早安英文 第517期:带你认识全世界最Top的5个女性CEO

（单词翻译）

 rejoice¹ v.（使）高兴
plight² n.困境；苦境
housewares n.家用器皿

The international Women's movement that we celebrate today on 8th of March every year dates back to 28th February 1909 when the first National Woman's day was observed in United States.
我们现在庆祝的3.8妇女节，可以追溯到 1909年2月28日，是在美国诞生这个节日的。
It was in 1975 that United Nations started celebrating March 8 as International Women's Day.
后来是在1975年，联合国改成了三月八号。
For over a century, women's day has been being celebrated³ around the world to rejoice the achievements and plight of women。
过了一个世纪之后，现在这个节日主要是为赞美女性作出的成就，和安慰她们曾经受到的苦难。
Kraft foods is the second-largest food company in the world and she has been leading the company in perfect business terms since decades.
卡夫食品公司是世界第二大的食品公司。她也很好的带领这个公司发展数十年了。
She draws an annual salary of $16.2 million and brought 72% increase in profits since 2001. In 2011, Forbes named her as world's fourth most powerful woman.
她年薪1620万美元，她更厉害的是在2001年给百事带来了利润百分之72的增长。在2011年，美国财经杂志《福布斯》公布了全球最具影响力的100名女性名单，百事公司执行长努伊名列第四。
Retail⁴ industry is now defined⁵ as a platform for low-cost options to the shoppers offering everything from clothing to housewares – this happened because of Carol Meyrowitz.
现在零售是对于购物者来说一个低消费的选择，并且这个公司从衣服到家用器皿都有销售。然而这一切都是因为Carol Meyrowitz.
Ruling the Chemical industry, Kullman joined DuPont in 1988 at the post of a marketing⁶ manager, later she became the president in 2008 and finally the CEO in 2009
在掌管化学工业之后， Kullman 在1988年成为市场经理，2008年成为董事长，最后在2009年成为CEO。