Many Germans were horrified to discover that the EU rescuepackage for Greece last year helped to bail out public-sector workers who could retire in their mid-50s on almost full pay.

去年，欧盟针对希腊实施了一揽子救援计划，帮该国公共部门的员工脱了困，让他们在55岁左右退休时，能拿到几乎全额的退休金，很多德国人发现这事后，大为震惊。

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Britain and the US ranked lowest among nine countries surveyed, with as many as 66% of Finns, 63% of Germans and 62% of Italians polled declaring themselves open to paying for access to news websites.

在受调查的九个国家中，英国和美国排在意愿排行榜的最末尾，而在接受调查者之中，66%的芬兰人、63%的德国人以及62%的意大利人宣称自己能接受付费浏览新闻网站。

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Germans are renowned for being the world's best beard growers and have won many similar competitions. (See photo).

德国人胡须闻名世界，在类似比赛中多次夺冠。

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At the time, Germany was an important market for champagne, and many Germans, including Johann-Josef Krug, were coming to Reims to set up business.

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"The Germans have been drinking beer for many centuries, " he says wistfully.

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The Germans have many great things going for them but they have so little tact and no feeling at all for diplomatic behaviour.

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