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SHANG HAI :Slim 21-year-old Huang Wenxian is a woman of many talents. She is not merely beautiful and clever ,she also knows the correct way to eat a banana.First you take the fruit, cut it open with a knife and then slice it into small pieces which you eat with a fork.“You would do this on a formal occasion or in front of somebody that you respect,” she says. Huang is one of an elite group of girls at the Shanghai Normal University Women's College ,who have been admitted to study Chinese Literature or Public Relations at China's first State funded finishing school.The curriculum includes ordinary coursework as well as Japanese, English, embroidery(刺绣),the tea ceremony and Chinese and Western table manners.?
Many of the finer points of femininity(妇女气质) lapsed when women were urged to strive for equal rights and forget their feudal traditions, said course director Professor Sun Xun.
“After 1949,government policies emphasized women's rights so there were no women's colleges; they went to ordinary colleges,”he said.?
In the 1990s,the idea of all female colleges resurfaced. However, the new breed of women's colleges are not aiming to be centers of academic excellence modelled on Girton at Cambridge or Radcliffe on the U.S. east coast.?
Rather, these ,new finishing schools are modeled on the Swiss ideal of turning out young ladies who know how best to get out of a car, or arrange a bunch of flowers.? “We started the women's college because although there is emphasis on women's equality in society ,women's special talents are different,” said Sun.?
With China entering the World Trade Organization and the country's big cities becoming more cosmopolitan(世界性的),young people need to grasp international manners to succeed in business.?
Suggestions that these schools will merely turn out “Flower vases”—Chinese slang for trophy women who are empty but beautiful—are denied by the administration and students.“I can answer that accusation with facts, we are very capable. There is one girl in my course who already has written her first novel. Perhaps other people are just jealous,” said Huang.?
One woman who is sure that finishing schools will gain ground in China is June Yamada ,a Japanese entrepreneur who aims to set up a “Style Academy” in partnership with the Jinmao Group that co-owns Shanghai's Grand Hyatt hotel.?
Yamada hopes to sell training courses to corporations or aspiring career girls who want to work for international firm but still spit their chicken bones onto the table.?
“People need elegance .They need manners, and that is not the kind of thing that you find in university,” she explains.?
Shanghai Normal University, accepts only girls over 1.62 meters for Women's College courses because many companies place an emphasis on women being tall and pretty before considering them for jobs.?
But while many Chinese films do set height standards, the idea is unknown at multinationals.“I've seldom seen that kind of thing. As I recall, my secretary was quite short,” says Shah Olynik ,a public relations consultant who formerly worked for a major U.S.PR firm.?
1.When you want to eat banana at home, you'd better _______.?
A.cut it open? B.eat after peeling off the skin?
C.slice into pieces? D.eat with a fork
2.We started women's college because_______.?
A.it is necessary to know women's the correct way to eat a banana?
B.woman should know how to get out of a car or arrange a bunch of flowers?
C.we wanted to emphasize women's rights?
D.it is necessary to own woman's special talents
3.According to the text, we can know _______.?
A.the women at the Shanghai Normal University must be over one point and six two metersB.the students in the Normal University must be good at embroidery?
C.it's wrong to think girls in women's colleges are empty but beautiful.?
D.many international companies attend to pay more attention to the women's appearance
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true??
A.In 1976,most woman would be possibly accepted by ordinary colleges.?
B.In 1993,maybe female colleges aimed to be centers of academic centers excellence centers.?
C.As a member of the World Trade Organization, oung people should grasp international manners.?
D.Some companies don't set height standards.
5.The best title would be _______.?
A.Female Grace Returns?
B.Shanghai Normal University?
C.Women's Equality in Society?
D.Women Need Elegance
