FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy's Saturday meeting with the Dalai Lama has greatly diminished people's appetite for France and its products, a survey by sina.com suggests.
Of the 25,000 people polled by the Website, more than 93 percent said their impression of France is becoming worse.
About 95 percent of the respondents said they supported the government's decision to defer a high-level meeting with European Union (EU) leaders. France holds the rotating presidencyof the EU.
More than 150 Chinese executives were expected to meet with their EU counterparts on the sidelines of the meeting, reportedly to buy goods worth $13 billion.
Sarkozy has been changing his political stance to suit his needs, many netizens said.
Though some French netizens have criticized Sarkozy, others have called for a boycott of Chinese goods, the Global Times said. It quoted a French netizen as having said that the Chinese economy would suffera lot if it loses the French market.
Leader sends mixed signals to China
November 2007 Six months after becoming French president, China is the first Asian country Nicolas Sarkozy visits. He asks for a seat to be reserved for him in the Bird's Nest.
April 2008 Sarkozy says the attendance of European countries' leaders at the Games Opening Ceremony should be conditional on China reopening a dialogue with the Dalai Lama.
April 2008 Sarkozy shows sympathy for Chinese Olympic torch-bearer Jin Jing, saying he understands Chinese people's feelings were hurt. He condemns the attacks on Jin.
July 2008 At the G8 summit, Sarkozy says he will attend the Games' opening ceremony. He leaves open the possibility of meeting with the Dalai Lama.
August 2008 Sarkozy attends the Games' Opening Ceremony and his office announces he will not meet with the Dalai Lama.
Sarkozy meets with the Dalai Lama in Poland.
英語詞匯解析
appetite愛好
bolster支持
boycott聯(lián)合抵制
diminish(使)減少
fiscal財(cái)政的
monetary貨幣的
preferential特惠的
BONUS
Expression
double-dealing
口是心非的，兩面三刀的
The secret agent was double-dealing his country all along.
間諜具有雙重身份，他同時(shí)也在出賣自己的祖國(guó)。
two-faced
兩面派的
He would tell his wife that he loved her while cheating on her with his mistress. The two-faced liar!
他告訴妻子他愛她，但又背著她找小三兒。這個(gè)兩面三刀的偽君子。
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天天進(jìn)步
謝謝分享 好好學(xué)習(xí)，天天進(jìn)步
