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1、Briefing Japanese women and workThe EconomistThe EconomistHolding Back Half The NationHolding Back Half The NationKaren Kawabata represents the best of Japans intellectual capital. She has just graduated from the University of Tokyo, the most prestigious in the country. Wry and poised, with an Ameri
2、can mother and Japanese father, she has the languages and cosmopolitan attitude that Japanese companies particularly value nowadays. In April she will join McKinsey(麦肯锡), a consultancy that should give her immediate membership of a globe-trotting（环球旅行） elite.Yet Ms Kawabata sees obstacles in her pat
3、h. She is acutely aware of the difficulties she would face at traditional Japanese companies, should she find herself joining one. Ferociously long working hours, often stretching past midnight, are followed by sessions of “nominication”, a play on the Japanese word for drinking, nomu, and the Engli
4、sh word “communication”; these are where young hopefuls forge connections and build reputations. Nowadays women trying to impress the boss are allowed to drink plum wine（梅子酒） mixed with plenty of soda instead of beer, says Ms Kawabata. But that is hardly a great improvement.Above all, she worries th
5、at having a family will be nigh on impossible to combine with a demanding career. When shemet her boyfriends father for the first time this year, she reassured him about her intentions at McKinsey. “I told him that I would rethink my career in a few yearstime,” she says.That one of the brightest of
6、Japans graduates needs to say such things should worry Shinzo Abe, the prime minister. Japan educates its women to a higher level than nearly anywhere else in the world: its girls come near the top in education league-tables（比赛成绩表，比赛名次表） compiled by the OECD. But when they leave university their pot
7、ential is often squandered, as far as the economy is concerned. Female participation in the labour force is 63%, far lower than in other rich countries. When women have their first child, 70% of them stop working for a decade or more, compared with just 30% in America. Quite a lot of those 70% are g
8、one for good.The New WordsThe New Words 1、intellectual ,ntlektl n. 知识分子；凭理智做事者adj. 智力的；聪明的；理智的2、prestigious prestds adj. 有名望的；享有声望的3、wry ra adj. 歪斜的，扭歪的；歪曲的vt./vi.扭曲；扭歪4、poised pzd adj. 泰然自若的，镇定的；平衡的；摆好姿势不动的，静止的5、cosmopolitan ,kzmplt()n n. 四海为家者；世界主义者；世界各地都有的东西adj. 世界性的；世界主义的，四海一家的6、membership membp
9、 n. 资格；成员资格；会员身分7、elite elit n. 精英；精华；中坚分子8、obstacle bstk()l n. 障碍，干扰；妨害物9、ferociously frusli adv. 残忍地；野蛮地；凶猛地10、stretch stret n. 伸展，延伸vt./vi. 伸展,张开adj. 可伸缩的11、session se()n n. 会议；（法庭的）开庭；（议会等的）开会；学期；讲习会12、forge fd n. 熔炉，锻铁炉；铁工厂vt./ vi. 伪造；锻造；前进13、nigh na prep. 近于adj. 在附近的；直接的adv. 几乎；在附近地14，reassure ri vt. 使安心，使消除疑虑15、potential ptenl n. 潜能；可能性；电 电势adj. 潜在的；可能的16、squander skwnd vt. 浪费 vi. 浪费；漂泊n. 浪费17、participation p,tspen n. 参与；分享；参股Thank you!Thank you!
