双语阅读：爱尔兰口音获评全球“最性感口音”.

　　爱尔兰口音获评全球“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.aoji.cn 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(绿宝石岛，即爱尔兰岛)

　　brogue：an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English(土音，尤指爱尔兰讲英语时的土腔)

　　jockey：a person who rides horses professionally in races(职业赛马骑师)

　　burr：a pronunciation of the r-sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects(带浓重r音的口音，某些英语方言中的典型发音)

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

　　nowhere near:远不如

　　single-handedly：in a single-handed manner(独立地，单独地)

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

　　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，爱尔兰口音(点击收听)击败法国口音，获评全球最性感口音。这都要归功于柯林•法瑞尔和詹姆斯•内斯比特等明星。

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　　这项有关口音的民调共对全球五千名女性进行了调查。其中，说爱尔兰语的男性最受女性青睐。法国口音仅名列第四，排在澳大利亚口音之前。

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　　意大利口音名列第二。代表明星包括职业赛马骑师弗兰基•德托等。

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　　以“小舌音”为主要特点的苏格兰口音位列第三，这主要归功于男星肖恩•康纳利。

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　　英格兰口音名列第六，瑞典口音位居第七。排在前十位的还包括西班牙口音、威尔士口音和美国口音。

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　　开展该全球调查的www.aoji.cn网站的一名发言人称，法国口音“失宠”的“罪魁祸首”是总统尼古拉•萨科奇。

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　　他说：“法国口音远不如原来那么受欢迎了。”

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　　“你可以怪尼古拉•萨科奇。仅因为他一个人的不足，就改变了全世界对法国男人的看法。”

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　　“此次爱尔兰口音登上榜首对于爱尔兰人来说是个好消息。这些年来，爱尔兰口音一直排在前五名左右。”

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　　“但柯林•法瑞尔等一些著名明星也是让爱尔兰口音人气增长的重要原因。”

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　　调查还发现，五分之三的女性坦称，自己曾仅仅因为某位男士的口音而被对方吸引。五分之二的女性称，与口音难听的男士相比，她们更愿意和口音好听的男士上床。

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　　全球最性感口音排行榜

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　　1. 爱尔兰口音

　　2. 意大利口音

　　3. 苏格兰口音

　　4. 法国口音

　　5. 澳大利亚口音

　　6. 英格兰口音

　　7. 瑞典口音

　　8. 西班牙口音

　　9. 威尔士口音

　　10.美国口音