As the French prepare for the handover of power from President Jacques Chirac on May 16th, their country seethes with a strange mixture of celebration and apprehension.

• 当法国人准备在5月16日从总统雅克.；希拉克接收权力移交的时候，他们的国家伴随着一种庆祝和忧虑的奇怪混合物而沸腾。