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news: 年度「不知所云」大獎揭曉 布什屈居亞軍

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George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award& z' M- r. c2 g& \' o
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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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  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."" p/ s; r7 n9 E( ^3 J
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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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" t3 o. F" U8 U, v& v1 B: v  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.
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. @' z: ^& A3 s( s8 x- I7 H  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.6 q5 w6 W$ j) z, A! P5 q
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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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7 [6 S- U* v. m! G* _, b' {  D9 N( y  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.
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/ l/ Q1 J" U; d, F1 x  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."1 F% [7 o9 @6 T
  
  U0 p" i: u3 B' k. x1 i( z  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.
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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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8 p# C1 w; [: [/ x7 x! E% X$ S  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。」1 p8 Q$ _% e+ Q. c& r# J) g5 ]
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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。)" X; c( d. J6 \, B* L1 O3 s- c
  
0 k$ Q4 ?4 `1 z& t  「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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0 k8 i: e) Q1 h! n- S  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。
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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。
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$ N- m. }6 J5 o/ F/ j4 Y  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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; T8 R* l! [' k, w  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。」* |# C% ]# |2 _5 p  b
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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」。0 d8 B7 R9 M5 D4 a, \
  
5 y  c5 d8 |: |# v  而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。
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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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  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」。
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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。3 Q( F" f$ m( F/ |0 P
  
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1 {* n7 t* H# H+ ~' j$ g" D3 y  『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』; j% X$ g* X6 U! T
  
* E6 y. ?2 U9 D# Y) F  1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.
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" |6 E- P7 r' H  The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.- `; p5 J/ x6 W, w4 b8 r
  
  j6 T) z6 j" [: X3 F  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." f! x0 g, s3 E; P( x
  
/ c; i5 b: \- M2 I, ?% Z8 G( m  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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2 X7 r5 o9 `' L- `! A$ j8 c* @$ F  "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."# J6 y0 B/ }3 I( `
  
+ x3 d1 n- }3 Z$ A4 r* B$ F( g  Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.
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  Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth.9 u8 b- L0 ~. C5 l5 q# }
  
5 H2 |* f, d6 C( p( r  Nicole Kidman starred Moulin Rouge came fifth, while Phantom of theOpera and The Wizard of Oz stood sixth and seventh respectively.
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) p. O7 ~% z& O9 F  The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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+ Z$ K: j" s  F" X9 p/ D5 I" U   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」。
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- r4 s+ J+ }* @- s" T4 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。- ]7 z! D* t; F0 r. O: V. M. A% c
  
) o* H5 y* K8 g1 D/ G  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。」% K! }: h2 M  |" D2 n" w
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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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0 `. g# E' v: r" V# L  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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  9、《西區故事》
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