雅思阅读之浓缩阅读法Managerial and executive progress made by women is confirmed by the annual survey of boards of directors carried out by Korn /Ferry /Carre /Orban International
This year the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as non-executive directors compared with the previous year
However, progress remains painfully slow and there were still only 18 posts filled by women out of a total of 354 non-executive positions surveyed
Hilary Sears, a partner with Korn /Ferry, said, Women have raised the level of grades we are employed in but we have still not broken through barriers to the top
上面一段话,完全可以浓缩成以下内容: progress(+) doubling of the number(+) However painfully slow(-) raised the level of grades(+) but not broken through(-) 也就是说,从两次出现 however/but 这种转折关系词来看,这一段话一直采纳的是一种对比结构,