George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award
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+ S7 V" ]5 z3 U& R1 R5 j 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.7 i+ l/ e5 K' c. `! N
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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."9 }* I7 d6 g. `5 W% k6 ~% y. r$ q
D4 ]* P3 h: d7 [$ w/ L2 Y) d George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone."1 O; H; P, x( d; W
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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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) K1 }9 u- ~9 Q9 ? 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.4 r. B$ g! p4 q" I
, n0 R" j, |: M. e% q Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.' j3 C! \2 y# X0 L0 k1 z5 j
- m; z8 I' F$ ~- i {5 g( @/ v& |9 X "We get 40 to 50 examples a week, mostly from British documents. Themedia, including advertising and marketing, is riddled with insiderjargon," Beer said.9 e# V! Z4 R O0 G1 V4 R, @8 q
* K9 E4 U. {+ B8 T 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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% k) h9 ]/ I' c3 j4 |$ R That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland., V- y# i5 h( p5 F
# T8 Y, M: l1 r Y) J, z) v5 Y 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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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." n7 S3 {1 E$ B4 N8 E
+ J) Q0 k+ o% R1 L4 v* ^ The campaign was founded in 1979 by Chrissie Maher who only learned to read and write at the age of 14.+ ?/ ]) Y% g" }: _: V7 j$ L- e
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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」。
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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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. Q# C6 k( ]: y# f& ]* F* o; o 「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。# i! E0 v( l# c& F# s; [5 T
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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。$ k, p3 t9 E ?6 J
' Z, ?- H8 a0 ]; [+ v/ w 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。# ?# P* m* g0 S- U- d$ d% g
4 X( q1 Y4 j* S, A, _3 o3 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。」: x5 j, ?/ x3 G% U. H+ @( b2 T% z
( U/ S; {- c `: Q4 h- N" \/ S 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」。" ^/ }9 z. f" D7 [+ s: S" Q
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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。; p5 |5 p3 x* N/ J+ ~% p
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該火車站的一個告示牌上寫道:「每到秋天,鐵道上的落葉、大氣狀況和潮濕的天氣使火車頭和車輪間的粘附力減小,導致火車延誤或取消。」
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4 K3 q3 d. ?. ~8 D. K 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」。0 l4 L4 e9 m- B, T
" r( y& ?" l' {( t4 c 「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。
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1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.
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' u! t+ k- P, e4 }& E* Y- u) C 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.
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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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6 r" A1 s# m. o& ]' F% r "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.": O, j; C- Q/ E
' `5 L# K; b" T/ |% q+ a- U Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.
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" c4 |9 Q! k( [7 @% e Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth.2 q5 V/ l7 q: U0 I [
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7.The Wizard of Oz
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& T9 Q! T" |: T 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」。# m; m# q6 q) t; ?: M) V) D
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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。 u0 a; M# J* N: z) U# y
- i; W7 t: B4 s' G: Z 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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' \) G' ~1 _1 O% D; }) p 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。」/ b+ s, ?0 k$ } `/ {1 j1 y3 U
3 E$ J; K1 K6 i* v6 J9 p0 X. H 「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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! ?. r q7 e$ c) M4 F; f 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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, ~7 k: f& Y; C7 {+ a1 g+ F# S/ i/ ` 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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8 b8 u) u# A. N7 P+ q) G 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。7 v+ x) q; @& F5 O g
+ a' }6 i. f+ ^0 f" i 《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。* C% t E0 Z) n" K" ]- b* A
C2 o+ S) C+ i$ l9 @ 「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:/ B( [. U5 T7 [$ a' o: P& G
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