德国回应希腊债务危机:早早起床 努力工作

希腊的巨额财政赤字和债务危机愈演愈烈，总理帕潘德里欧日前在欧盟四处奔走，试图向西欧各富国借钱。德国小报却趁势发表了一篇写给希腊总理的信。信中字字珠玑、嘲讽意味强烈，称如果希腊民众能像德国人一样每日早起、勤劳工作，也许他们也就不会落得如此下场……

Germans tell Greeks to rise earlier and work harder to avoid financial crisis

德国人告诉希腊人：早早起床，努力工作，以此避免债务危机

On Thursday, two German politicians told their Greek counterparts that the country should sell off its assets - art, historic buildings and islands - before accepting international aid.

上周四，两位德国政治家建议他们的希腊伙伴在接受国际援助以前，应该先出售本国资产，包括艺术品、历史建筑和岛屿。

George Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, was dispatched abroad, to seek the help of European leaders including Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, in addressing the country's mounting debt.

希腊总理乔治帕潘德里欧目前奔走于欧洲各国，以企图从包括德国总理安格拉·默克尔在内的各欧洲领导人那里求得帮助。

But Germany's Bild tabloid had another suggestion, calling on Greek citizens to adopt a more Germanic work ethic in an open letter to Mr Papandreou.

而德国小报Bild却另有一番建议，他们发表了给希腊总理的公开信，建议希腊公民学习德国式的工作方法。

Dear Mr Prime Minister,

亲爱的总理先生：

If you read this print, you've entered a country completely different from yours. You're in Germany.

如果你读到这封信，表明你已经身在一个和你自己的国家完全不同的地方。你在德国。

* Here, people work until they are 67. There is no longer a 14-month salary for civil servants.

在这里，人们一直工作到67岁。政府公务员也没有14个月的工资。

* Here, nobody needs to pay a