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THE English proficiency of Chinese women is much better than that of men, according to a study released in Shanghai yesterday. 昨天在上海公布的一项研究显示，中国女性的英语水平明显优于男性。 Chinese women scored three points higher than men in the English Proficiency Index released by EF Education, a language training company. Worldwide, women scored one point higher than men on average. 在英孚教育（一个语言培训公司）公布的英语水平指数测试中，中国女性的得分要比男性高3分。世界范围内，女性得分比男性平均高一分。 "This shows that Chinese women are more accustomed to the Chinese education mode," the report said. "Chinese women use their gift of language to gain success." “这表明中国女性更习惯中国的教育模式，”报告表示。“中国女性用她们的语言天赋来获得成功。” However, Chinese mainlanders' English proficiency ranked second to last in Asia, despite the great time and effort that many people invest in learning the language, the report said. 但是，尽管很多人投入了很多的时间和精力来学习语言，中国大陆人的英语水平在亚洲仍排名倒数第二，报告说。 China's mainland is ranked the 36th in the index of 54 countries and regions where English is not the native language. That's down from 29th last year. The Chinese mainland belongs to the low-proficiency tier and is ranked just above Thailand in Asia. | 
