图片新闻【157】国际化潮流与印度传统妇女

An Indian woman eats lunch while sitting on a ladder in front of a billboard in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta on July 18, 2002. While the majority of Indian women still lead an impoverished and conservative life, Western fashion in recent years has strongly influenced urban women, with international brands aggressively competing to grab the growing fashion market in the country. REUTERS/Sucheta Das

词汇：

billboard n.(户外)布告板, 揭示栏, 广告牌 vt.宣传
Calcutta n.加尔各答, 印度东北部的港市
impoverished adj.穷困的
conservative adj.保守的, 守旧的 n.保守派
aggressively adv.侵略地, 攻势地
compete vi.比赛, 竞争
grab v.抢夺, 攫取, 夺取