日本狗狗外交破产 安倍欲送狗给普京遭拒绝

 　　Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned down the offer of a dog as a gift from the Japanese government, according to a Japanese MP.

　　据一位日本议员表示，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京于日前拒绝了日本政府将狗狗当做礼物的赠送请求。

　　Koichi Hagiuda did not give a reason as to why the gift had been rejected.

　　萩生田光一并没有透露该礼物被拒绝的原因。

　　Japan gave Mr Putin a female Akita called Yume in 2012. This dog was intended as a companion for her.

　　2012年，日本将一只名为“梦”的雌性秋田犬送给了普京。此次这只狗本来打算是要作为它的“新郎”的。

　　Mr Hagiuda wrote in a blog post: "Unfortunately, we heard from our counterparts, and our hope to present a bridegroom was dashed."

　　萩生田光一在博客中写道说：“很不幸，从俄罗斯政府得到的消息，我们希望送上一位‘新郎’的梦想破灭了。”

　　日本狗狗外交破产 安倍欲送狗给普京遭拒绝

　　Mr Putin also owns a male Bulgarian Shepherd called Buffy, which was given to him by the Bulgarian prime minister in 2010.

　　普京还有一只名为“巴菲”的雄性保加利亚牧羊犬，保加利亚总理2010年将其作为礼物送给了普京。

　　His Labrador, Konni, given to him as a gift by Sergey Shoigu, currently Russian defence minister, died in 2014.

　　现任俄罗斯国防部长的谢尔盖·绍伊古曾将一只拉布拉多犬“科尼”送给普京，但是这只狗在2014年的时候死掉了。

　　Mr Putin once brought Konni to a meeting with German Chancellor¹ Angela Merkel, who is scared of dogs.

　　普京曾经带着“科尼”去参加和德国总理安格拉·默克尔的一场会议，而后者很怕狗。

　　Some press reports at the time said he had done so to intimidate² her. But earlier this year, Mr Putin told a German newspaper that he did not know about her fear.

　　一些新闻报道称，普京此举是为了恐吓默克尔。但是今年年初，普京向一家德国报纸透露说，自己并不知道默克尔怕狗。

　　He said: "When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologised, of course."

　　普京说道：“当然，在我知道她怕狗之后，我对她表达了歉意。”

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 intimidate   

vt.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？
• The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。