雙語金句﹕英官﹕油罐載油抗工潮

【明報專訊】"The greater the extent to which people have fuel in their vehicles - with maybe a little bit in the garage as well in a jerrycan - the longer we'll be able to keep things going."

「人們在他們的車輛內有愈多汽油——也許車房和油罐裏也有一些——我們就愈能夠維持運作。」


英國運油車工人早前宣布即將發動罷工，英國內閣辦公室部長麥浩德（Francis Maude）周三就此作出警告，建議人們用油罐預先儲備汽油應變。此番言論引來大批司機湧至油站加油，令汽油供不應求，就連油罐的銷量也急增。外界批評麥浩德的言論不負責任，既引起國民恐慌，又令民眾在家中儲存過多燃油易生危險，要求收回言論。