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.
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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."' b$ a, d) F5 Z8 J$ ?: E
I5 c" ?2 l7 \' [0 U. _ 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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3 K8 Z2 Z; W; \5 T, H Plain English Campaign spokesman Ben Beer said: "We thought it was abit obvious to honor Bush as he comes up with them every day."! B( _8 \4 l/ x) t3 c( F: _
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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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( @* B- V- m1 [+ t Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.$ w5 I! d$ U) u4 |& G6 T
( l( h8 X u$ Y4 Q2 {+ Z, K There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.: {" ?9 C2 S$ C$ R( c. [0 w- @
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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."
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That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.; A2 V8 B0 ^ m! f9 n+ [1 m
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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."% [ ^/ ]! s0 k! A/ R _
! y: I5 Q7 k+ X5 { 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.+ C. {, C4 M6 B8 e9 O" u
, t- \) d% A& M, l" w0 E 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」。/ [' f# p) D, Q& u
5 \3 Q I( b! r% m1 K 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。」4 n; U+ ]- u' u8 _, I1 j: S1 b, b
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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。」
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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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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。+ e- I8 _! f* M: L$ _
: E }1 v( L3 v8 V8 \* @ 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。( U6 L, ^* [) |7 h' ^4 o
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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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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」。
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6 m. e" E# x. ~1 W! \5 \ 而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。& n y. y0 O+ E) {$ X
4 n5 N- l/ L# }- e 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」。* w$ [. W+ e( 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。+ k% p$ b5 I+ {5 G9 C9 t
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『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 T7 I' z7 `- d! b2 i
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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.. D5 b5 m. n, i: m/ w0 ]1 e# I
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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.
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$ w% g0 D4 f& K# ?/ f 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."
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Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.
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Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time.』, E/ M- N* o/ M9 o( C
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The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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10.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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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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) }$ u" e' _+ ^' u8 ^ 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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「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。」" U6 }) @9 }9 o' R/ w* E
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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。: S; x* i/ V' v, [9 n" x1 J
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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。4 a$ A- f/ k `) V( O$ I( d
# R; S- F1 G! Q2 V+ I* M9 f 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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' a0 s- w$ g$ ?! `0 q, {' l 「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:
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1、《音樂之聲》
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3、《洛基恐怖秀》
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