The plan may not look revolutionary. But it breaks a cherished French pattern of progressively shortening the amount of time people spend at work.

表面上看，这个提案没有很大革新，但它打破了法国人很在意的积极争取缩短工作时间的愿望。

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You look at the likes of the French, the Argentinians, the Brazilians, the Spanish now, and we have seen it for 10-15 years - they are all hugging each other in the tunnels.

你看看法国，阿根廷，巴西还有西班牙，我们都看了他们10-15年了，他们一直是抱紧一团。 他们相亲相爱，就像一支情谊满满的团队，我们英格兰却从来捕捉不到这种氛围。

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Now it's essentially tourists who might not read French and look at the books out of curiosity but no longer buy.

现在，来的主要是可能连法文都不懂、仅仅出于好奇来看看书却不买的游客。

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The report was commissioned by the French government. The report recommends shifting the ways policymakers look at progress from what economists call gross domestic product,or GDP, which is a general measure of goods and services produced in a country.

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