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George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award
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2 j, S  }% x3 N  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.3 i* M& q2 Y+ O! |; Y
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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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  George W. Bush came second for "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone."$ R, |+ c9 E  {
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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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' L% h6 t* x+ R4 W8 ?+ m: q  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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  There is never a shortage of entrants sent in by people baffled by bureaucratic language and befuddled legalese.
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% D2 `" X) s4 y" a! B/ H  "We get 40 to 50 examples a week, mostly from British documents. Themedia, including advertising and marketing, is riddled with insiderjargon," Beer said.# M  B+ @; W# S8 z
  
* v9 E- D! f. A" O9 i, U  Offering the best way to obliteratemeaningless verbosity, Beer said: "Thinking before you write is themain thing and then re-reading what you have written."4 {% S& b+ j+ C) N! x2 L5 q7 [9 K
  
( P$ t; Y- f8 }2 V+ X% C: Z  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."4 `5 y1 ~7 j# v8 r, L) M
  
9 e; s' u4 `8 W1 u9 L9 @  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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+ }( l+ p4 s8 l! K+ E9 i5 T7 V+ 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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% @+ y) K+ h0 `4 {' |  n  J   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」。: n5 Z( m0 A3 Y: t  W9 v; C5 j" |
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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。」' O& M' F$ {" q# [% |$ r) s* L
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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。)$ r; j$ k0 Y2 r7 |
  
" F  ]+ l9 ~0 H. d4 a0 [  「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。, d5 U  `. s& H' R9 ^
  
3 g9 z' ^" H& X$ d  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。+ u# g; p1 ]9 P# L! T; b
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  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。) Z; p8 A4 h) Q! J
  
$ D4 ]# v- H0 B, U6 u  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」。" K4 @% ^8 f9 y& x. j
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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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5 D+ R" e2 R2 b! w7 J) f  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。」- E1 n9 }  }  w& g# n+ b# n
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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」。  Z/ S! D/ z3 k' l( r
  
$ D6 a/ U3 U7 @+ v  「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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  『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』
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( B7 |( t7 B# O0 ]# V; p' `  1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll., a6 g8 X: l# O8 \
  
+ A- f& G* Y6 k/ ~  The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.
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' P3 _0 m9 j2 l6 u% @" P( k5 j% \  t- E  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.7 r6 A# [' M$ _3 t
  
7 s) S( B! h, w  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.: f3 Y; Y: }/ N
  
: }- H4 ^9 \0 @) N5 Y' N: g  "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."0 ?1 O( z2 t1 U. r9 K, g
  
7 k. k$ J& h# D0 T( ?0 g8 z: _  Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.
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) _' V5 V) n, q$ H  Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth.
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+ U) S% N, q/ ?: X$ b  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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) {3 h8 T  T* X  Oliver, West Side Story and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang rounded off the top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time.』8 S0 n8 e+ H; }6 i* f3 f
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  The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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3 Z, {* H% O9 P1 M1 {/ {  9.West Side Story  w/ z3 k4 U3 O
  
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1 ^2 j/ X( @1 n   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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  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。+ ^# Z: k- E+ n* e/ V4 u* D
  
( Z4 n' Y  j0 O7 N0 [4 c# N* b; t  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。」. p# N( F5 p' E* M% X" b
  
5 @; `! _# Q. [, p  A  「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。」& f; L; ?  B: _7 r. M( P) {/ q, O
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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。7 V+ l5 Q0 q( y, D, x1 x8 O
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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。7 R: k, v2 h0 S2 V3 T" w* l
  
+ w$ z+ e( D6 `- I( E/ b% _  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。* d2 d8 z7 S$ u- d
  
- k8 v4 `- |, {. `1 e  w8 ~9 c  「史上最偉大的十大音樂劇」如下:
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