1.媒体来源:
bbc news
2.完整新闻标题:
UK minister apologises for Taiwan watch gaffe
3.完整新闻内文:
A UK government minister has apologised for giving a watch to the mayor of
Taiwan's capital city, Taipei, without realising such gifts are taboo.
英国外交部长为给予台北市长钟表致歉,不知其礼物在华人文化中为一禁忌。
Susan Kramer said she did not know giving clocks suggests time is running out
for the person who receives it in Chinese culture, and said sorry.
苏珊说她并不清楚在中国文化里,钟表是给过往者的,为此感到抱歉，
The recipient, Ko Wen-je, has himself been criticised for saying he did not
need it and that he might sell it to a scrap metal dealer.
收受者柯文哲,因为说他可能会卖掉而被批评。
A spokesman later said he was joking.
稍后表示为笑话。
"I'm sorry. We learn something new each day," Transport Minister Baroness
Kramer said in a statement.
在一次声明里,苏珊说,我们每天都会学到新事物,对于此事真的很抱歉
"I had no idea a gift like this could be seen as anything other than
positive. In the UK a watch is precious - because nothing is more important
than time."
在英国,钟表是很有正面意义的,提醒人们时间的重要性,因为没有比时间更可贵地东西 !
A city spokesman said there was no chance of the watch being resold and it
was in storage.
An accomplished surgeon with no prior political experience, Mr Ko ran as an
independent last year, defeating the ruling Kuomintang party candidate to
become mayor of Taipei.
大致如此。
4.完整新闻连结 (或短网址):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30994307
5.备注:
不知道有多少人会看完,
这也可以显现两国彼此文化的态度,
纵使原本记者问了烂问题,柯p当下也失言,
事后也应该立即让公关出来消毒才对,
这把火,可烧回英国,
台湾,真的不是中心...
大家心里都有一把尺,共勉之。