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George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award
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' u8 j* [9 g/ T* c+ g( B. ?3 R" w  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.- B, |( Q! j+ X# E) S
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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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! [" h* S+ m9 c3 e( U4 y( D  Y  George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone."1 E% k. k+ w1 W1 Q1 v6 d
  
/ g  K+ k9 }8 t& s3 C3 B1 @  Plain English Campaign spokesman Ben Beer said: "We thought it was abit obvious to honor Bush as he comes up with them every day."* E2 u8 V! `6 P
  
+ }4 B$ K$ n* \  b8 {  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./ k( V: s. i& ?: U2 v
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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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% P+ ]% Z9 o' O, m8 ^* p  H  "We get 40 to 50 examples a week, mostly from British documents. Themedia, including advertising and marketing, is riddled with insiderjargon," Beer said.4 _) A# t7 T7 C9 z/ @! m- }
  
1 u/ z* x1 ]/ M* [( a  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 |: u2 w1 H$ S2 P  That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.- N; v3 x  k& a
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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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1 H1 S: C2 V3 q) I/ J  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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  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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0 T4 Q4 J; m# D4 I   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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9 L1 q9 R2 d- R# y) Z  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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1 v( A2 Q& U, V& v& k  「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。
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5 A1 _! X( m" _. H8 _$ f. i; A  w  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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1 \; P" a- Y6 A5 ~, F1 I  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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  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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6 q- {6 B& ~& N- i5 S. M  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 X  L1 k- N5 T( X) x
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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。" U* s0 t3 Z; e+ t# z1 |# l
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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。」2 h5 j2 L* L+ y9 E2 e/ a
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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。
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6 F& u/ q/ l3 |" Y6 C, s  《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」
  ]$ Z, j/ B) \- L% L8 Y  『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』$ x7 g0 @9 i1 A2 ~& D( p& e" k
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  1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.( u' u" ^( [# Q
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  The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.0 A, |) C8 ~" b9 d5 T9 V
  
" w! l7 X* R' [( M- a  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.# x$ j2 h" V9 }7 J  ~: u
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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.3 ?4 l9 v( m+ Q- n2 F$ B
  
* I8 L- M+ R' M6 \! q" E8 q" b  "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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+ W/ ?, m: C7 K% L2 q- b* ?  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.* l: `$ }5 n% w& i2 X  s' o" U* Y7 R
  
% ?1 `% C5 d$ c! d  Nicole Kidman starred Moulin Rouge came fifth, while Phantom of theOpera and The Wizard of Oz stood sixth and seventh respectively.; J# ?+ B* c5 n0 U$ G5 @
  
0 B# o! g3 D# T1 ]5 c" ~  Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time.』( Q7 W/ s, {2 A
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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」。6 [3 \& t  Z, m5 [' I
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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。
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! l5 L+ H. E) @; A  P  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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5 u/ {& ^  ~4 o: x! J  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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4 x" Q8 @+ y: `% K6 p* M% R6 z# ]: w  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。8 T; @1 W- s0 }7 o" i1 ]& K+ \
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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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4 X! C9 `1 U2 z0 X4 f4 S- _) h7 t  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。3 R' Q0 J% D" D( \
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  「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:
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  3、《洛基恐怖秀》
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  4、《瑪麗‧波平斯阿姨》
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  7、《綠野仙蹤》
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