雙語閱讀：法國游客小氣傲慢全球最差.

　　A foreign tourist smokes from a water pipe in a coffee shop in Cairo February 23, 2009.(Agencies)

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　　French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.

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　　They finish in last place in the survey carried out for internet travel agency Expedia by polling company TNS Infratest, which said French holidaymakers don&apost speak local languages and are seen as impolite.

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　　"It&aposs mainly the fact that they speak little or no English when they&aposre abroad, and they don&apost speak much of the local language," Expedia Marketing Director Timothee de Roux told radio station France Info.

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　　"The French don&apost go abroad very much. We&aposre lucky enough to have a country which is magnificent in terms of its landscape and culture," he said, adding that 90 per cent of French people did their traveling at home. "

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　　So when they&aposre on holiday they can be a bit stressed, they&aposre not used to things, and this can lead them to be demanding in a way which could be seen as a certain arrogance."

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　　French tourists are also accused of generally spending less than other nationalities when abroad.

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　　De Roux said the French, not accustomed to leaving large tips at home where a service charge is automatically levied on restaurant bills, can seem "tight-fisted" compared with other nationalities.

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　　The Japanese ranked top of the Best Tourist survey, with the British and the Germans judged the best of the Europeans.

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　　But French tourists received some consolation for their poor performance, finishing third after the Italians and British for dress sense while on holiday.

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　　Vocabulary:

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　　levy: 征收，征稅

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　　根據(jù)一項(xiàng)對(duì)全世界4500家旅館老板的調(diào)查，法國游客是世界上最糟糕的游客，他們外語講得差，既小氣又傲慢。

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　　這項(xiàng)由市場調(diào)查公司TNS Infratest為在線旅行社Expedia所做的調(diào)查顯示，法國游客排在最后一名，他們不講本地語言，而且被認(rèn)為不禮貌。

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　　“這主要是因?yàn)榉▏嗽趪鈳缀醪徽f英語，而且他們也不太會(huì)本地語言，” Expedia的營銷總監(jiān)蒂莫西?德?路克斯在接受法國電臺(tái)France Info采訪時(shí)說。

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　　他說：“法國人不經(jīng)常出國。我們很幸運(yùn)，他們的國家幅員遼闊、文化繁榮?！?他還說90%的法國人都選擇在國內(nèi)旅行。

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　　“所以當(dāng)他們在外度假的時(shí)候，會(huì)感到有些壓抑，他們對(duì)周遭不大適應(yīng)，這可能會(huì)讓他們行為苛刻，并可能被視為傲慢?！?/p>

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　　法國游客還被認(rèn)為在國外總體上比其他國家的游客花錢更少。

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　　德?路克斯說，法國人在國內(nèi)時(shí)不習(xí)慣給高額小費(fèi)，因?yàn)樵诜▏?wù)費(fèi)會(huì)被自動(dòng)算在飯館的帳單上，所以和其他國家的游客相比，法國游客看起來更吝嗇。

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　　在最佳游客調(diào)查中，日本人排在第一位，英國人和德國人被評(píng)為最好的歐洲游客。

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　　盡管法國游客表現(xiàn)不佳，但是他們在度假期間穿著品位排行中名列第三，僅次于意大利和英國游客，這也算是一種安慰吧。