中国的小型整形美容行业

 　　Miss Zhang's nightmare began after she saw a WeChat promotion¹ last year which advertised a "lipo-dissolve treatment."

　　This is a cosmetic² injection which claims to be able to slim down a person's face, as well as help them lose weight.

　　"Two weeks after my first injection, my cheeks started to swell³ up. Then after several days, puss-filled boils began appearing on my face, and started getting bigger. They were hard. Three days later, more began appearing. The injections have caused permanent damage to my face. I am basically disfigured. Of course, it has affected⁴ my life and work."

　　Miss Zhang is just one of a growing number of Chinese women who have used cosmetic injections, or as they're known in China, mini-plastic surgeries.

　　However, this has also led to more and more women being left with physical and emotional scars after failed procedures.

　　中国的小型整形美容行业

　　Another area of concern is the so-called medical cosmetology training schools.

　　They promise students fast-fortunes through their courses.

　　The "Deli School" in Beijing requires students to pay nearly 9-thousand yuan, or around 14-hundred US dollars, to take a 4-day course.

　　As part of it many of the students will undergo the cosmetic procedures themselves.

　　Instructors⁵ at the school make students, who most-often have no medical training, give injections to one-another.

　　At the same time, the instructors also give lessons on how to dupe their clients.

　　"In the summer, you should tell the customers to avoid too much sun and carry an umbrella when going out. A month after you put them through the whitening injections, even if the effect isn't obvious, the customer's skin will still be lighter⁶, simply because you tell them to protect themselves from the sun. It's only you who will know the effect is not from the injections. It's all subliminal⁷ marketing⁸."

　　Here in China, the Internet is full of products targeting people who want to look younger.

　　Often times the websites will claim the products they're selling are imported from abroad.

　　In some cases, they'll even arrange appointments with so-called "doctors" from the mainland, Taiwan or South Korea.

　　Doctor Chen Huanran, senior plastic surgeon with Peking Union Medical College, says its claims like this which authorities should be cracking-down on.

　　"Food and medical products are part of people's lives. I think anyone found operating an illegal clinic should be blacklisted and banned from the cosmetic surgery business. Performing cosmetic procedures without a license⁹ is is illegal. I also believe licensed¹⁰ medical personnel who are found side-lining in unlicensed clinics should have their medical licenses¹¹ pulled for half-a-year to several years."

　　China is now the 3rd largest market in the world for cosmetic surgery behind the United States and Brazil.

　　Independent research is suggesting people in China are going to spend as much as 9-billion US dollars on cosmetic surgery a year in the next 3-years.

1 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

2 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

3 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 instructors   

指导者，教师( instructor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The instructors were slacking on the job. 教员们对工作松松垮垮。
• He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors. 他以校外辅导员身份，被邀请到主席台上。

6 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

7 subliminal   

adj.下意识的，潜意识的；太弱或太快以至于难以觉察的

参考例句：

• Maybe they're getting it on a subliminal level.也许他们会在潜意识里这么以为。
• The soft sell approach gets to consumers in a subliminal way.软广告通过潜意识的作用来影响消费者。

8 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

9 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

10 licensed   

adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
• Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？

11 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句