <span word="medicine">medicine</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="slimming">slimming</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="figures">figures</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 15 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="reveals">reveals</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="fatter">fatter</span>.</p><p>官方数据显示，法律、医学及商界的高职位强势女性身材日趋苗条。调查显示，过去15年来，几乎所有人都在增胖，唯独这一群体体重竟是下降的。</p><p><span word="New">New</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Obesity">Obesity</span> <span word="Observatory">Observatory</span> (<span word="NOO">NOO</span>) <span word="shows">shows</span> <span word="that">that</span> 15 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="obese">obese</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1997, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="fallen">fallen</span> <span word="to">to</span> 14 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2008.</p><p>据英国国家肥胖论坛最新数据显示，1997年职业女性的肥胖率是15%，到了2008年，该比率已下降至14%。</p><p><span word="NOO">NOO</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="monitored">monitored</span> <span word="obesity">obesity</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UK">UK</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2007, <span word="highlighted">highlighted</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="percentage">percentage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="classified">classified</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="fat">fat</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="from">from</span> 15 <span word="to">to</span> 20 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="between">between</span> 1997 <span word="and">and</span> 2008.</p><p>国家肥胖论坛自2007年起就一直在调查英国的肥胖问题。该组织发现，1997年至2008年，职业男性的肥胖率已从15%上升至20%。</p><p><span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="slimmer">slimmer</span> <span word="women">women</span> - <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="judged">judged</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="appearance">appearance</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="skill">skill</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ambition">ambition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="colleagues">colleagues</span>.</p><p>两大原因可以解释女性日趋苗条的现象：其一，社会通常以相貌而非技能来评判女性;其二，女性比男性更容易争强好胜。</p>
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