>Footstool for Sarkozy

薩科齊站板凳演講(圖)

French President Nicolas Sarkozy stood on a 6-inch high frame to make up for his lack of inches at last weekend's D-Day commemorations. A video of the humiliating moment has been posted on YouTube and made him the laughing stock of France. An Elysee Palace employee confirmed the footstool was a useful accessory to make sure the president did not disappear behind lecterns designed for far taller world leaders.(See photo)

法國總統薩科齊上周末在諾曼底登陸紀念活動上的一段演講視頻讓他成了全法國的笑柄。演講時，薩科齊在腳下放置了一個6英寸的小板凳，來彌補自己身高的不足，這段視頻隨后被放到YouTube網站。一名愛麗舍宮的工作人員證實，那只小木凳能夠確保總統的臉不被演講臺擋住，因為演講臺的高度是按照高個兒領導人設計的。(見圖)

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