Not Mary Poppins's sensible shoes, but what Italians call mezzo tacco, half heel: halfway between Carla Bruni Sarkozy and Angela Merkel, you might say.

不过她们并不喜欢玛丽•波平斯那种朴实无华的鞋子，而偏爱意大利人称作mezzo taco的半跟鞋：你可以将这种鞋想象为介于卡拉·布吕尼·萨科奇和默克尔之间的那种风格。