一提到放假，估計(jì)有不少跟小編一樣的上班族在兩眼發(fā)光呢！要是說(shuō)到法國(guó)的假期，更是讓人羨慕嫉妒得“咬牙切齒”了！在日復(fù)一日的勞累中，誰(shuí)不希望可以暫時(shí)告別繁忙，在假期中放松身心？雙休日、帶薪長(zhǎng)假、法定節(jié)假日再加上其他假日，法國(guó)人最多每年大約有150天不用工作！OMG！這簡(jiǎn)直就是“爽歪歪”了！不僅如此，在法國(guó)，只要在一家企業(yè)工作滿一個(gè)月，所有員工都可以享受帶薪假期，帶薪假期的天數(shù)根據(jù)員工一年之內(nèi)的實(shí)際工作時(shí)間而定，每工作一個(gè)月，可“存下”2天半的帶薪假期，如果工作滿一年，那么全年帶薪假期天數(shù)為30個(gè)非假日。然而，幸福如人飲水，冷暖自知。對(duì)于身在福中的法國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)，面對(duì)這些假期，他們是真的快樂(lè)，還是只是看起來(lái)如此呢？

Are the French Always on Vacation or does It Just Seem That Way？

Linda Wertheimer （Host）： As you plan your summer vacation， it might be hard to fit everything youd like to do into the one or maybe two weeks of leave youve saved up. In France， people are dealing with the opposite problem—too much time off. And as NPRs Eleanor Beardsley reports， not everyone is able to enjoy all that vacation.

Eleanor Beardsley （Byline）： In a piece I wrote in May， I described how hard it is to get anything done with all the public holidays and vacation in France， especially the school vacation. French kids have two whole weeks off every six weeks， plus two months off in the summer. In response to my essay， I received loads of emails of support from ex-pats， but do French people share my frustration？

Pauline Dubois： （Speaking French）

Beardsley： I meet Pauline Dubois on a park bench as she watches her two children play. Dubois is able to fully benefit from the system. For starters， shes a teacher， so she has the same time off as her kids. There are other reasons.

Dubois： （Through interpreter） During the two-week breaks throughout the year， we go to the family house in Brittany for at least one of the weeks. And the other week I usually take care of them with the help of one of their grandmothers.

Beardsley： A country house and dependable grandparents are key and Duboiss husband， like most French people since the advent of the 35-hour work week， has about nine weeks of vacation. She admits not everyone is as fortunate.

Dubois： （Through interpreter） Not everybody can get away. As a teacher， after the February vacation， I see the kids who have tan marks from their ski goggles and those who dont.

Beardsley： Annick Metefia says vacation in France is seen as a human right， but it does divide the haves from the have-nots.

Annick Metefia： When you have a system indeed where there is a lot—quite a lot of vacation， you have the children in the poor families who dont go on vacation.

Unidentified Child： （Speaking French）

Rayanne Dupuis： Oh， OK， very good.

Beardsley： But its not just the poor who cant get away. Canadian Rayanne Dupuis and her French husband are self-employed， so they dont have paid leave.

Dupuis： I have somehow been made to feel that my child has fallen behind because she doesnt have a star yet in skiing in the French Alps.

Beardsley： Yes， Paris elementary schools run inexpensive day camps when schools out and the city offers recreational activities for children on a sliding fee scale. But after about age 9， many kids dont wanna go to the day camp. Even they realize it isnt true vacances.

I meet Pascale Achard waiting for a bus with her two children. For her， a working mother， the kids constant breaks are a hassle， but she says with the long， intense French school days， the children need the break.

Pascale Achard： Yes. They have a lot of vacation， but we are used to it. I mean， weve been born like this with this rhythm and we are used to it. And for me， at the end of the six weeks， they need to get off.

Beardsley： For an ex-pat not used to that rhythm， it seems the country is always off. At certain times of the year， its hard to get your car fixed or make a doctors appointment. Michel Roggero owns this small café near the Eiffel Tower. He says he struggles.

Michel Roggero： （Speaking French）

Beardsley： “The month of May almost has more days off than workdays with all the national holidays，” he says. Then theres the long vacation in August. He says his cafés well-heeled residential neighborhood is often empty. Roggeros brother has come in for a coffee. He describes himself as a bluecollar worker and disagrees about the days off.

Unidentified Man： （Speaking French）

Beardsley： “Our vacation and days off can never be sacrificed，”says Roggero. “Weve worked too hard for them.”

