来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1871年后的法国 第20集 第20集》

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  at least in my memory, was le weekend.
  至少在我的印象中 是"周末"
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  And there were attempts, I think under Giscard D'Estaing,
  有过尝试 比如德斯坦时期
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  and there's one even more recently under early stages of Jacques
  更近点还有雅克·希拉克总统任期初
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  Chirac's presidency, to send stern circulars around
  曾在各处发出过严厉的通告
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  saying in a correspondence you shall not use le weekend,
  即在通信中禁止使用"周末"一词
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  but you'd rather use la fin de la semaine,
  但你最好使用la fin de la semaine[法语:一周之末]
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  the end of the week.
  来表示周末的意思
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  Well, that lasted a matter of days
  这只持续了几天
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  because that's simply not terribly practical.
  因为这并不实际
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  English words began to permeate, with a sort of chic sense of being
  英语词汇开始由一种时尚的方式
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  cool, the French language--le drugstore.
  融入法语之中 比如"药店"
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  I can remember around Paris Saint-Germain,
  我记得在巴黎圣日耳曼旁