Brazilian women care more about their appearance than any
other women in the world, with half prepared to undergo plastic surgery to keep
their looks, a recent study shows. In Brazil, where being called "vain" is often
a compliment(恭维) suggesting self-respect, 86 percent of women said they tried
(47) hard to improve their looks compared with an average of 67
percent worldwide, according to the 2003 global women’s (48)
by cosmetic(化妆品) company Avon. 90 percent of Brazilian women
(49) beauty products as an essential thing in daily life rather
than a (50) one, compared with an average of 77 percent
worldwide, Avon said, (51) its investment of 21,000 women in
24 countries. Avon’s official explanation for Brazilian women’s beauty
(52) was their struggle to enter a job market where they are
still poorly (53) in many fields. "It’s important to look
good, and feel good if you want to (54) the world dominated
by men, said Marcia Gonsales, planning and marketing director at Avon. Looking
good in Brazil is a national (55) . Nowhere on Earth is
plastic surgery more popular on a per-capita basis than in this nation of 175
million people. Some male Brazilian writers (56) this to a
common understanding that women should be sexy. A) accordingly
F) survey
K) extremely B)
represented
G) deposit
L) luxurious C) amazing
H) classified
M) attribute D) entertainment
I) confront
N) contradiction E) consciousness
J) citing
O) responded