On November 9 1989, a 35-year-old physicist in East Berlin saw the startling news on TV that the border with West Germany was opening. But she didn’t rush to the Berlin Wall. Instead — in the definitive display of her trademark patience — Angela Merkel went to the sauna, as she did every Thursday evening. Only afterwards did she walk to her local border crossing and into West Berlin. She drank beer in a stranger’s home in the west but made sure to get back to bed on time, because she had work the next morning.
1989年11月9日，东柏林一位35岁的物理学家在电视上看到一条令人震惊的新闻——东德和西德的边界开放了。但她并没有匆忙赶往柏林墙。相反，安格拉•默克尔(Angela Merkel)按照每个周四晚上的习惯去了桑拿房——充分显示出其标志性的耐心。在洗完桑拿后，她才步行前往当地的过境通道，进入了西柏林。她在西柏林一个陌生人家中喝了啤酒，但还是确保准时回家上床就寝，因为第二天她还要上班。
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