福布斯全球女强人排行榜2006

From prime ministers to presidents of Fortune 500 companies, women across the globe are making great strides when it comes to changing the perception of the power elite¹. For the 3rd consecutive² year, Forbes Magazine has selected the 100 most powerful women in the world. Chana Schoenberger is the, an associate editor at Forbes Magazine. Chana, good morning.

Good morning. I'm so glad to be here.

First of all, great to see you as well. Thank you for joining us. Let's talk about your criteria³, first of all, because (Yes) you're talking about the most powerful women in the world.

Right. Well, we're looking at three things. We're looking at the amount of money that they control, we're looking at their resume, their job, their previous jobs, and we're also looking at, un, eh (Their influence?) money, resume, and, and public profile, (Ok), their press entrance.

Ok, because there's a lot of influence that this list has...(Yes), and you're, you know, I'm noticing, ah, some of them might be predictable, the top, the No.1 is chancellor⁴, German chancellor Ange, Angela Merkel (That's right), and No.2 is Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, but some of these people on the list, maybe most of us have not heard of. For example, at No.76, you have Angela Ahrendts, she's the chief executive of Burberry. Why did you put her on the list?

She's brand new to the job and her predecessor⁵ Rose Marie Bravo was also on our list last year when she had this job. Burberry is a very important fashion company and of course as, as women, we love the brand, we love "the check "(The trademark⁶ of Burberry, the check, has been worked in laminated cotton for the classic trench⁷ coat or appears as a cape⁸ on the catwalk.). Uh, she's had some challenges. She's trying to move beyond the plaid that everybody knows. She's been putting that founder⁹'s signature as an icon¹⁰. She's doing a new course and everybody loves it. It's so exciting to have her on the list.

What is predictable is that Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Senator is on the list at No.18, but what may be someone surprising is that you have Nancy Pelosi, who's minority leader, at 48 and then Laura Bush at 43. Now why is Hillary Rodham Clinton way up on the list and someone like Laura Bush at 43?

Well, it's interesting, because if you, ur, a question I get asked all the time is ah, you know, if there were a woman president of the US, would she be No.1? And the answer is if there were a woman President, she'd probably be No.1. And right now Hillary is the woman who is poised¹¹ to possibly be the Democratic nominee¹² and maybe even to be the president, so that makes her extremely powerful, much more powerful than an ordinary senator would be.

Speaking of women presidents, Michelle Bachelet, she's the, ah, President of Chile, she's a first woman ever elected president of a South American nation. And, and you have her at No.17

She's a really big deal, and ah, she's only the second female president in all of Latin America. She was a political dissident. She was jailed. She was exiled, you know, her family was jailed. She's a doctor and so for her to become President of Chile, it's a huge cheer. The Chileans were so excited about seeing her on this list. Apparently¹³, there's dancing on the streets?

Emm. Good to see. It's been a pretty amazing year because we also saw there, a woman, the first woman, ah, a president of Africa is also this year (oh, yeah), but also, I mean, Andrea Jung is the chairman and CEO of Avon Products, so she's had some financial sales issues in, in Latin America and in China, but you still have her at No.37.

It's true. She is actually very inspiring. Avon has been such a force for women, driving them to entrepreneurship, these are, these, these Avon calling Avon ladies have been out there, basically running their own businesses for Avon and it's such an, an important force, so we, we thought that she was great.

You also have at No. 22, the Chief Executive and President of eBay, Margaret Whitman, and this, she's gotta be pretty influential¹⁴.

Well, she's also, Madam Whitman is ah, she's also one of the richest women in the world. (Hmm), one of the richest people in the world and she's built this company. She's not the founder, but she came in and built this company into a powerhouse for, for the online world, one of the most successful companies on the Internet.

Um hum, you also have the second largest United States firm to be led by ah, a woman ah, is, is PepsiCo, and Indra Nooyi is a chief executive designate, she's had PepsiCo. And also I should probably mention, ah, that, you know, there are a lot of newswomen on this list (Yeah), including ah, Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer, and our very own Meredith Vieira, who's gonna be coming in a week from Wednesday. Now why did you put Meredith Vieira on the list when she's sort of in between? Is it because she's gonna be taking the role of Today Show, or is it because (Yeah) of what she's already done over the course of her many years in this profession?

Well, it's a recognition of her accomplishments¹⁵, but it's also because she's taking over this, this great show. And so many people will be watching her. She's gonna be so influential in, in what she says, and she's had, you know, she is an award-winning, winning newswoman, but she's also, you know, she spent nine years on the View. I don't have to tell you all this, but un, she's really connected with viewers, she's told her personal story, her own struggles, and eh, the, the audience really connects with her, so she's gonna have a lot of power.

And she's at 69 now. I'm getting, I'm guessing that her number's gonna rise as time goes on. (Yeah, we'll see) Thank you so much Chana Schoenberger. (Thank you) I really appreciate your list and your coming down to hang out with us and tell us all about it this morning.


1.make great strides:make great advances, progress a lot

1 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

2 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

3 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

4 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

5 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

6 trademark   

n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标

参考例句：

• The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
• The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

7 trench   

n./v.(挖)沟，(挖)战壕

参考例句：

• The soldiers recaptured their trench.兵士夺回了战壕。
• The troops received orders to trench the outpost.部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫。

8 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

9 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

10 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

11 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

12 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

13 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

14 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

15 accomplishments   

n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就

参考例句：

• It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
• Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》