Former US president George W. Bush topped a poll of the worst examples of mangled English, followed closely by Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen here, and Donald Rumsfeld. @292;qi
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Former US president George W. Bush topped a poll of the worst examples of mangled English released Wednesday, followed closely by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Rumsfeld. WHAEB1c#Q
本周三公布的一项“不知所云语录”调查显示,美国前总统乔治•W•布什名列该榜首位,紧随其后的是阿诺德•施瓦辛格和(美国前国防部长)唐纳德•拉姆斯菲尔德。 nk-6
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French footballer-cum-philospher Eric Cantona and former US president Bill Clinton also produced prime examples of gobbledegook, according to the online poll of 4,000 people inspired by the Plain English Campaign. wm2Q(l*HH
这项在线调查的创意来自“简明英语运动组织” ,共有四千人参加。法国足球运动员、哲学爱好者埃瑞克•康冬纳和美国前总统比尔•克林顿也跻身该榜。 , is
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Notoriously language-challenged Bushromped to the top accolade for his: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." s?%1/&.~
一直以“雷人”英语而著称的小布什“轻而易举”地夺得该榜冠军,他的夺冠语录是:“我们的敌人足智多谋,我们也是。他们从没停止过想办法来侵害我们的国家和人民,我们也没有。” $8it&/JP,
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Second came to bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-California governor Schwarzenegger, who during an election campaign in 2003 minted the puzzling: "I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman." ~q|^z[7
亚军得主是加利福尼亚州州长施瓦辛格,他在2003年的一次竞选活动中冒出了这么一句让人摸不着头脑的话:“我认为同性婚姻应该是一男一女的结合。”施瓦辛格曾是一名健身教练,在竞选成为加州州长之前曾做过演员。 A;kAAM
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The rest of the top 10 in the poll, commissioned by an insurance company after it won an award from the Plain English Campaign, were: OgfQGGc
这项民意调查由一家保险公司委托开展,之前该公司获得了“简明英语运动组织”颁发的一个奖项。该调查评选出的十大不知所云语录还包括: =~aJ]T}(
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3. Rumsfeld, in February 2002: "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns: the ones we don't know we don't know." M6?Q w=
第三名,拉姆斯菲尔德于2002年2月所说的一段话:“媒体报道说我总是对尚未发生的事情感兴趣,因为正如我们所知,世界上有一些已知的已知,有我们知道自己知道的事。我们也知道还有一些已知的未知,也就是说我们知道自己还有一些不知道的事情。但也有一些未知的未知,也就是那些我们不知道自己不知道的事物。” 3*arW|Xm
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4. Murray Walker, motor racing commentator: "The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical." VJr?`
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第四名,赛道汽车赛评论员穆雷•沃尔克:“领头的车绝对是独一无二的,除了它后面的那辆和它一模一样的车。” &a