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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.* W& X5 |* h. O/ |/ ]3 W" S5 z" w0 W
 
 " p. }, ]; C: K7 K* O# `2 \, K1 s  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."  O3 K( q. _9 ]7 [  g# p& d
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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."$ \, p% U: i3 m/ l0 \' X
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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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 / }0 b0 {7 K) {  x4 e: K' t$ Z  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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 * U+ O: n! v8 P, `6 W3 d  Past winners include model Naomi Campbell, actor Richard Gere and former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld./ h% n# f- E$ ~5 p6 |, y
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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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 7 R; @( _: {; c9 c& r6 G( k  "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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 $ _' L: a- v6 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."
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 . |7 y. D$ A/ g+ O( _- |# z  That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.- `3 }$ |/ `5 j( g- G5 k
 
 * K' J7 H8 _' ^$ v) Z7 i& i5 b# z+ {" L  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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 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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 ' D! O8 `: s  f, C: }  c   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。」
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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。」# r' f, e# c- q
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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。4 C, T. H6 I' Z2 N  O
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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。
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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。! f, E) e& w9 B9 z
 
 * i) \1 B+ i0 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。」3 c6 O1 K' L  N- l5 K* C2 y  u  z
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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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 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。」5 w" ]( b$ @9 {3 S6 ?
 
 % e  M0 k* ^1 b, |8 e! c0 i) A  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# n; h" }6 w5 N. V5 L0 f
 
 2 g3 t0 @" F/ O# h6 o  「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。" L/ k4 l' {1 h" K4 B' M
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 《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」
 ( i( {" M( D! n9 q  『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』
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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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 6 v6 M" T! x- m$ t" ?  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.; c8 @5 z5 d" @1 w2 b
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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.
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 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./ M! q( F6 ^+ O" {, V. O
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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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 ) X1 H% L( ?; d) b   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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 8 r7 a: u4 @) ]  ~! Z  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。: [- v/ w* g. Y" H9 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。9 p7 o; h0 J! p# K( h8 N  I
 
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