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George Bush gets pipped to "Foot in Mouth" award- w! l7 b1 M& U$ V' Z- Q
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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."
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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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( w/ x8 x5 [7 ~) ], n9 J' Z' G  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.3 V4 u+ n" D& N
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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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  "We get 40 to 50 examples a week, mostly from British documents. Themedia, including advertising and marketing, is riddled with insiderjargon," Beer said.1 i- `. C5 n( ^9 I5 O6 f8 S
  
) i  t& s( s; |  L1 _, e' ~* _  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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# d9 Q8 i1 w  {& r, O1 h  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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7 o- r9 A: p3 {# m2 j' y7 \( R  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."* \. k) g) |$ `* ~) `
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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./ G" _3 s+ p/ P! i' O
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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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: {* t+ E8 f- ]  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。」
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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。)( {& f- V$ ]1 }% k
  
( q" W. V+ s0 h  「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。」# L- [! l& V" U+ m' K' W9 @1 d/ B9 w
  
) _! f, Y: X: V4 Y% v; w  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。
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0 ]3 r8 `$ o: t$ ]) U3 K4 \7 M  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。, x1 U0 L. `0 C( T( ?  c' \% `( Q
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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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  而北愛爾蘭的科勒雷恩火車站顯然沒有做到這一點。" x4 y/ i8 R- v
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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。」, W! N: h3 F3 Z+ v
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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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. ^, d* Y$ Z% P3 |7 g+ F; }! x) \  「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。4 z" G0 ^: X# ^' n- v0 s8 y
  
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  《音樂之聲》當選「史上最偉大音樂劇」$ {, ~9 W- F9 l! x( i# U2 ]) r; ]
  『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.) ^+ w7 Z9 {( b
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  The 1965 film, starring Julie Andrews, got 15 per cent of the vote in the Twentieth Century Fox poll.5 J3 r/ B" f4 B+ K2 n
  
: i0 c- D, |7 i: g  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.: K( B) v) C( i9 `- H/ e8 i- E
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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.7 i. ^5 v9 R# y4 [: r* i
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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."! A2 E- E& T; k) A2 B0 Q
  
: I3 K& B; l) u- O6 d1 H  Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta starred, 1978 musical Grease, bagged the second place, reports The Sun.
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  Musical comedy The Rocky Horror Show landed the third, while MaryPoppins, a Disney musical starring Julie Andrews stood fourth." C3 R8 F7 d9 O- k# C
  
$ q" V0 \' A# O6 i  c+ f% _3 f  Nicole Kidman starred Moulin Rouge came fifth, while Phantom of theOpera and The Wizard of Oz stood sixth and seventh respectively.6 B% k( [1 J  _0 B. e. c& A" i
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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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  The top ten 『Greatest Musicals of All Time』 are:
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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」。6 W; M8 ~& U. f! y
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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。( e: b, {- I  b& ?  A: Z' ^) M
  
& S1 s# v8 y! e: Z' u$ S" S: ]  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。」7 {! u; l, F9 d$ ^( m# m; C
  
) X5 q  t  J3 A3 ^  「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。」
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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。* G$ q( l& o& k/ v9 g
  
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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。
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  「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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  6、《歌劇魅影》
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  9、《西區故事》
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  10、《飛天萬能車》
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