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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.. H& X/ u4 b6 `5 ^4 ], C
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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."$ \- i$ w$ x2 ~5 ^' [; `; O
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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."9 v) w4 D/ l5 N8 u5 o! A7 p
) F, g! t% \: O0 s7 |* K6 Q Plain English Campaign spokesman Ben Beer said: "We thought it was abit obvious to honor Bush as he comes up with them every day."6 ?0 n( @; g# V) }* m! o
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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.
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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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% m8 Y4 i0 f# b* l2 T) W' c There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.
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7 k/ f9 W* E9 i* [) @& R "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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# E/ S+ O7 H) B. L( ~! 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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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.": ?7 Z S2 V& R3 D7 o5 v! z
. ?/ j/ P/ ~- A* V: m$ ^6 B7 l 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」。* R4 r* d# D0 ]2 X6 }
6 ]9 l# w$ o3 b 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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「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。」( l A0 h8 i# D
2 J9 f. ? K3 m" _ 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。* d6 M" T+ F |$ _+ z$ K
7 o7 z7 r+ ]" }# e8 b$ S; n 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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$ \( E9 ^7 z$ l8 w& b, D Z 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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9 r- n3 \. ~* q% s! 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。」
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! q4 P6 f3 P; N1 I: e- V 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」。. M& t$ e+ }5 Y: l* Z8 V J
% |# z6 Y; C( g$ \( j 而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。* b: j- M9 }0 D% J 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。」
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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」。- P7 E0 `0 [8 n9 C" ?! v; h& Z
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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 ]8 Y6 k1 t' S 《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」- H7 P% E/ i: |* y0 y! ?
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~ a4 R7 p8 L6 _- U5 r! I 1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.& S* E( U, H. m; T
! ]4 c# I* V. t2 |% N& j: g# H The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.
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" b8 [5 K& i+ t* q3 T0 q" G 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. d3 m$ ]: k E0 ~1 P
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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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"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 E. D9 z- e+ B+ N0 l
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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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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.』$ x& _& [/ x& Y* D) y, {( l/ O6 s
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2.Grease
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6.Phantom of the Opera
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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」。5 j+ U3 n1 u4 Z$ V. g8 n/ J* R: z
( b* L8 q, T) Y+ j! |$ |7 \# D 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。
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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。」
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8 a2 J8 l. M; t' c% V" ]3 { 「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。」; ?/ h' N) h0 A4 T A4 U
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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。) Y R4 ]$ g/ N) t( f! ^
7 _$ a9 W3 i) M- c+ ~0 c9 r r1 Z. Q( g 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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3 Q0 R9 v, w9 I: U+ l 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。0 z+ T! A" f4 ?: W
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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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( O$ Z; b \8 W5 h8 m. U 「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:
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u" u' u& o, k! s 1、《音樂之聲》
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2、《油脂》
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4、《瑪麗‧波平斯阿姨》
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