Six weeks ago, marooned in Helsinki by a rogue Icelandic volcano, I noticed a strong divergence of opinion between those of my colleagues in a similar situation and those with no travel plans. For me and my fellow FT columnist Gideon Rachman, it was the end of the world – even if Gideon, who wasn't rushing back for his wife's birthday, accepted it with a sangfroid that I failed to muster. For those safely in the UK, the ash cloud was a minor distraction from important matters such as the Euro crisis and the British election.
6周前，當肆虐的冰島火山把我困在赫爾辛基時，我注意到與我有類似遭遇的同事和那些沒有旅行計劃的同事之間存在嚴重的意見分歧。對於我和同爲英國《金融時報》專欄作家的吉狄恩•拉赫曼 (Gideon Rachman)而言，這就是世界末日——不過，不用趕回家爲妻子慶祝生日的吉狄恩顯得沉著冷靜，而我卻無法做到這點。對於那些安全地待在英國的同事而言，火山灰雲不過是關注歐元危機和英國大選等重要事件之餘的一點談資而已。
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