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* r( L+ }' p/ v) R2 |3 ILanguage watchdogs today gave departing United States President George Bush and former prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher lifetime achievement awards for their contributions to English.5 G/ r P; K) s0 @% Z
The Plain English Campaign (PEC) gave Mr Bush the "Foot In Mouth Award" to mark the departure of "a rich source of gaffes" from the political scene and gave Baroness Thatcher a "Contribution To Plain English Award" in recognition of her "straight talking" style. : N5 p; e1 |) p+ {8 H $ i8 B0 n9 d" I. v. GCampaign spokesman said Mr Bush was an "arch mangler" of the English language and campaign officials listed a selection of his reported sayings. : k% P; s8 E. G0 p ) s( h" Z) i1 k6 c" M. l% lThey included: % U4 ~) c3 [( _& Y3 C$ |2 N$ ?3 V0 E
• "Rarely is the question asked – is our children learning?" . b' {8 K& y0 y4 m! U• "It's clearly a budget. It's got lots of numbers in it."2 E) P1 V9 K T6 z4 y" x% U' Q+ B
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• "I hope you leave here and walk out and say, 'what did he say?"' ; c) r+ ]3 x, A1 n4 p) N0 L/ ]' |
• "The Afghan fighters have no disregard for human life."2 O6 |1 W _+ F m7 F Y/ N1 }# F
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A campaign spokeswoman said the PEC felt that Baroness Thatcher had been the prime example of a straight-talking politician.1 U$ E `! Z5 q7 V1 p" U# s
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"We admire her for her plain speaking – that has nothing to do with her political colour," said the spokeswoman.1 F; r$ ^' P" U' |& m
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"She is the antithesis of most politicians. She says what she means and does not waste words." v+ r/ Q% w4 v1 }& K2 x
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[ 本帖最后由 billzhao 于 2008-12-13 20:59 编辑 ]
美国即将卸任的总统布什和英国前首相撒切尔夫人,一起获得了英语终身成就奖。撒切尔获奖的原因是有话直说。布什得奖理由就不太体面了,布什是因为破坏英语有功而得到这项荣誉的。 2 H# m( ^% d: q3 Q3 _- K& X+ K 4 Z) M. X2 s( \! l6 z/ f' g据中广新闻网报道,英国有个推广白话英文运动组织。这个组织每年会选出一些对英文有贡献的人。 他们说,撒切尔夫人说话“直接,简洁,没有废话”,因此特别颁发终身成就奖给他以兹奖励。8 R" ]% U: {4 x& E
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布什则是因为对英语破坏极大而获奖。这个组织还整理出了布什的一些“名言”。其中像是“这的确是一笔预算,因为里面有很多数字”以及“阿富汗的战士没有不尊重人命”。" N9 ~% u0 ~& K' [% u
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布什雷人语录 1 ~" v: X& [7 _+ g1 [$ h, v" v- \ ' C4 X' ]+ k8 d+ Q●十大经典口误:. r+ }6 b# C7 ?' G
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1、你们国家也有黑人吗?布什问巴西总统。(巴西是世界上黑人人口最多的国家之一)——2002年% [- w4 A6 @# i) [: i' F
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2、在我的咨文国情,不对,国情咨文,不对,在我对全国讲话中,也不对,不管叫什么,总之是对全国的讲话中,我要求每一个美国人拿出生命中的四千年,不对,是四千个小时为国服务。这就是我的要求,四千小时。——2002年: ?( b' M# Y" s" {
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3、我认为中东的不稳定直接造成了这个地区的不稳定。——2002年& h0 V% W- `( w! K) M/ I
2 H1 s* y2 h ]! j2 ]( F0 {4、小泉首相要我非常清楚地向你们表明几点:银行坏账,贬值和政府调控制度改革,三者同样重要。(事后才搞清楚小泉想说的是银行坏账,通胀和政府调控制度改革,但是当天已触发了日元大贬值。)——2002年% X$ Q/ p# T6 y- t& K V
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5、我宣布,从本周四开始,里根机场的服务台和飞机将重新起飞。——2001年 7 W4 T$ Y+ B' v# ?* q " ~) C) ~5 Y @# ]8 t6、你们自由了。自由是多么的美好。但是你们也知道,要恢复混乱,不对,要从混乱中恢复秩序是需要时间的。——2003年9 {- v8 A" f' g3 o