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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.5 h: n3 c" v' {$ j- i
  
  r9 c( @- |) _# u; G+ k; f  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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4 E4 D; H1 t1 S, h) l. u# ~/ C  George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone."  h8 f& R: S2 h- i- |
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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."
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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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. v$ I; m0 B1 b6 D% {; j, x  Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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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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5 q% F1 a; D, F; V4 A1 A* ?5 l  "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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8 e  d% a& e0 u# l# q- i( L. P  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."8 P8 t( l2 m: z# L8 b/ S* M
  
$ V! {- J/ q8 G3 F5 {7 W! P  The campaign was founded in 1979 by Chrissie Maher who only learned to read and write at the age of 14./ H# g1 v3 w# r+ H4 R/ Z7 n' m, M
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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」。
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  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。」" U% x0 L# |! ^' ?2 t- G
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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。2 S/ K8 ?# i7 x" a0 N  s
  
; a, C6 b! ^9 {7 q# d  \; h6 K  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。6 N# [$ K4 p8 C' M. n
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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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: g0 o) W8 e  g; E; T% t  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」。, _/ \! J' @8 q# d: ^2 C
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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。- O# W* m4 m! U3 `8 Q: z
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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」。; S, |% d2 e$ C% J
  
# d5 T; V; T% L  「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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  《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」
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  1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.8 `5 v* P4 p7 N- Z: J/ q
  
/ V: F; w# H' I  The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.
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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.6 \# E) D& i- e* |% n9 V8 D
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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.; \& B* d" _8 _$ k  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."
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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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7 p1 o9 ^3 [" I) R1 M  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.』
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5 o: d, E- H3 P5 r, T7 k  c% z  The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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  5.Moulin Rouge
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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。
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1 A5 m$ O6 a0 C* I0 M$ A  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。4 r, S: b! J) e7 F) c* [& y( b
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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。」/ s  [6 @; ^! R- L7 j
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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。」, @1 j6 S, T( l. N6 t! s
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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。
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2 {, v# M1 h7 i' K2 i# a; T  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。: B" i6 t; w/ F& g7 p; f
  
9 e, h8 B$ e5 K2 X  \7 `% C  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。8 ]. z1 e$ Y5 Q, }/ ]. Y2 B1 u
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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:
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  9、《西區故事》
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