ROME – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political and sexual exploits make headlines around the world, and not just in the tabloid press. These stories would be no more than funny – which they are certainly are – if they were not so damaging to Italy and revelatory of the country’s immobile politics.
罗马——不光是小报，世界各地的媒体都在头版头条报道了意大利总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼的政治和性爱功绩。如果这些报道不是有损意大利形象、并无情揭示了这个国家毫无活力的政治局面的话，其充其量不过是笑话而已——这种事当然让人感到可笑。