Chinese women lead biz world

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山东省鄄城县第三中学英语组 马加芬
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继《2009胡润百富榜》发布后，其子榜之一的《2009胡润女富豪榜》也于15日出炉，玖龙纸业的张茵家族以财富330亿元排名女富豪榜榜首，碧桂园的杨惠妍家族以财富310亿元排名第二，富华国际的陈丽华以财富230亿元排名第三。这是胡润百富第四次发布“胡润女富豪榜”。 胡润研究院首席调研员胡润表示：“中国的女企业家相当厉害，占全球十大自力更生女富豪的一半”
Half of the world's richest self-made women are Chinese. According to the newly released 2009 Hurun List of the Richest Women, five of the 10 most successful female billionaires are from the Chinese mainland. The latest list of China's rich women includes 51 women who appeared among the 104 women on the 2009 Hurun Rich List, which ranked the most wealthy 1,000 men and women in China. The average wealth of the women on the new list is 6.6 billion yuan. Their fortunes rose, on average, by 30 percent this year.
The top female Chinese (1)entrepreneur on the list is &quotaper Queen" Zhang Yin, from Nine Dragons Paper, who has assets worth $4.9 billion. She's followed by Yang Huiyan, from Country Garden, who's worth $4.6 billion, and Chen Lihua, from Fu Wah International Group, who has $3.4 billion in assets. The average age of the 51 richest women on the list is 46, and most made their money from property or the finance and manufacturing sections. The wealthiest self-made women in the United Kingdom and United States are also very well known - author J.K. Rowling in the UK and talk show host Oprah Winfrey in the US - yet they both lag behind Zhang Yin in terms of wealth. The 52-year-old Zhang founded Nine Dragons Paper. The company buys (2)scrap paper from the US, imports it into China, and mainly turns it into cardboard boxes used in the export of Chinese goods. The company is China's biggest paper maker. In October 2006, at 49, Zhang became the first woman to top the list of the richest people in China. Her personal fortune at the time was $4 billion.
Zhang's wealth shrank sharply last October by $300 million because of the economic crisis but it rebounded back to $4.9 billion by this September. This year's list of 1,000 super rich men and women in China includes 104 women, 16 more than last year. Most of them are self-made entrepreneurs. Hoogewerf was at a loss to explain why Chinese women are so adept at making a big impression in the business world but he has one or two theories. After all, one thing for sure is that Chinese women are brilliant.
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(1) entrepreneur: n．企业家，守业人
(2) scrap: n.小片,碎屑 v.废弃
True(T) or False (F)
1. Half of the world's richest women are Chinese according to the newly released 2009 Hurun List of the Richest Women, five of the 10 most successful female billionaires are from the Chinese mainland.
2. Chinese women are so adept at making a big impression in the business world because Chinese women are brilliant.
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1. F
2. T