George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award0 T, @" O, k" V/ l
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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.4 F7 x9 ]$ U! P" G8 W% D$ ^
4 |2 ~8 ~* E- P8 P( K9 {2 ]# U: ~ 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."+ h8 `: B: w' H
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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."5 b$ d5 l+ Z' D |/ S" k! G, T8 b
5 e6 A9 o$ L8 ` 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.0 V5 J3 L; @4 D) o( k1 X+ S
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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.% m0 S( m0 `9 X6 b& n
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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.0 S# X) d$ L3 e- f9 A7 c
" F# }& A! j' K; Y. f 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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6 N D8 n A0 v* y8 B That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.
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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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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."+ z. G' y! j! p3 P
/ p5 m6 g+ R! |9 t 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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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。)' C! E$ v4 i! N8 `
" T9 }! g6 c, R; G 「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。」/ m+ A" M6 o, m% b
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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。
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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。8 q% }$ ?2 w5 D) [
% H/ z' X# y; r5 E$ [6 E0 M$ n Q8 B( O 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。, q- z; Y) n( Q0 ]7 u' z( {
) q8 v, h0 f7 o9 f9 `1 h8 j3 S 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。」' n1 |; M5 H4 X! O3 _$ e! [% a
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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」。
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+ Y, H4 V9 y% \1 p, | 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。」) A0 x- q) N. l( Y5 l2 o
4 v# ~1 N4 D }+ a, N 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。
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4 V; u9 w/ i( d% P 1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.
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The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.
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, Y% r& h6 p: m8 j 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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$ M! L& u b1 \& \9 a "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."
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Nicole Kidman starred Moulin Rouge came fifth, while Phantom of theOpera and The Wizard of Oz stood sixth and seventh respectively.5 x5 z: d1 i1 T4 K+ R& s% T+ A; V+ [
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Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time.』
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! _5 J7 N* V( Q 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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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。0 w$ L; F9 I' S2 F1 f
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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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, Q b8 O7 l( g" U2 B' Q8 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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8 T; L2 M) ~9 { 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。% H# M/ Q0 k$ D
4 B! m1 w" G! I/ x 《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。8 ?1 |! o1 j M0 C) K P0 R# A
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「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:
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1、《音樂之聲》
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3、《洛基恐怖秀》
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