《時代》百人榜揭曉 克林頓、Lady Gaga各領風騷
Extravagantly outfitted singer Lady Gaga, former US president Bill Clinton and Brazil's leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are the world's most influential people according to Time magazine's annual list.
The US weekly explains its sometimes surprising choices saying that the "Time 100 is not about the influence of power but the power of influence."
Lady Gaga, famous for bizarre costumes and chart-topping dance music, leads the list of most influential artists, leading US late-night TV host Conan O'Brien, Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow and daytime TV queen Oprah Winfrey.
Clinton, who has reinvented himself as a major fund-raiser and anti-poverty activist since leaving the White House, heads the "heroes" section, beating South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-Na and Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
The "leaders" list starts with the Brazilian president, who is praised for his drive to bring social justice and end deep inequality in his huge Latin American country.
J.T. Wang, CEO of the Taiwanese PC maker Acer comes in at number two as a representative of the rise of Asian companies.
The top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, is third, with President Barack Obama only in the fourth slot.
"Some of the people you'll encounter on this list are influential in the traditional sense," Time managing editor Richard Stengel says. "But we also seek out people whose ideas and actions are revolutionizing their fields and transforming lives."
美國《時代》雜誌年度最具影響力人物排行榜日前揭曉，以着裝風格大膽而著稱的美國女歌手Lady Gaga、美國前總統比爾•克林頓和巴西總統路易斯•伊納西奧•盧拉•達席爾瓦名列各板塊之首。
《時代》週刊年度最具影響力人物的評選結果時常出人意料，對此該雜誌解釋稱，這是因爲“《時代》百人榜關注的不是權勢的影響力，而是影響力本身。”
以奇裝異服和高居榜首的舞曲而著稱的美國當紅藝人Lady Gaga位居最具影響力藝人單元第一名，美國晚間電視節目主持人柯南•奧布萊恩、奧斯卡最佳導演獎獲得者凱瑟琳•畢格羅和日間脫口秀女王奧普拉•溫芙瑞位居其後。
美國前總統克林頓擊敗韓國花樣滑冰選手金妍兒和伊朗反對派領袖米爾•侯賽因•穆薩維等人，領跑最具影響力“英雄人物”單元。克林頓自卸任後，主要投身於慈善活動和反貧困事業。
巴西總統盧拉獲評最具影響力“領導者”，獲選理由是他一直爲解決巴西這樣一個拉美大國的社會公平和嚴重社會不平等問題不懈努力。
臺灣電腦生產商宏基公司的首席執行官王振堂位居該單元第二，成爲亞洲公司飛速發展的典型代表。
美軍高級將領、海軍上將邁克•馬倫位居第三，美國現任總統貝拉克•奧巴馬僅列第四。
《時代》週刊主編理查德•斯坦格爾說：“上榜者中的有些人具有傳統意義上的影響力，同時我們也在尋找那些用自己的理念和行動爲各自的領域和生活帶來變革的人物。”
Vocabulary:
figure skater：花樣滑冰運動員
