Text 歐洲人n.歐洲的adj. 歐元n.EuropeUnion n. n. 女性n. 的 n. n.TearsinHeaven 特別的adj.挑剔的adj. 公司的adj. . 完全地 家庭友好型的adj.environmental-friendly環境友好型的adj. 高級的adj. 初級 經理n.management管理n. 決定v. 決策，決定n. 管理v. 州長，n.ernmentn. 管理n. 位置，職位n. 保持v.overwhelmingly壓倒性的adj. 百分 .n.理層中女Europeisnotagender-equalityheaven.(Inparticular),thecorporateworkplacewillneverbecompleyfamily-friendly(untilwomenarepart)(ofseniormanagementdecisions),andEurope’stopcorporate-ernancepositionsremainoverwhelminglymale.Indeed,womenholdonly14percent(ofpositions)(onEuropecorporateboards). n.理層中女 合法 的 特定 當然 up 高 提出，提議，求婚 使... 令人沮喪 感到沮喪 沮喪n. n. 副adj.，總統n. 呼吁n. n. 邀請信n.signupforXX 平衡adj.n. 會員資格n. 呼吁n. failtheexam succeedintheexam考試成功 公司n.TheEuropeUnionisnowconsideringlegislation(tocompelcorporateboards)(tomaintainacertainproportion)(ofwomen)-upto60percent.Thisproposedmandatewasborn(offrustration).(Lastyear),EuropeCommissionVice VivianeRedingissuedacall(tovoluntaryaction).Redinginvitedcorporations(tosignup)(forgenderbalancegoal)(of40percentfemaleboardmembership).Butherappealwasafailure:only24companiestookitup. n. 公平 個人的adj. 就個人而言=Inmyopinion,....breakthrough 天花

【呼吁提高女性高管比例】accordingtosb.依據所說的 伴隨 Doweneedquotas(toensure)(thatwomencancontinue)(toclimbthecorporateladderfairly)(astheybalanceworkandfamily)? ally,Idon’tlikequotas,”Redingsaidrecently.“ButIlike(whatthequotasdo).”Quotasgetaction:they“opentheway(toequality)andtheybreakthroughtheglassceiling,”accordingtoReding,aresult(seen)(inFranceandothercountries)legallybindingprovisionsonplacingwomenintopbusiness 【例有用 運行vi.運營vt.countertoXX 和XX相反 精英政治n.the 有能 n. 理想n.asif/as 好 暫時 有用IunderstandReding’sreluctanceandherfrustration.Idon’tlikequotaseither;theyruncounter(tomybelief)(inmeritocracy), 有用after 畢竟，說到 n. 證明，展 頂峰n.summitmeetingn. 吸引v. 注意 精確 (Afterall),fourdecades(ofevidence)hasnowshown(thatcorporations)(inEurope)(astheUS)areevadingthemeritocratichiringandpromotion(ofwomen)(totopposition)—(nomatterhowmuch“softpressure”isputuponthem).(Whenwomendobreakthrough)(tothesummit)(ofcorporatepower)—(as),(forexample),(SherySandbergrecentlydid) )—theyattractmassiveattentionpreciselytheyremaintheexceptiontotherule). 合適的adj. 公共 in 照顧人的nomore 不再adv 有價值的adj. 公平的adj.

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