Doomerism(悲观主义) dominates Britain’s Brexit discourse. But Britain is reaping many an unsung benefit(未被赞颂的好处).
悲观主义主导了英国的脱欧讨论。但英国正在收获许多未被赞颂的好处。
Imagine you run a Kentish vineyard. Before Brexit, EU rules stopped you using a Bocksbeutel(① Bocksbeutel是德国弗兰肯地...)—a pot-bellied bottle reserved for certain German, Greek, Italian and Portuguese wines. Today you are free to sell your wine in whatever shape of bottle you like. And consumers have the option to buy champagne (even better, English sparkling wine) by the pint(按品脱计量), Winston Churchill’s preferred portion size, rather than the 700ml mandated(强制规定) by Brussels.
想象一下你经营一家肯特葡萄园。脱欧前，欧盟规定禁止你使用Bocksbeutel——一种专用于某些德国、希腊、意大利和葡萄牙葡萄酒的圆肚瓶。如今，你可以自由地以任何形状的瓶子出售你的葡萄酒。消费者可以选择按品脱购买香槟（甚至更好的英国起泡酒），这是温斯顿·丘吉尔偏爱的份量，而不是布鲁塞尔强制规定的700毫升。
Those who love sweets can also count Brexit as a win. Since 2022 European icing and marshmallows have become noticeably less white. Brussels banned the use of titanium dioxide(二氧化钛) (a whitening agent) as a food additive for fear it might damage consumers’ DNA. Britain’s regulators were unconvinced by the danger. So British confections remain as white as a Dover cliff(洁白如多佛悬崖).
喜爱甜食的人也可以将脱欧视为胜利。自2022年以来，欧洲的糖霜和棉花糖明显变暗了。布鲁塞尔禁止使用二氧化钛（一种增白剂）作为食品添加剂，担心它可能损害消费者的DNA。英国的监管机构并未被这种危险说服。因此英国的甜点仍然如多佛悬崖般洁白。