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人之为学，不日进则日退，独学无友，则孤陋而难成；久处一方，则习染而不自觉。——《顾炎武》 经典英语美文 长篇英语文章带翻译 篇一 The time-bomb at the heart of Europe 欧洲中心的定时炸弹 Why France could become the biggest danger to Europe’s single currency 为什么法国会成为欧洲单一货币体系的最大危机 The threat of the euro’s collapse has abated for the moment, but putting the single currencyright will involve years of pain. The pressure for reform and budget cuts is fiercest in Greece,Portugal, Spain and Italy, which all saw mass strikes and clashes with police this week. Butahead looms a bigger problem that could dwarf any of these: France. 欧盟瓦解的威胁日益减少，但是实行单一货币政策所带来的痛楚会持续数 年。对于希腊来说来自于改革和财政预算赤字的压力是非常大的。葡萄牙，西 班牙和意大利本周都发生了大规模的游行示威活动。但是摆在面前的还有一个 更大的问题：法国。 The country has always been at the heart of the euro, as of the European Union. PresidentFrancois Mitterrand argued for the single currency because he hoped to bolster Frenchinfluence in an EU that would otherwise fall under the sway of a unified Germany. France hasgained from the euro: it is borrowing at record low rates and has avoided the troubles of theMediterranean. Yet even before May, when Francois Hollande became the country’s first Socialistpresident since Mitterrand, France had ceded leadership in the euro crisis to Germany. And nowits economy looks increasingly vulnerable as well. 法国这个国家是欧洲，也是欧盟的中心。弗朗索瓦·密特朗表示支持单一 货币政策因为他希望提高法国在欧盟的影响，否则迟早会败于统一后的德 国手 第 1 页 共 8 页 常将有日思无日，莫待无时思有时。——《增广贤文》 良辰美景奈何天，便赏心乐事谁家院。则为你如花美眷，似水流年。——《汤显祖》 里。法国已经从欧盟得到了甜头：它以相对低的利率从而成功规避了地中海地 区的问题。即使在五月之前，当奥朗德成为自密特朗，这位转让了法国在欧盟 经济危机的主导权给德国的总统后，法国的第一位社会党总统。法国的经济体 系已经相当脆弱了。 As our special report in this issue explains, France still has ma