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.$ M( V! R4 J1 [* N& V: W
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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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+ s( R6 y$ @6 P8 M) q8 P 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."8 b1 v) `) j: i1 q0 B ^
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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.* |& y7 g) o# d% ]8 w$ y
1 Z( m \% V1 T5 I' j8 @ Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.5 F% x. d5 ~1 N, Z
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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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"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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Offering the best way to obliteratemeaningless verbosity, Beer said: "Thinking before you write is themain thing and then re-reading what you have written." |6 _' u8 |. ?" Y# D1 k( S
: ?* `/ q4 D# u# ^$ w That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.! l! x5 ^, _1 [) F& f, t* |' @& d
+ W* w- |' [7 ?$ M" j* Z* l9 x. A 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."# y* k( N: |9 C% s7 t
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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."
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' Y8 h4 R& e- ?' j* p8 R The campaign was founded in 1979 by Chrissie Maher who only learned to read and write at the age of 14. T2 G& @9 _( l& ^
: R! j# U y. S' e/ f 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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: j! d) R4 }5 H. S2 Z y 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。」+ A h1 @! ] G+ p
) L# s6 ^- n6 B9 Y 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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) K* X+ ~ C. D$ g 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。- b: n" v# L5 w7 `, C
* w! o' H" 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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3 [# E+ ?6 q$ g$ } 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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: _4 I2 ?) x# L* v7 i# X2 h% w 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 b3 j5 \# w1 e) I \
& M' I: x, K" }: y7 @# j 而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。: @3 v% P9 ]0 x! ]' c- s
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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。」7 j8 L [* d$ m! ]& q
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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。' t: J V7 J- ~" a& T5 `! i
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《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」% F) N3 r V i$ X$ ^
『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』
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1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.* [) O4 ]8 i. i/ l
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The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.5 U7 b* {- `7 Y6 Q* d3 J' ~0 }/ c
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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.' v k9 S% x# x0 f3 r* ~1 g
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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.5 `7 z2 k' j6 d" H& [
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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."4 o: J! o$ s0 V V O8 `6 A
# ~. B; H) | m/ f1 q7 A' b2 ?0 } 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.4 L0 `9 U8 p6 V" _, C8 X4 M
6 K( j8 n) s0 m 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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Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time.』
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The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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) N* x0 ]1 ]$ q3 T* f f 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」。9 z+ v) N9 S, r9 Y
7 h$ K. E# D! f 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。" G, `8 m- U$ j0 M& a8 w r" e
* h3 _8 b: J8 o. X 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。, B( H9 E2 B2 f6 w# X: Q
* K( G" |4 j5 Y- o8 {# u. l; T 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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2 q9 o# s$ V1 `( U2 y 「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。」4 D5 g6 K2 L9 _8 b$ C
8 A, D% g, M) d 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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' ~% |5 Y# g* L/ y" N- `" |0 U. m2 [ 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。% ~- ]7 e+ o. H0 B9 u' Y
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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。, Q; T! t$ w! n: a1 g
' p! ^* z7 l- x# y* Y 《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。3 Q5 |, T, Q7 c8 z7 T: y* s
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「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:; M4 m% ?/ L! X7 |9 y9 M
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2、《油脂》
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4、《瑪麗‧波平斯阿姨》
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5、《紅磨坊》
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6、《歌劇魅影》
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