French President Nicolas Sarkozy got an unfortunate lesson in the power of an open mike last week during the G20 summit. Reporters say Sarkozy made some unflattering comments about Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a private conversation with Barak Obama. They weren’t caught on tape but the were heard loud and clear by a handful of journalists. “Netanyahu, I can’t stand him,” Sarkozy reportedly said. “He is a liar.” Obama was heard, through French translation, answering, “You are sick of him, but I have to work with him every day.” The reporters who heard the comment said they didn’t report them cause they were deemed private under French media law, as they happen before the press conference began. Neither the White House nor the French government has commented on the remarks.
VOCABULARY EXPANSION:
· unfortunate: 1. embarrassing and/or offensive 2. having bad luck; caused by bad luck
· open mike:
· unflattering: making somebody/something seem worse or less attractive than they really are
· caught on tape: recorded saying something
· handful: a small number of people or things
· sick of: to have experienced too much of someone or something with the result that you are annoyed
· deem: 1. to consider or judge 2.to have a particular opinion about something
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