英國揭曉50個最令人抓狂的聲音——你制造了幾個？

世界上有很多美妙的聲音，但也有很多令人不堪忍受的聲音，比如吃飯吧唧嘴、指尖在黑板上劃過的聲音、叉子劃盤子的聲音等等。近日一項調查列出了50個最令人抓狂的聲音，一起來看看。

Snoring, loud eaters and the 'Go Compare' song have been named among the nation's most annoying noises, a study has revealed.
一項調查顯示，打呼嚕、吃飯吧唧嘴和Go Compare（比價網站）的廣告主題曲被認為是全英國最令人抓狂的聲音。

The spouse's nightmare - snoring - took the top spot, with six in 10 adults plagued by the intrusive sound from their other half.
配偶的噩夢——鼾聲，位于最煩人聲音榜首。60%的成年人深受來自另一半的噪音困擾。

Loud slurping from a cup of tea, a self-service till's 'unexpected item in bagging area' announcement and the constant pinging of mobile phones also appeared on the list.
喝茶的啜吸聲，自助結賬機“裝袋區出現不明物體”的提示語和手機不斷的震動提示音也在榜單之上。

Power drills, phone keypad beeps and Jimmy Carr's laugh also made it along with dripping taps, creaking doors and noisy washing machines.
電鉆聲、手機按鍵的嗶嗶聲和吉米?卡爾的笑聲，以及水龍頭的滴水聲、嘎吱作響的門聲和洗衣機的轟隆聲也榜上有名。

It also emerged that silence really is golden for 84 percent of Brits, who say they spend less than ten minutes a day enjoying real peace and quiet.
研究發現，84%的英國人視安靜如黃金。他們每天真正能夠享受的寧靜時間還不到十分鐘。

Snoring was named the most annoying noise in the poll of 2,000 people, followed by loud chewing, a dog barking, fingers down a chalkboard and loud slurping from a tea or coffee cup.
一項2000人的民意調查顯示打呼聲是最讓人抓狂崩潰的噪音，其次是吃飯時很響的吧唧聲，犬吠聲，指尖在黑板上劃過的聲音和喝茶或喝咖啡時的啜飲聲。

A car alarm, motorbikes, people talking loudly on their mobile phone, a car running outside your house early in the morning and a crying baby completed the top ten.
躋身“噪音光榮榜”前十的還有汽車報警聲，摩托車轟鳴聲，人們高聲接打電話的聲音，大早起來汽車從你家門口飛速奔馳的聲音，嬰兒的哭喊吵鬧聲。

Sniffing, the rustling of food wrappers while you're watching a film or TV show, a badly played violin and someone grinding their teeth also featured in the top 20.
抽鼻子聲，看電影或電視時食品包裝袋的窸窣作響聲，刺耳的小提琴聲，別人的磨牙聲也入選前二十名。

Popular songs didn't avoid the list with Justin Bieber 's 'Baby' being labelled an annoying noise, alongside 'The Crazy Frog Song', 'The Go-Compare' advert theme tune and Psy's 'Gangnam Style'.
流行歌曲也未能幸免，像賈斯汀?比伯的《Baby》以及《瘋狂青蛙》、Go-Compare比價網站廣告主題曲和鳥叔的《江南Style》都被貼上了噪音標簽。

Washing machines were far and away voted the noisiest household appliance, with half the population ranking them louder than food processors, blenders and kettles.
洗衣機無疑是最嘈雜的家用電器，半數人認為洗衣機要比食品加工機、攪拌器和燒水壺噪聲更大更令人心煩。

Seven out of ten people believe their washing machine is either fairly noisy or very noisy and half believe that constant noises - like a washing machine's spin cycle - is worse than a sudden loud noise.
十個人中有七個人認為洗衣機的聲音相當煩人，半數的人認為像洗衣機滾筒旋轉時發出的這種持續的噪音比突然的巨響更讓人抓狂。

Top 50 most annoying sounds
最令人抓狂的50種聲音

1. Snoring
呼嚕聲

2. Loud chewing
吃東西的吧唧聲

3. A dog barking
狗叫聲

4. Fingers down a chalkboard
指尖劃過黑板的聲音

5. Loud slurping from tea or coffee
喝茶或咖啡時的啜吸聲

6. A car alarm
汽車警報聲

7. Noisy motorbikes
摩托車的轟鳴聲

8. People talking loudly on their mobile phones
大聲打電話的聲音

9. A car running outside your house early in the morning
清晨汽車快速駛過門口的聲音

10. A crying baby
嬰兒的哭聲

11. Road drills
公路作業的電鉆聲

12. Constant text message/email alerts
信息/郵件的持續提醒音

13. Self-service checkouts saying "Unexpected item in the bagging area"
自助結賬機發出的警報聲：裝袋區出現不明物體

14. Sniffing
抽鼻子的聲音

15. Rustling of food wrappers during a film or TV show
看電影或電視節目時食品袋的沙沙聲

16. Dripping taps
水龍頭的滴水聲

17. A badly played violin
小提琴的撕拉聲

18. A fork scratching on a plate
叉子劃盤子的聲音

19. Grinding teeth
磨牙聲

20. Bad singing
刺耳的歌聲

21. The "Go Compare" song
“Go Compare（比較網）”廣告主題曲

22. Dentist drills
牙醫鉆牙的聲音

23. Coughing
咳嗽聲

24. Microphone feedback
話筒回音

25. People kissing loudly
響亮的接吻聲

26. The Crazy Frog Song
《瘋狂青蛙》這首歌

27. "Whistle-breathing"
口哨般的呼氣聲

28. Vuvuzelas
嗚嗚祖啦（南非的一種喇叭）

29. Justin Bieber's song "Baby"
賈斯汀?比伯的《Baby》

30. Tapping nails
敲釘子的聲音

31. Biting nails
咬指甲的聲音

32. A clock ticking or a loud watch
鐘表或手表的滴答聲

33. Jimmy Carr's laugh
吉米?卡爾的笑聲

34. Your morning alarm
早晨的鬧鐘響

35. Fire alarms
火災報警聲

36. Creaky doors
門的咯吱聲

37. Polystyrene squeak
泡沫的摩擦聲

38. Some children's toys
一些兒童玩具發出的聲音

39. Children playing outside early in the morning
孩子早上的嬉鬧聲

40. Loud yawns
大聲打哈欠

41. Squeaky brakes on a bike
自行車的剎車聲

42. Phone keypad noises
手機按鍵聲

43. An angle grinder
角磨機的聲音

44. Psy's song "Gangnam Style"
鳥叔的《江南Style》

45. People talking on the train/tube
火車或地鐵上的交談聲

46. Sports commentary
體育評論

47. Your neighbour's
TV鄰居的電視機聲

48. Dial-up modems
撥號調制解調器聲音

49. Car/bus horns
汽車/公共汽車的喇叭聲

50. A chainsaw
電鋸聲

（英文來源：鏡報 編輯：丹妮）