He calmly ducks questions on tv before reverting to mr sarkozy 's record .

在电视上，他在回复萨科奇的记录之前先冷静地回避问题。

Some background : back in 2001 , when the first set of bush tax cuts was rammed through congress , the legislation was written with a peculiar provision - namely , that the whole thing would expire , with tax rates reverting to 2000 levels , on the last day of 2010 .

一点背景：在2001，当布什的第一套减税政策出台在国会上被否决的时候，法规中有一条很奇怪--所有的规定在2010年最后一日将失效，并恢复到2000年的税率。