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1、2010高级口译阅读训练文章：法国小酒馆的命运 TimerunningoutforFrance’sfalteringbistros TimesarehardforLeFontenoy,theonlysurvivingcafeinthisvillageinnorth-centralFrancewhichoncehadthree,aswellasabutcher’s,aboulangerie,agrocer’sandarestaurant.Now,aschanginghabitsandnewlawsaltertheresidents’relationshipwithanerst
2、whilelocalfixture,itsfutureislookingbleak.Itisabistrowithnokitchen,aformertabacwithnocigarettes,andLetouzey’scoffersareasemptyashisbottleofpastis. Inalast-ditchattempttosavethecafehedeems"thesociallinkofthevillage",thedeterminedpatronhaslaunchedanonlineappealfordonationswhichhehopeswillbrin
3、ginenoughmoneytokeepthebusinessafloatintheshortterm.Ifhedoesnotgetthe¤10,000(£9,000)hehasaskedfor,hewarns,"we’llbedead.It’llbequick." ThefundraisingmissionatFontenay-Saint-Père,about35milesnorth-westofParis,hasattractedconsiderablemediaattention.Butitsstruggleisjustthetipoftheiceberg.Lastye
4、ar,initsîledeFranceregionalone,about2,000bistrosandcafeswentunder.AcrossFranceasawhole,aboutare35,000stillopen.Inthe1960stherewere200,000. LastweekLeParisien,thecapital’sdailynewspaper,issuedaclarioncallforthehard-hitbistro,warningonitsfrontpagethattimewasrunningouttosavethe"fastdisappearin
5、g"bastionof"jambonbeurrebaguettes,eggmayonnaise,jokes,chatandtablefootball". Butopinionsaredividedonhowtogoaboutthis.Many,includingthegovernment,feelthatitisuptotheindustrytoadaptaccordingtotheneedsofsocietyandthatanybusinessthatcannotkeepupwiththepaceofchangedoesnotdeservetosurvive. Berna
6、rdQuartier,presidentofanindustrygrouprepresentingcafesandbrasseries,believestheonusisonownerstoprovidetheircustomerswithnewservices,suchasshowingsportingeventsontelevisionorofferingcoffeesforthesymbolicallylowpriceofoneeuro.(Parisiancustomerscanoftenexpecttopayalmostthreetimesasmuchforanespr
7、esso.) Butwhiletheneedtoadaptiswidelyacknowledged,othersfeelthisapproachisshort-sighted.Forthem,thecombinedeffectofasmokingban,adrink-drivingcrackdown,thearrivalofsupermarketsandawidespreadrelianceonmobilephonesandcomputersforhumaninteractionhasma
