梅西大学公布 2025 年“年度金句奖”评审：真正有力量的言辞，源于明确的目的 梅西大学（Massey University）日前公布了 2025 年“年度金句奖”。评审团指出，获奖引语之所以令人印象深刻，并不只是因为措辞犀利，而在于其背后所承载的清晰目的与现实意义。
想要真正理解并体会这些“金句”的力量，除了具备一定的英语语言能力，还需要对相关事件的背景以及新西兰社会文化有所了解。因此，若对部分语境感到困惑，不妨向身边的新西兰朋友请教，以获得更贴近本地视角的理解。 在众多入选金句中，笔者个人最欣赏的是排名第 9 的一则——来自财政部长 Nicola Willis 的回应。 当时，6 名牧师将自己绑在 Willis 的办公室外，呼吁新西兰对以色列实施制裁。对此，Willis 直言，她不会为那些“为了向她求见，不惜穿着成人尿布、把自己绑在门柱上的人”开创先例。 这番回应因其直白而引发关注，也正体现了评审所强调的——言辞的力量，来自清晰立场与明确目的。
梅西大学年度十大金句 1. "Turns out you can have it all. So long as you're prepared to be a c…t to the women who birth your kids, school your offspring and wipe the arse of your elderly parents while you stand on their shoulders to earn your six-figure, taxpayer-funded pay packet.” Stuff National Affairs Editor Andrea Vance in a Sunday Star Times column skewering the Government's abolishment of ongoing pay equity claims, which inspired Brooke van Velden to be the first person in New Zealand's history to say c*nt in Parliament. 2. "If we find six of 68 Government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history.” Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick speaking at Parliament in August during a debate on Palestinian Statehood, leading to her being ejected from the house. 3. "They're killing our native birds and not shagging them.” Matt Bailey, organiser of the North Canterbury Hunting Competition, when asked if trapping, neutering, and releasing feral cats would be better than culling them. 4. "Wildlife doesn't have brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers to call the police if something happens.” Department of Conservation prosecutor Mike Bodie at a court hearing for a South Korean man who was caught trying to smuggle rare geckos out of New Zealand. 5. "If you are unhappy with it, for God's sake, go make a Marmite sandwich and put an apple in a bag just like you and I had.” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, in response to media coverage about the school lunches programme. 6. "I know he's the Prime Minister, I made him the Prime Minister.” Foreign Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, when questioned by reporters over why he didn’t consult with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon over the sacking of former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Phil Goff, following his comments about United States President Donald Trump. 7. "If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it's not looking good, is it?” Public Service Minister Judith Collins, in response to the Independent Police Conduct Authority report into the Police handling of complaints against former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. 8. "Thank you so much for believing in Indigenous stories and believing they could be more than just brown people standing on a mountain playing a flute talking to ancestors.” Film maker and actor Taika Waititi during his acceptance speech for receiving the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Norman Lear Achievement Award. 9. "I will not be setting a precedent that the way to get a meeting with me is to don an adult nappy and chain yourself to a door.” Finance Minister Nicola Willis after a group of six priests chained themselves together outside her office, calling for sanctions on Israel. 10. "The next goal is to jump 2.40m as that's quite a key height, and also because it'd be kind of cool to be able to jump over a ceiling.” Olympic gold medallist Hamish Kerr on Paddy Gower’s podcast The F#$%ing News. |
