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France's outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy (2ndL) shakes hands with new President Francois Hollande (R) after the handover ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris May 15, 2012.(Agencies) |
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Francois Hollande had quite a first day as French president: swearing in, Champs Elysees parade in torrential rain, then a lightning strike to his plane en route to meet the world's most powerful woman. Hollande could already consider himself unlucky with the one-in-a-million lightning strike that delayed his visit to Berlin to see Chancellor Angela Merkel and his luck with the weather did not improve as he arrived in Germany. Merkel was all smiles as she greeted the new president and appeared relaxed throughout. Hollande, on his first foreign trip as France's leader, seemed stiffer and less at ease, only sometimes cracking a smile. The leaders of Europe's two powerhouses engaged in a brief handshake -- gone the kisses on the cheeks Merkel had with Hollande's predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy -- then squelched onto the red carpet, flanked by a military band. Waving briefly to a handful of onlookers huddled under umbrellas, the two leaders stood side-by-side for the two national anthems, she in her customary pose with hands clasped at her front, he almost standing to attention. The journey across the Rhine was anything other than auspicious, with Hollande's presidential Falcon forced to return to Paris "for safety reasons and as a precaution" after being hit by lightning. At the highly awaited news conference, Merkel said the fact he made it to Berlin despite the unlikely event of a lightning strike was "maybe a good omen for our co-operation." They made the most of what they could agree on, but Hollande warned ominously that "everything was on the table" concerning EU economic policy, ahead of a meeting of European leaders in Brussels on May 23. "This meeting wasn't intended to answer all the questions that have been asked, but was mainly meant for us to get to know each other better, to establish ties, a working method, to find a solution together" to the crisis, said Hollande. (Read by Nelly Min. Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
法國新任總統弗朗索瓦?奧朗德任職的第一天堪稱非比尋常：宣誓就職；在香榭麗舍大道乘車巡游時突降暴雨；隨后在飛往德國與默克爾會面途中又遭遇雷擊。 奧朗德可能以為，遇到概率極低的雷擊事件，導致他推遲了去柏林與德國總理默克爾的會晤已經實屬不幸，但在他抵達柏林后，天氣也沒變好。 默克爾在迎接這位新總統時笑容滿面，一直非常輕松。此次是奧朗德首次以法國總統的身份出訪，他看上去比較緊張，不太輕松，只是偶爾露個笑臉。 歐洲兩個大國的領導人先握了握手，而不是像默克爾之前會見奧朗德的前任薩科奇那樣互相親吻面頰，之后兩人在軍樂隊的伴奏下走上紅毯。 兩位領導人朝舉著傘的民眾揮了揮手，之后并肩站在一起聽兩國的國歌演奏。默克爾習慣性地把手扣在前面，奧朗德一直肅立傾聽。 這次橫跨萊茵河的出訪行程最初不太走運，奧朗德的總統專機獵鷹型座機在突遭雷擊之后，“為了安全起見，同時也為了預防事故發生”被迫返回巴黎。 默克爾在眾人期待已久的新聞發布會上表示，盡管遭遇雷擊返航，但奧朗德仍飛往德國訪問“是兩國開展合作的好兆頭”。 兩人最大范圍地達成了一致，但奧朗德提醒說，考慮到歐洲的經濟政策，“所有的問題都可以公開來談”。歐洲各國領導人將于5月23日在布魯塞爾舉行會晤。 奧朗德說：“這次會晤不是為了解決所提出的所有問題，主要是為了增進了解，建立聯系和工作方法，一起找到應對危機的解決辦法。” 相關閱讀 （中國日報網英語點津 Julie 編輯：陳丹妮） |
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Vocabulary: omen: 預兆，征兆 make the most of: 盡量利用，十分重視 on the table: 公開地，擺在桌面上 |
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