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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' o& n6 d9 f/ s! r1 H  _, }
  
' j+ n2 n- f# D- f& A. b  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.8 u8 j. X: M# d; d
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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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# a1 c7 Q5 Q" ~  J+ n$ q( O  George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone.". T1 w- l7 x+ i. N
  
6 N  e- ]8 d  ^" O3 C) x  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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" d6 ]( B% r$ L+ j6 m: f, O  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.# Z( ?7 i! e+ T0 B
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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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" m+ ?" f5 R/ |' y; }0 a  There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.+ m: H3 O! p. h8 t: n# V& 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.
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5 {/ h' G0 k: }' r. c  Offering the best way to obliteratemeaningless verbosity, Beer said: "Thinking before you write is themain thing and then re-reading what you have written."3 p, l5 s- _  ~& U  }& X9 m
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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."
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: V& N) |% T1 S. o/ M) p  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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1 [& t( z+ q' W0 o   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」。' c/ ?. z  U7 C. x2 h3 P8 J
  
! o( {, |6 O/ Z' t  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。」% j# v8 c9 e( D. L# E) m8 c
  
; ^0 Q6 |& r% g1 H# e% X" z  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。), u* B& A* L% ?8 k. m
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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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  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。* s) ^: R3 g: o
  
2 ~0 y0 g6 V* U+ c" j  B. {  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。4 \( i/ y2 S0 {3 i( r4 c6 A
  
: j- N6 H: N1 J  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。( A. e5 x; S* ~5 z
  
' r  ~/ L  X9 x5 U9 M; k2 O  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。」7 }7 h2 A  N! X
  
0 R- U- @8 S4 `8 X6 [4 L  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 A& _3 \6 e* s/ `# B" ^1 p. N8 D
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  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。」  [$ y7 s* e5 U( B
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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」。2 m2 `- I  l2 y
  
8 j, Y& i" |+ R. @0 ~/ I  「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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$ K( T5 w/ P0 y' t- K  『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』7 X5 O8 K9 D1 b$ i# R
  
5 V* {% e/ A2 o9 {* [  1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.
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& Q3 Q5 b3 Y6 x3 `* j# [  The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.! j5 p# T0 Y3 B6 S* @, \- s/ 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.$ D) y. N$ I* L, k
  
& F" O/ h  t; r# ~- }+ L( t! k  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.6 S* o9 X' \5 m9 a( s8 D
  
3 E4 y! U3 N/ ~# b$ I  "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."- s) ~" |; C* v% ]: g
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  Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.  Y: @' b0 S. A0 e1 x( s
  
6 w' u4 z' |* ?# g1 D/ [  Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth.
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9 {' J" p! H) d- ?# @& s  Nicole Kidman starred Moulin Rouge came fifth, while Phantom of theOpera and The Wizard of Oz stood sixth and seventh respectively.( ^  ]' J3 g+ k- O
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7 h5 |  ^8 O$ }) {+ w; I3 G* k) c  The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:8 i# U+ ?' j* H$ \
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1 G; }- Y& x$ A4 T" f  2.Grease7 ^' ~4 _' D( e3 [6 b- \
  
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5 {. f' R6 Y) w9 h8 f  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」。
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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。' o( V7 @6 y" C, q# A5 Q8 ], W
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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。% ]) v& t( k5 H  w* C7 r# a; i
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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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7 m# T8 M3 q6 F) Q1 `  「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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4 ^6 `* Z2 O' @4 Y1 F! A  l, a) q. s  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- c9 I4 E! V, |. C$ g( o3 v
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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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5 }4 V8 V  z7 h  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:7 u$ J. @. ?2 E0 t. Z, V8 g
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  1、《音樂之聲》
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  10、《飛天萬能車》
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