George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award
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9 k3 N8 h1 n( g- E6 a 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.1 v( @" } H4 o
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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."6 G/ Q- g7 i: z1 r% ]
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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."
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; V9 t6 |: v# {! z2 h5 V8 i Plain English Campaign spokesman Ben Beer said: "We thought it was abit obvious to honor Bush as he comes up with them every day."% L4 i3 w& e" W" w, l
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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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8 f ?/ m# O& o0 h, K5 t f2 k 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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"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."* J) z! k, b8 M7 X3 d" p5 J
$ \: O/ a7 \$ @ That message clearly fell on deaf ears at Coleraine railway station in Northern Ireland.7 W! ? X; S% R6 U0 Y1 V) k
6 u1 B/ W# f# `' ?+ P( \ 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 R/ X% X- a1 v7 @
' v; j$ k$ |% J% w; S 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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% ?: A n: N. E" b/ J& A The campaign was founded in 1979 by Chrissie Maher who only learned to read and write at the age of 14.! M/ z% Q* T8 @+ r( \; X% g) u
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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。」
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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。)+ v k1 t) k \' }1 F {$ z6 p2 T9 }
3 u6 d! R8 y5 V8 J- m- l 「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。」' i1 U, K: ?- }9 B6 |
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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。( ?7 n0 S5 ]* L. M( w
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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。2 {9 A" `" w5 J8 I/ ]
8 e0 ?3 l8 s5 G) i" q5 | 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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+ A$ w0 X: L9 s# k' \+ 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」。) z* f. |+ N0 y; o9 Z
9 z. X( I; ^; D! M7 ]3 \) T! Z/ q 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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' u1 _. ^: Z# S/ P9 d4 q 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」。
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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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2 q2 O! W% b% H) q& m 《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」2 l9 X; m. u& B9 a6 S' E9 r
『The Sound of Music』 named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』
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% a5 l9 [' K( p7 y# n& G/ \ 1960』s classic The Sound of Music has been named the 『Greatest Musical of All Time』 in a new poll.
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8 I* @9 _' b1 s) S; k4 k4 x The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.; s+ r; o! P2 K- i
% n: y- K2 U" u* {( E7 P 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.5 I, k) ?, q# z T l
2 N8 l+ N0 {! i* {- `3 Q: s 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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9 m' m* E% I! P' j- p i* B: 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."& q/ C+ w- u8 o' l ^: b3 v c/ I
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Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.0 d) }* A* @6 M! q! b V
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Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth.5 Q; |7 ?5 v5 A5 l' u
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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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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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% ?' ?9 L3 v: x5 I' ]% p! v 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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. M2 Z* k, A9 c) D9 [7 `' I" y 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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! B( U- [* g4 L0 x, Z$ i/ w 「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。」4 l7 x. B1 F8 F/ D1 E- S1 ]
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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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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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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。6 Z$ D& c; `5 [) ]
% G. {$ `3 p$ D# D- _( S 《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。" k' ?$ {4 B: J* O2 n0 a1 K
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