Fish and chips joins national treasure list
“炸魚(yú)薯?xiàng)l”、大偵探當(dāng)選英國(guó)國(guó)寶
[ 2006-08-03 09:06 ]
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Minister Blair eats fish and chips at a restaurant in Brigghouse,
Yorkshire.
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Fish and chips, Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python
have joined cricket, pubs and red double-decker buses on a growing list of
England's national treasures.
More than 350,000 people have voted in a government-backed project to
catalogue the icons which capture the essence of England.
Other new entries joining the list on Tuesday include the Oxford
English Dictionary, Robin Hood, the Mini and the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera
"The Archers".
"Choosing the things that most represent England has really got the
nation's creative juices going," said Jerry Doyle, managing director of
the Icons project.
The first wave of icons was announced in January. They included
Stonehenge, the FA Cup and the humble cup of tea.
The Icons Web site (www.icons.org.uk) has received more than 600
nominations from the public.
A panel has picked more than 50 and listed them on the site with
pictures, videos and stories explaining their history.
(Agencies) |
炸魚(yú)薯?xiàng)l、福爾摩斯和“巨蟒組”（英國(guó)六人喜劇團(tuán)）成為英國(guó)國(guó)寶名單上的新成員，它們和板球、酒吧和紅色雙層巴士一起被列為英國(guó)國(guó)寶。
此次英國(guó)特色標(biāo)志物甄選活動(dòng)由英國(guó)政府支持舉辦，共有35萬(wàn)余人參與了投票。
本周二成為國(guó)寶新成員的還有牛津英語(yǔ)字典、羅賓漢、Mini汽車以及在BBC 廣播四臺(tái)播映了很久的肥皂劇《The Archers》。
標(biāo)志物甄選活動(dòng)總負(fù)責(zé)人杰里·道爾說(shuō)：“實(shí)際上，選出最能代表英國(guó)的標(biāo)志物使英國(guó)的民族創(chuàng)造力得到了延續(xù)?！?
第一批標(biāo)志物于今年一月揭曉。其中包括(英國(guó)索爾茲伯里平原上的)史前巨石柱、英國(guó)足球協(xié)會(huì)和英國(guó)茶。
目前，標(biāo)志物評(píng)選網(wǎng)站（www.icons.org.uk）已收到民眾提名的600多種標(biāo)志物。
評(píng)審團(tuán)已從中選出了50種列為國(guó)寶，并將這些當(dāng)選的國(guó)寶配上圖片、視頻和歷史淵源介紹，在標(biāo)志物評(píng)選網(wǎng)站上展出。
(英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯) |
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long-running: 播映了很久的
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