雙語(yǔ)閱讀：愛(ài)爾蘭口音獲評(píng)全球“最性感口音”.

　　愛(ài)爾蘭口音獲評(píng)全球“最性感口音”

　　Irish accent beats French as world&aposs sexiest

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　　The Irish accent has beaten its French counterpart as the world&aposs sexiest, thanks to stars like Colin Farrell and James Nesbitt.

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　　Men with an Emerald Isle brogue came top in a poll of 5,000 women worldwide, while the French accent only came fourth, just ahead of Australian.

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　　Italian, the native language of stars such as jockey Frankie Dettori, was second.

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　　In third place was the Scottish burr, made famous by actor Sean Connery.

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　　English was sixth and Swedish was seventh, with Spanish, Welsh and American completing the top 10.

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　　A spokesman for www.innerlightcrystal.com which carried out the international survey, blamed French president Nicolas Sarkozy for the French accent&aposs fall from grace.

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　　"The French accent is nowhere near as popular as it used to be," he said.

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　　"You can probably blame Nicolas Sarkozy for that, he has single-handedly changed the perception of how the world sees French men.

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　　"It is good news for the Irish that they have come top, they have been in and around the top five for years now.

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　　"But high-profile stars such as Colin Farrell have helped bring the accent more to the fore."

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　　The study also found three fifths of women admitted they had been seduced by someone purely because of their accent, while two fifths said they would much rather sleep with a man who had a nice accent, compared to a harsh one.

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　　World&aposs Sexiest Accents

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　　1. Irish

　　2. Italian

　　3. Scottish

　　4. French

　　5. Australian

　　6. English

　　7. Swedish

　　8. Spanish

　　9. Welsh

　　10. American

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　　(Read by Chantal Anderson. Chantal Anderson is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.)

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　　Vocabulary:

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　　Emerald Isle：Ireland(綠寶石島，即愛(ài)爾蘭島)

　　brogue：an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English(土音，尤指愛(ài)爾蘭講英語(yǔ)時(shí)的土腔)

　　jockey：a person who rides horses professionally in races(職業(yè)賽馬騎師)

　　burr：a pronunciation of the r-sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects(帶濃重r音的口音，某些英語(yǔ)方言中的典型發(fā)音)

　　fall from grace：to lose favor; be discredited(失去信任，失去恩寵)

　　nowhere near:遠(yuǎn)不如

　　single-handedly：in a single-handed manner(獨(dú)立地，單獨(dú)地)

　　high-profile：a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating(知名度很高的，高調(diào)的)

　　to the fore：into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front(在前面，使突出)

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　　日前，愛(ài)爾蘭口音(點(diǎn)擊收聽(tīng))擊敗法國(guó)口音，獲評(píng)全球最性感口音。這都要?dú)w功于柯林?法瑞爾和詹姆斯?內(nèi)斯比特等明星。

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　　這項(xiàng)有關(guān)口音的民調(diào)共對(duì)全球五千名女性進(jìn)行了調(diào)查。其中，說(shuō)愛(ài)爾蘭語(yǔ)的男性最受女性青睞。法國(guó)口音僅名列第四，排在澳大利亞口音之前。

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　　意大利口音名列第二。代表明星包括職業(yè)賽馬騎師弗蘭基?德托等。

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　　以“小舌音”為主要特點(diǎn)的蘇格蘭口音位列第三，這主要?dú)w功于男星肖恩?康納利。

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　　英格蘭口音名列第六，瑞典口音位居第七。排在前十位的還包括西班牙口音、威爾士口音和美國(guó)口音。

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　　開(kāi)展該全球調(diào)查的www.innerlightcrystal.com網(wǎng)站的一名發(fā)言人稱(chēng)，法國(guó)口音“失寵”的“罪魁禍?zhǔn)住笔强偨y(tǒng)尼古拉?薩科奇。

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　　他說(shuō)：“法國(guó)口音遠(yuǎn)不如原來(lái)那么受歡迎了?！?/p>

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　　“你可以怪尼古拉?薩科奇。僅因?yàn)樗粋€(gè)人的不足，就改變了全世界對(duì)法國(guó)男人的看法。”

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　　“此次愛(ài)爾蘭口音登上榜首對(duì)于愛(ài)爾蘭人來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)好消息。這些年來(lái)，愛(ài)爾蘭口音一直排在前五名左右?！?/p>

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　　“但柯林?法瑞爾等一些著名明星也是讓愛(ài)爾蘭口音人氣增長(zhǎng)的重要原因。”

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　　調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，五分之三的女性坦稱(chēng)，自己曾僅僅因?yàn)槟澄荒惺康目谝舳粚?duì)方吸引。五分之二的女性稱(chēng)，與口音難聽(tīng)的男士相比，她們更愿意和口音好聽(tīng)的男士上床。

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　　全球最性感口音排行榜

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　　1. 愛(ài)爾蘭口音

　　2. 意大利口音

　　3. 蘇格蘭口音

　　4. 法國(guó)口音

　　5. 澳大利亞口音

　　6. 英格蘭口音

　　7. 瑞典口音

　　8. 西班牙口音

　　9. 威爾士口音

　　10.美國(guó)口音