Chinese men in the eyes of Western women

时间：2007-08-09 00:41:09

（单词翻译:单击）

Chinanews, Shanghai, Aug 8 –For once, Chinese female film stars, like Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, have set a good image for Chinese women in the world with the charm they display in their films. Compared with Chinese women, Chinese men's image is not fairly good in the eyes of Western women, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.

 

In March 2006, Zhang Jiehai, a doctorate1 holder2 at the Sociology Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, led a research team to investigate how Western women looked at Chinese men.

 

The survey shows that many Western women think Chinese men are mostly noted3 for their care for the family. Chinese men, as the Western women say, are willing to spend money for women and when they fall in love with a woman, they are serious about the romance.

 

In regard to their shortcomings, Western women think that Chinese men do not have gentleman manners. Since they do not take much exercise, most Chinese men do not have a good figure. Chinese men lack individuality. Nearly every Western woman respondent to the survey mention about the bad habits that some Chinese men have—spitting everywhere, keeping nails and long hair, picking their noses and ears, and not cleaning their teeth thoroughly4. These bad habits make many Western women think that Chinese men are averse5 to personal hygiene6.

 

The survey was conducted in two ways, by questionnaires and interviews. More than 100 Western women answered the questionnaires and 20 women discussed the issue in details in the interviews. All the respondents are white women and have either worked or lived in China.

 

For French women, Chinese men, especially men in Shanghai, show much tender loving care for the family—they look after their children and show their loving concern for their wife, too.

 

Many American women respondents say that although China had not experienced any Feminist7 Movements in history, many Chinese men do know how to respect women. They open the door for women and carry their handbags for them. Every time when these American women went back to US, they realized how they had been spoiled by men in China.

 

To these American women, Chinese men's bad image in the world is largely attributed to Hollywood films. In many Hollywood films, Chinese men usually do not have a good image. In recent years, however, the situation has changed somewhat. To a large extent, such change has been prompted by Hong Kong film star Chow Yun-Fat. After the Chinese film Crouching8 Tiger, Hidden Dragon was showed in cinemas in the United States in 2002, many Westerners began to change their impression about Chinese men.

 
分享到：


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 doctorate fkEzt     
n.(大学授予的)博士学位
参考例句：
  • He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.他的学分不够取得博士学位。
  • Where did she do her doctorate?她在哪里攻读博士？
2 holder wc4xq     
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
  • The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
  • That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
3 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
4 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地
参考例句：
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
5 averse 6u0zk     
adj.厌恶的；反对的，不乐意的
参考例句：
  • I don't smoke cigarettes,but I'm not averse to the occasional cigar.我不吸烟，但我不反对偶尔抽一支雪茄。
  • We are averse to such noisy surroundings.我们不喜欢这么吵闹的环境。
6 hygiene Kchzr     
n.健康法，卫生学 （a.hygienic）
参考例句：
  • Their course of study includes elementary hygiene and medical theory.他们的课程包括基础卫生学和医疗知识。
  • He's going to give us a lecture on public hygiene.他要给我们作关于公共卫生方面的报告。
7 feminist mliyh     
adj.主张男女平等的，女权主义的
参考例句：
  • She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
  • From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起，男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。
8 crouching crouching     
v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
  • A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

©2005-2010英文阅读网