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英国人最爱的三个词
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来源：大耳朵英语 2007-6-13 13:35:00 |
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Britain\'s favourite word is love, actually
英国人最爱的三个词
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain\'s three favourite words are love, serendipity（有意外发现珍宝的运气）and family, according to a charity effort to build a "wall of words".
Telecommunications giant BT and children\'s charity I CAN have already built a mile long "wall" from thousands of online submissions to their Internet site www.wallofwords.org.uk and are hoping to complete a second mile.
Visitors to the Web site submit their favourite word and the reasons why. The wall is made from virtual bricks represented by each word submitted. BT has already donated 50,000 pounds to I CAN on completion of the first mile and is offering prizes to contributors for the second mile.
It\'s not surprising that a nation which has seen a lot of slate grey（瓦灰色）skies over the winter chose sunshine as its fourth most favourite word or that a people famed for their stiff upper lips chose smile as number 6 and happy as number 10.
"It\'s heart-warming to see that, despite all our daily pressures and worries, so many positive emotional words are turning up in this list. It seems we\'re not just a romantic people - we\'re playful too," linguist David Crystal, an honorary professor（荣誉教授）at the University of Bangor in Wales, said in an I CAN press statement released on Tuesday.
Although love was the top choice overall and the number one choice for women, antidisestablishmentarianism（主张国家与教会分开主义）was the top choice for men and the ninth most favourite word on the list.
Regionally, Welsh contributors favoured the word "cwtch" (cuddle) and Scots favoured "numpty" (an abbreviation of "numbskull").
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英国儿童福利机构发起一项名为I CAN的活动，鼓励网民在他们的网站上写出自己最喜欢的词，一个词代表一块砖，最后用这些砖建筑一面虚拟墙。“爱”、“意外发现珍宝的运气”、“家庭”是网民写的最多的词汇。“阳光”位居第四，“微笑”位于第六，“快乐”位居第十。
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