最美的70个英文单词(三）（组图）

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根据对4万名海外投票者和英国文化协会在世界各地英语中心的学习者的调查显示，“母亲”(Mother)
是英语当中最优美的单词。此项调查为庆祝英国文化协会成立70 周年而举办。

英国文化协会在华作为英国大使馆文化教育处开展工作。为开展上述调查工作，英国文化协会征求了46个国家7000多名英语学习者对英语中最优美单词的意见。此外，英国文化协会还通过自己的网站在网上征求了非英语国家的意见。非英语国家中35000多人参加了投票，其中包括3500份来自中国的选票。

根据投票的结果，排在前70名的最优美的英语单词为：

MUM’S THE WORD!

British Council Announces Results of 70 Most Beautiful Words
Survey

British Council wanted a creative and fun way to celebrate our 70th
anniversary. British Council teachers in centres worldwide
organised classroom activities with over 7000 learners of English
to choose what they considered to be the 70 most beautiful words in
the English language.

We also ran an online poll in all non-English speaking country
websites in order to rank these 70 words and find the top ten. Over
35,000 visitors to our websites worldwide cast their votes.

Mother is the most beautiful word in the English language,
according to a survey of 42,000 learners of English round the
world.

The top ten are interesting, if a little short on surprises – the
more unexpected entries come further down the ranking. Who for
instance, could have predicted such entries as whoops in 56th place
or zing at 68?

Meanwhile, take a look at the full results bellow.

31. butterfly 蝴蝶



32. galaxy 银河



33. hilarious 欢闹的



34. moment 瞬间



35. extravaganza 娱乐表演



36. aqua 水



37. sentiment 柔懦情感



38. cosmopolitan 四海为家的人



39. bubble 气泡



40. pumpkin 南瓜



41. banana 香蕉



42. lollipop 棒棒糖



43. if 如果



44. bumblebee 大黄蜂



45. giggle 咯咯笑



46. paradox 似非而是的论点



47. delicacy 精美



48. peek-a-boo 躲猫猫



49. umbrella 雨伞



50. kangaroo 袋鼠