1.媒體來源:
bbc news
2.完整新聞標題:
UK minister apologises for Taiwan watch gaffe
3.完整新聞內文:
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.
英國外交部長為給予台北市長鐘錶致歉,不知其禮物在華人文化中為一禁忌。
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.
蘇珊說她並不清楚在中國文化裡,鐘錶是給過往者的,為此感到抱歉，
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,因為說他可能會賣掉而被批評。
A spokesman later said he was joking.
稍後表示為笑話。
"I'm sorry. We learn something new each day," Transport Minister Baroness
Kramer said in a statement.
在一次聲明裡,蘇珊說,我們每天都會學到新事物,對於此事真的很抱歉
"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."
在英國,鐘錶是很有正面意義的,提醒人們時間的重要性,因為沒有比時間更可貴地東西 !
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.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30994307
5.備註:
不知道有多少人會看完,
這也可以顯現兩國彼此文化的態度,
縱使原本記者問了爛問題,柯p當下也失言,
事後也應該立即讓公關出來消毒才對,
這把火,可燒回英國,
台灣,真的不是中心...
大家心裡都有一把尺,共勉之。