八年前,当她55岁时,李继先创办了山西烹饪学院。1998年,她的学校获得了成功。此后,她又办起了烹饪培训班,专门帮助下岗职工掌握再就业技能。她的善举引起了美国使馆的关注。去年美国总统布什与夫人劳拉访华时,她应邀带学生为美国客人表演中国烹饪绝活,受到了在场人士的欢迎。 Eight years ago, when she was 55, Li Jixian founded Shanxi Culinary Institute. In 1998, her school was a success. Since then, she has also set up cooking classes to help laid-off workers to master re-employment skills. Her good deeds aroused the concern of the U.S. embassy. Last year, when President Bush and his wife Laura visited China, she was invited to showcase Chinese cooking skills to students in the United States and was welcomed by all present.