George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award
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9 m5 ^* Z3 B2 ?8 U0 R: x 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.( f$ U& J; `! B! ]( m4 y
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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."
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( r% Z+ p# B8 j* U s8 K" j) l- `; ^1 f George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone."8 n k. H+ j% K3 p$ m
# O; g8 e6 Q0 f& t 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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9 {! ?9 f( u% c* s 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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Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.) }+ E* O8 T" C) \5 Q
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There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.
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4 a% P" x! S2 ^, [ "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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( j0 D# ~& Y. P1 ~ Offering the best way to obliteratemeaningless verbosity, Beer said: "Thinking before you write is themain thing and then re-reading what you have written."5 O* j8 Z, T8 f- h& T: r% W5 F
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That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.
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7 r9 m& w, | e 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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5 p5 u6 L& {# M+ j) S6 |6 l 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."% X6 n- V1 }1 v% x$ a& e7 ]( j
0 p. L6 O% d# |+ { 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」。6 y1 M9 i7 B4 a; ?2 Y, J3 B- @
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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。」0 \3 n) ~% W' \
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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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% w# t% n" F. P% i3 ^% [5 v 「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。」 S J a8 k( v3 M' L
2 O* i( m; o# r! r 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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9 l0 Y' N, D4 ?( O8 T 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。 R; o1 ^( R+ @, H
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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。」: y7 d* y1 g& u0 W" Y! g$ {
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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」。- i% s7 g8 o1 r3 _* g
; N9 R, C6 c/ M! v 而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。2 F* ?, Z: N7 ^5 W0 z
9 \3 @. `+ q6 Q$ w9 @ 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」。0 ^3 U( Q* G5 C( u5 t
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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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《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」
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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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The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.
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7 g, A3 m9 I0 }4 k7 i5 K+ B 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.4 P Y7 Y8 z$ V( i
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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.+ g# O9 L/ S8 M; t) r) E6 I
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"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."/ a6 l$ r, W- X: W3 G
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Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth.
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( U7 t+ s% x4 W. A$ a Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time.』
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7 f7 I+ ~6 O( P; R The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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3.The Rocky Horror Show
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8 O5 x; o- P" z2 e8 p+ w# P 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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8 E$ @6 f5 `- ~! R" [, J* W' ~ 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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6 B f: Y3 O) m3 J6 v- a 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。) x' w$ w* v: g5 W, x
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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。」! s! x9 _& ~4 T+ T" a7 ~8 I- M: M( M
6 Z) J* p) S4 w# |' }* K 「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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8 R, Z9 y& N9 |' h 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。3 y Y6 V: o |3 B5 q, c/ l
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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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「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:* ?! }# O7 v; x) J9 v" \
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4、《瑪麗‧波平斯阿姨》
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5、《紅磨坊》
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8、《奧立弗》
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