德国任期最长的总理之一默克尔上周告别了她的政坛生涯，她的干练务实作风和色彩丰富的衣橱同样为人们津津乐道。请看本报周五的报道：

One of Germany’s longest-serving chancellors, Angela Merkel, has said goodbye to politics after a fond send-off from her colleagues. The outgoing chancellor was applauded by her colleagues and rivals in parliament as she left 16 consecutive years in power behind in Berlin on Wednesday.

For the past 16 years, in a world full of upheaval and weightier concerns, Germans have at least one bright fixture: their chancellor’s colorful suit jackets, and occasional plunging neckline at the opera.

报道中的plunging neckline就是我们常说的“深V领”，plunging就是“往下俯冲的”，neckline是“领口”。例如：

Instead of the shirt with a mandarin collar she wears to the office every day, Mary wore a black dress with plunging neckline to the party.

换下了她每天穿去办公室的小立领衬衫，玛丽穿了件深V领的黑色连衣裙去参加派对。