George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award
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Former England soccer manager Steve McClaren fought off toughcompetition from US President George W. Bush to win a dreaded "Foot inMouth" award on Tuesday from the Plain English campaign.
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8 y8 v6 W) C$ _7 _ Hewas hailed for a supreme example of in talking about star player WayneRooney: "He is inexperienced but he』s experienced in terms of what he』sbeen through."
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George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone."
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Plain English Campaign spokesman Ben Beer said: "We thought it was abit obvious to honor Bush as he comes up with them every day."
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Every year, the pressure group hands out a raft of awards mockingincomprehensible jargon in a battle to clear the linguistic fog that sooften envelops the English language.( A6 ~6 H9 [$ x% Y2 R- X# X
0 K( l- C7 s1 c* s Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.# H) z4 P* G+ J5 M) n
: Q" N; N7 ^# d0 ^- O There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.
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"We get 40 to 50 examples a week, mostly from British documents. Themedia, including advertising and marketing, is riddled with insiderjargon," Beer said.
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0 o' s! J: D" K Offering the best way to obliteratemeaningless verbosity, Beer said: "Thinking before you write is themain thing and then re-reading what you have written."
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That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.: l: a9 b- m- [! B- Z6 S2 ^
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The station sign read: "Every autumn a combination of leaves on theline, atmospheric conditions and prevailing damp conditions lead to alow adhesion between the rail head and the wheel which causes servicesto be delayed or even cancelled."
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. {) a, V) ~: n. d$ T% h London』s Gatwick Airportgot 10 out of 10 for brevity but came bottom of the class for clarityfor one of its signs: "Passenger shoe repatriation area only."
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The campaign was founded in 1979 by Chrissie Maher who only learned to read and write at the age of 14.+ _1 u l( E b
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本週二,「簡明英語運動組織」年度「不知所云」大獎揭曉,前英格蘭國家足球隊主教練史蒂夫‧麥克拉倫力挫美國總統布什,贏得這一「殊榮」。7 F* A2 c- z4 L G9 ^
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麥克拉倫對球星韋恩‧魯尼的評價是最為經典的例子,令人「讚歎」。他說:「魯尼經驗不足,不過他對自己做過的事情還是很有經驗的。」
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布什總統「屈居」亞軍。他的「獲獎名言」是:「我想告訴你們,如果州長打來電話,我一定會接。」(譯者註:布什訪問發生火災的南加州,在回答有關應急救援的問題時說了這句話。)
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「簡明英語運動組織」的發言人本‧比爾說:「我們原以為布什總統奪冠的可能性比較大,因為他說錯話可是家常便飯。」
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為了消滅英語中經常出現的「雲山霧罩」的語言,該「施壓組織」每年都頒發一系列獎項,嘲諷各種讓人摸不著頭腦的晦澀言論。! \4 ~8 F7 {$ ]; B" G) m
( z9 z0 _% {# P( m7 k O 歷屆「不知所云獎」得主包括名模納歐米‧坎貝爾、影星理查德‧基爾和美國前國防部長唐納德‧拉姆斯菲爾德。
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+ B( {" E4 f3 p6 g: J 該組織經常收到人們「舉報」的一些令人費解的「官話」和法律用語。
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8 q5 L' P. `, A 比爾說:「我們每週能收集到四、五十個這樣的例子,其中大多數來自英國的官方文件。此外,廣告、營銷等傳媒中也充斥著大量的行業術語。」
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針對這個問題,比爾提出,最好的解決辦法就是「提筆前慎重思考,寫完後再三通讀」。* f o L6 n. _3 z
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而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。* G3 ~* ~8 B* v0 f& F
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而倫敦加特維克機場是做到了百分百的「簡要,但是在「清楚」方面卻是最差的了。該機場的一個告示牌是這樣寫的:「乘客鞋遣送專用區」。2 Z/ x! R+ q- P1 F5 j
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「簡明英語運動」組織成立於1979年,其創始人克裡西‧馬赫在他14歲時才開始識字。: U3 p* @3 ?3 s) X- T; A4 n
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《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」
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9 T2 n9 j5 R3 p g 1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.
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% V& j6 c' m! {6 w0 { The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.
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In the film, Andrews plays nun Maria who leaves an Austrian convent totake up a job of a governess to a Navy captain and his seven kids." s3 _6 d/ M2 f% p" M4 y
$ ?* r! Z' w9 h Speaking at the launch of the Sound Of Music DVD at London』sPalladium, Charmian Carr, who played Liesl von Trapp said: "It』s such agood feeling to be a part of something that changed so many lives forthe better.
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# |( ?" u4 d( j "To love each other and to stay together is sucha wonderful message and I think probably nowadays more than ever peopleneed to hear that message again."; v6 X+ |' ], J6 K5 d8 g
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Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.
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The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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上世紀60年代名噪一時的經典音樂劇《音樂之聲》在近媽養我一項調查中被評為「歷史上最偉大的音樂劇」。5 c3 e8 v2 a9 Y% Y8 k
1 v& x7 z$ O; h- w3 ^% q 在「20世紀福克斯」電影公司開展的調查中,《音樂之聲》以15%的得票率名列榜首。這部音樂劇於1965年上映、由茱麗葉‧安德魯斯主演。
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安德魯斯在劇中飾演修女瑪莉婭,她離開了奧地利的修道院,到一位海軍上校家給他的七個孩子當家庭教師。
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% T4 s; e8 x9 t: S 在倫敦帕裡蒂亞劇院舉行的《音樂之聲》原聲大碟發佈儀式上,在劇中飾演(大女兒) 麗莎‧馮‧崔普的查爾米恩‧卡爾說:「這部音樂劇讓很多人的生活變得更加美好。能夠參演這部偉大的作品,我感到非常自豪。」
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「互相關愛、相依相伴是人世間最美好的東西,我想如今的人們可能比以往更需要它。」
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據《太陽報》報道,由奧立瓦‧牛頓-約翰和約翰‧特拉沃爾塔主演的音樂劇《油脂》位居第二。該劇於1978年上映。
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音樂喜劇《洛基恐怖秀》名列第三,茱麗葉‧安德魯斯主演的另一部迪斯尼音樂劇《瑪麗‧波平斯阿姨》排在第四。
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妮可‧基德曼主演的歌舞劇《紅磨坊》名列第五;《歌劇魅影》和《綠野仙蹤》分別位列第六和第七。
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《奧立弗》、《西區故事》和《飛天萬能車》也躋身「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」排行榜。
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6、《歌劇魅影》
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9、《西區故事》
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