民族品质自夸 英法冤家聚头.

　　喜欢历史的朋友们都知道，各国由于历史长河的积淀，都形成了独特的名族特性，英国的绅士感、法国的浪漫、德国的严谨、美国的英雄主义……在这些国家中，英法两国经常有一种水火不容的气势，不过对于名族品质来说，真的不存在于优良中差。

　　All Europeans think that their own country is the most compassionate, and nearly everyone judges the Germans to be the least compassionate, although both France and Germany gave that title to Britain.

　　所有欧洲人都认为自己的民族是最富有同情心的，而几乎每一个欧洲人都评价德国人最冷漠。尽管在法国人和德国人眼中，“最冷漠”这个称号应该颁给英国。

　　But a few eyebrows will be raised by an authoritative new survey’s findings that the French agree they are the continent’s most arrogant people and that the Greeks rate themselves as the most trustworthy.

　　但最近一项权威调查的结果可能会让少数一些人大跌眼镜——法国人承认他们是欧洲大陆上最傲慢的民族，而希腊人评价自己为“最值得信赖”。

　　The Washington DC-based Pew Research Centre polled more than 7,600 people in eight European countries about their attitudes towards the EU, their governments and their neighbours.

　　位于华盛顿特区的皮尤研究中心(Pew Research Centre)对八个欧洲国家、超过7,600位民众进行民意检测，就欧盟、本国政府及邻国问题询问了他们的态度。

　　The findings throw up intriguing insights into new national stereotypes in the wake of the Eurozone crisis, which has seen Germany take a leading role in imposing unpopular austerity measures on the struggling economies of southern Europe.

　　调查结果为研究新的国家印象提供了有趣的视角，这种新的印象是在欧元流通区产生危机后新出现的。在这场危机的中，面对南欧窘迫的经济状况，德国人一直带头实施着不受欢迎的货币紧缩政策。

　　Everyone, including the British, agreed that the Germans were the most trustworthy people in the EU, apart from the Greeks, who awarded themselves that accolade.

　　除了希腊人以外，包括英国人在内的每一个欧洲人，都赞同日耳曼民族是最值得信赖的民族。在这一点上希腊人无疑使自己处在了一个尴尬的境地，因为他们之前把这个殊荣颁给了自己。

　　The traditional antagonism between the UK and France is rlected in the survey, with Britons judging their neighbours over the Channel to be the least trustworthy and the most arrogant. 　　The poll highlighted an internal conflict among the French, who considered themselves to be both the least arrogant and the most arrogant country in Europe.

　　英国与法国之间长久以来的敌对情绪在这次调查中也有所体现——英国人评价他们这位隔海相望的邻国“最不可信赖”和“最自大”。该调查突出了法国的内部矛盾——法国民众评价自己既“傲慢”又“谦逊”。

　　All Europeans think that their own country is the most compassionate, and nearly everyone judges the Germans to be the least compassionate, although both France and Germany gave that title to Britain.

　　所有欧洲人都认为自己的民族是最富有同情心的，而几乎每一个欧洲人都评价德国人最冷漠。尽管在法国人和德国人眼中，“最冷漠”这个称号应该颁给英国。

　　Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, welcomed the findings, joking: “I am delighted that the Eurocrats have failed to crush national stereotyping, which is what makes Europe a great continent.”

　　英国独立党领导人奈吉尔 法拉奇(Nigel Farage)高兴地接受了这些调查结果，并调侃道：“我很高兴看到欧共体并没有瓦解欧洲各国给人留下的刻板印象，毕竟正是这些造就了一个个伟大的民族。”

　　The Pew report – which was based on surveys carried out in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Poland and the Czech Republic – concluded that the European Union was “the new sick man of Europe”.

　　皮尤研究中心的报告结论是根据在英国、法国、德国、意大利、西班牙、希腊、波兰和捷克共和国的调查结果总结得出的。结论称：欧盟成为欧洲新病夫。

　　The proportion of Europeans with a favourable view of the EU has plunged from 60 per cent last year to 45 per cent now.

　　对欧盟持赞扬态度的欧洲人占欧洲总人口的比例，已从去年的60%降至现今的45%。

　　The UK may be considered the most Eurosceptic country, but its support for the union has barely changed in the past 12 months, slipping only two points to 43 per cent.

　　英国可能被认为是最反对欧洲一体化的国家，但是在过去一年里英国人民对欧盟的支持率仅仅下降了两个百分点，为43%。

　　By contrast, France’s backing for the EU has slipped dramatically, from 60 per cent last year to 41 per cent today.

　　相反的，法国人民对欧盟的支持率有了急剧的下降——从去年的60%降至41%。

　　On the politically charged question of whether to remain in the EU, Britons are split evenly, with 46 per cent wanting to leave the union and the same percentage wanting to stay.

　　就在欧盟的去留这个政治问题上，英国人的态度分布得很平均：46%的人赞成脱离欧盟，而相同人数的英国人则希望能够留在欧盟。