No prudish worries inhibited the fathers of the French nation.

法国的开国之父们没有过分正经的烦恼。

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Such catastrophe was of course likely to embitter the French nation.

这灾祸自然更会加重法国的痛苦。

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Though the French are often seen, and see themselves, as a nation of moderate drinkers, certainly compared with Britons, statistics reveal similar levels of alcohol consumption and dependence.

当然与英国人相比，无论在外人眼里还是在自己眼里，法国属于适度饮酒的国家，统计数字显示，两国对酒精的依赖程度和消费水平不分伯仲。

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During his first tenure, Mr.Leterme was unable to overcome deep divisions between the nation's Flemish and French speaking communities.

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Now,that has changed, for sure; but,the centralization of the French government and the domination of Paris over the life of the nation is very difficult to change, over a long period of time.

现在,情况已经发生了改变,但是法国政府的中央集权化,以及巴黎在国民生活中的支配地位,在相当时间段内,都很难得以改变

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Even more controversial is Depardieu's choice to become a Russian citizen, which is an open gesture of defiance and rejection toward the French nation.

CNN: Depardieu's puzzling love for Russia

As Mr Evans describes, it was not just Algeria's history that militated against it being an inseparable part of the French nation, but also the context of contemporary geopolitics.

ECONOMIST: A conflict that still reverberates today

In a measure of the bitterness of the public debate, Serge Dassault, CEO of the Dassault industrial group and a conservative politician, predicted in November that gay marriage would lead to the decline of the French nation, like the peoples of ancient Greece.

BBC: France's parliament begins long debate on gay marriage