In troubled economic times, and with politicians enjoying handsome perks at taxpayers' expense, reaching for de Gaulle may also be a way for the French to invoke a model of integrity and modesty. Even as president, de Gaulle paid his gas and electricity bills himself. In 1958, unveiling an austerity programme, he announced: “Without an effort to regain control, without the sacrifice it requires and the hope it entails, we will remain a country that lags behind, swinging continually between drama and mediocrity.” It is difficult to imagine such sentiments coming from Mr Sarkozy.
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After a few preliminary remarks he announced the winners.
说了几句开场白之后,他即宣布优胜者名单。
With characteristic impetuosity, he announced he was leaving school.
一贯冲动的他宣布要退学。
It was only last February that he announced he would run for president.
直到去年2月他才宣布自己将竞选总统。
So in May,nineteen hundred, he announced that all the nations involved had given their approval to the "Open Door" policy.
VOA: special.2010.07.29
What ended up happening is, you know the news, Rupert Murdoch bought The Wall Street Journal last fall and he announced that Wall Street Journal-- WSJ.com--will no longer be free.
最后的结果是,你们知道那条新闻的吧,鲁珀特·默多克去年秋天收购了《华尔街日报》,他宣布《华尔街日报》,WSJ.com,将不再免费
He accepted gifts from them. This weakness for money and power became clear when he announced his choices for his cabinet.
VOA: special.2010.02.11
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