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We report an experimental near-field study of the optical transmission through a thin metal film perforated by two unparallel nanoslits. Using scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM), periodic transmission patterns on slits are directly observed. The wavelength, generation-conversion efficiency, and intrinsic phase factor of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at a fixed incident wavelength of 785 nm are inferred by fitting the experimental results with a simple analytical model, through which the role of propagating SPPs in the oscillatory transmission intensity is clearly evidenced. In addition, the visibility of interference pattern can be further improved by replacing one single slit with a slit array.