琳達(dá)·韋特海默（主持人）：在計(jì)劃夏日假期時(shí)，你也許會(huì)覺(jué)得把想做的事都排入攢起來(lái)的一周或兩周的假期內(nèi)很不容易。在法國(guó)，人們擔(dān)心的是相反的問(wèn)題——假期時(shí)間太多了?？纯碞PR的記者埃莉諾·比爾茲利發(fā)回的報(bào)道，并不是每個(gè)人都能把假期休完的。

埃莉諾·比爾茲利（撰稿人）：我在五月發(fā)表的一篇文章中說(shuō)過(guò)，考慮到法國(guó)所有的公眾假期和休假，尤其是學(xué)校假期，要做完什么事可真難。法國(guó)的孩子們每六周就休息整整兩周時(shí)間，在夏天還有兩個(gè)月的暑假。關(guān)于這篇文章的回應(yīng)，我收到了大量來(lái)自外籍人士表示認(rèn)同的郵件，但是，法國(guó)人真的跟我有著同樣的困擾嗎？

波琳·迪布瓦：（講法語(yǔ)）

比爾茲利：我在公園的長(zhǎng)椅上見(jiàn)到了波琳·迪布瓦，她當(dāng)時(shí)在看著她的兩個(gè)孩子玩耍。迪布瓦能夠充分地享受這個(gè)休假制度帶給她的好處。首先，她是老師，所以她和她的孩子同步休假。還有別的原因。

迪布瓦：（通過(guò)翻譯）一年中每個(gè)兩周的假期里，我們會(huì)在我們布列塔尼的房子那待至少一周時(shí)間。剩下一周的時(shí)間，通常是他們的奶奶或外婆幫我一起照顧他們。

比爾茲利：在鄉(xiāng)下的房子和能幫上忙的祖父母或外祖父母對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō)很關(guān)鍵。自從每周35小時(shí)工作制實(shí)行以來(lái)，迪布瓦的丈夫跟大多數(shù)法國(guó)人一樣，每年有大約9周左右的假期。但她承認(rèn)，并不是每個(gè)人都那么幸運(yùn)的。

迪布瓦：（通過(guò)翻譯）不是每個(gè)人都走得開(kāi)。作為一個(gè)老師，在二月的假期過(guò)后，我看到有些孩子臉上有戴滑雪護(hù)目鏡留下的曬痕，但有些就沒(méi)有。

比爾茲利：阿尼克·梅特福爾說(shuō)假期在法國(guó)被視為一項(xiàng)權(quán)益，但是卻把享有假期和不能享有假期的人區(qū)分了開(kāi)來(lái)。

阿尼克·梅特福爾：如果一個(gè)制度明確有很多——相當(dāng)多的假期，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)在貧困的家庭里，孩子們根本不會(huì)去度假。

不知名童聲：（講法語(yǔ)）

蕾恩·迪普伊：噢，好的，很好。

比爾茲利：但去不了旅行的不只是窮人。加拿大裔的蕾恩·迪普伊和她的法國(guó)丈夫都是自由職業(yè)者，所以他們都沒(méi)有帶薪假期。

迪普伊：在某種程度上，我被迫覺(jué)得我的孩子落后于人，因?yàn)樗€沒(méi)有在法國(guó)阿爾卑斯山脈滑雪中獲得一顆星星。

比爾茲利：是的，巴黎的小學(xué)在放假時(shí)會(huì)舉辦收費(fèi)不高的白天營(yíng)，城市里也有為孩子們提供階梯收費(fèi)的休閑活動(dòng)。但大概九歲以后，很多孩子都不想去參加這樣的白日營(yíng)了。他們甚至覺(jué)得這并不是真正的休假。

我看到帕斯卡萊·阿哈德和她的兩個(gè)小孩在等公交車(chē)。對(duì)于一個(gè)在職的母親來(lái)說(shuō)，孩子們持續(xù)的假期是個(gè)麻煩事。但她也說(shuō)，法國(guó)學(xué)校上課時(shí)間長(zhǎng)，課程緊張，孩子們需要休息。

帕斯卡萊·阿哈德：是的。他們有很多假期，但我們都習(xí)以為常了。我的意思是，我們生來(lái)就過(guò)著這種節(jié)奏的生活，我們都習(xí)慣了。對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，六周結(jié)束后，他們就要出發(fā)了。

比爾茲利：對(duì)一個(gè)沒(méi)適應(yīng)這樣節(jié)奏的外籍人士來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)國(guó)家看起來(lái)總是在休假。在一年的某些時(shí)候，要找人修車(chē)或預(yù)約醫(yī)生看診都很困難。米歇爾·羅杰羅在埃菲爾鐵塔附近開(kāi)了這家小咖啡館，他說(shuō)出了他的窘迫。

米歇爾·羅杰羅：（講法語(yǔ)）

比爾茲利：“算上所有的法定假期，五月休息的時(shí)間幾乎比工作日多”，他說(shuō)。然后八月又是悠長(zhǎng)假期。他說(shuō)他的咖啡館所在的富人區(qū)通常都是空蕩蕩的。羅杰羅的兄弟來(lái)喝咖啡，他形容自己是藍(lán)領(lǐng)工作者，并不滿意放假的天數(shù)。

不知名男聲：（講法語(yǔ)）

比爾茲利：“永遠(yuǎn)不能放棄我們的假期和休息日”，羅杰羅的兄弟說(shuō)，“我們?yōu)榇斯ぷ鞯锰量嗔恕薄?/p>