2007年8月9日,德国总理默克尔女士曾步行到离总理府办公大楼不远的柏林市弗里德里希大街火车站内的一个超市购物。陪同她的只有三名保镖。德国《图片报》的一位读者偶然拍摄到了她购物的情景。她只在超市货架上挑了一些橘子和柠檬,然后很有礼貌地和其他购物者一起排队等候付费,并用自己钱包里的现金付费。笔者感到很新鲜,写了“德国总理排队购物之深刻含义”一文,予以赞扬。但我心里还是觉得,她只是对国内人民以身作则,树立好总理的形象而已,未必是其一贯的本能作风。 On August 9, 2007, Ms. Merkel, the German Chancellor, walked to a supermarket in the Friedrichstrasse train station in Berlin not far from the office building of the Chancellery. Only three bodyguards accompanied her. A reader of the German “Picture” accidentally photographed her shopping scene. She only picks some oranges and lemons on the shelves of supermarkets, and then politely queues up with other shoppers to pay for them, and pays for cash in her wallet. The author felt very fresh and wrote the article “The profound meaning of Germany’s prime minister lining up shopping” and praised it. However, in my heart, she still feels that she just sets a good example for the domestic people and establishes a good image for the premier. It may not necessarily be his instinctive style of work.