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French Riot Police Fume at Booze Ban

French workers are well-known for enjoying very generous labour laws. One of their rights is to have a glass of wine with their lunch. This extends to the country’s infamous riot police (the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité, or CRS). Until now they have been able to enjoy a glass of wine or beer with their lunch, even when they are on duty.

However, last year a group of them were photographed swigging cans of beer in the street while policing a student protest. As a result, they have been officially banned from enjoying a lunchtime tipple. The CRS are furious. They argue that having a glass of wine at lunchtime is central to French culture. A spokesman for a police union said that a lunchtime drink does not prevent any worker from doing his job. ‘I don’t think the chief of police drinks water when he’s having a meal’ he added angrily.

法國防暴警察不滿禁酒新措施

法國的勞工以享有寬鬆的勞工法規而聞名全球，勞工的其中一項權利是午餐時間可以飲酒。法國聲名狼藉的防暴警察也適用這項法律，他們在午餐時間可以飲酒或喝啤酒，即使當時正在執勤也無所謂。

然而，去年有一群法國警察被拍到在學生的抗爭行動上維持秩序時豪飲啤酒，因此，法律正式禁止警察在午餐時間飲酒。防暴警察們對於這項決議感到相當憤怒，他們認為在午餐時間飲酒對於法國文化而言非常重要，警察工會的發言人表示，在午餐時間飲酒並不會影響勞工值勤，他非常憤怒的說：「我想警長在用餐時間應該不會選擇飲用白開水吧!」

字彙

riot police 防暴警察
ban 禁止；禁令
infamous 聲名狼藉的
on duty 執勤
protest 抗爭行動
furious 憤怒的
spokesman 發言人
union 工會

解讀

This article uses several informal expressions related to drinking. These make it more entertaining to the reader. We have booze – alcoholic drinks, swigging – drinking quickly in large mouthfuls, and tipple – a gentle sounding word for an alcoholic drink.

本文使用了與飲酒相關的非正式片語，這些用語可以使讀者在閱讀文章時覺得較為有趣。文中提到的「booze」代表含有酒精的飲料、「swigging」是指快速地大口飲酒、「tipple」則是以較委婉的方式形容含有酒精的飲料。

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