Bangladesh Grooms New Police 孟加拉強調新警員儀表

By Mark Dummett in Dhaka, Bangladesh

媒體英語會帶大家一起學習BBC撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。

Background: 孟加拉警方當局鼓勵新警員要注重個人儀表，甚至找來該國一流美容師給警員進行儀態指導。

The idea, according to Mazharal Haque, the vice-principal of Bangladesh's top police academy, is to turn this batch of new recruits into world-class police leaders, fit to serve in United Nations peacekeeping missions anywhere on the planet.

They have just received lessons in grooming, personal hygiene, physical fitness, skin care, diet and dining etiquette.

Kaniz Almas Khan, who runs a chain of smart beauty parlours in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka as well as in Thailand, was also invited to show the new recruits how to wear clothes in matching colours.

She also gave the 140 men and women a lesson in how to choose a good perfume and aftershave. She was quoted by the French press agency AFP as saying that the male officers were just as keen as the female officers, if not more, on looking good.

“I was surprised to be asked”, she said, “But it's great that people are becoming more conscious of their looks”.