外媒看中国：程序员鼓励师是个什么鬼！

 　　Chinese tech companies have sparked controversy¹ on social media after choosing to motivate their male employees by hiring 'programming cheerleaders'.

　　中国的科技公司雇佣“程序员鼓励师”（programming cheerleaders）来激励男性员工，此举在社交媒体上引发了争议。

　　The 'pretty, talented' girls are hired to 'create a fun work environment' for employees of internet companies across the country, according to a social media website in China.

　　根据中国一家媒体网站的报道，中国国内的互联网公司请来“‘智慧与美貌并存的’女孩，旨在给员工‘创造一个愉悦的工作环境’”。

　　'Their job includes buying programmers breakfast, chitchatting and playing ping-pong with them,' the post said.

　　报道称：“她们的工作包括为程序员买早餐，陪他们聊天、打乒乓球。”

　　An HR manager of one of the companies that apparently² hired three of the 'cheerleaders' told that their programmers were 'mostly male and terrible at socialising.'

　　一家已雇佣三名女性程序员鼓励师的公司中，人力资源部经理透露，公司里的程序员“男性偏多，社交能力很差。”

　　外媒看中国：程序员鼓励师是个什么鬼！

　　'The presence of these girls have greatly improved their job efficiency and motivation,' the HR manager said.

　　这名经理还表示：“这些女鼓励师激励他们工作，大大提高了工作效率。”

　　The response on social media to the pictures has been less positive.

　　社交媒体对此却不怎么乐观。

　　'Or you know, hire some women who code. Oh wait, that would be too intimidating³ for there man-children, right?' One Facebook user wrote.

　　一名脸书用户写道：“哎呀，雇些女性编程员嘛。诶，等等，这岂不是会吓到那里的男娃娃们呢？”

　　'How about the female coders? Do they get some men?' Another said.

　　还有人说：“女程序员咋办？她们有配备男鼓励师吗？”

1 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

2 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。

3 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。