双语趣听精彩世界 第12期:法国人对待游客的方式

 　　法国24电视台的一篇报道题为:法国请求当地人对游客友好一些.

　　法国旅游

　　A report by France24.com says that Francebegs its citizens to lighten up with tourists.

　　The world's most popular city,Paris, is wrestling with its reputation as the rudest place on earth for tourists. French authorities have rolled out yet another plea for locals to refrain from the Gallic snarl¹ in encounters with foreign visitors.

　　Speaking at the launch of a new master-plan for tourism at a national conference, Commerce Minister Fleur Pellerin saidFranceneeded to "recover a sense of hospitality", as "too often they mistake service for servility".

1 snarl   

v.吼叫，怒骂，纠缠，混乱；n.混乱，缠结，咆哮

参考例句：

• At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
• The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。