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News reporters, politicians and public figures have had trouble saying some of the words that relate to the top stories of the year year. Last week, the online language learning company Babbel released its lists of the most mispronounced words in the United States and Britain. 

新闻记者、政治家和公众人物在说出一些与年度头条新闻相关的词语时遇到了困难。 上周，在线语言学习公司 Babbel 发布了美国和英国最容易发音错误的单词列表。 

The two lists are a reminder of the year’s news on everything from scientific discoveries to politics. 

这两个列表提醒人们今年的新闻，从科学发现到政治，无所不包。 

Babbel teacher Malcolm Massey noted the diversity of the words. This year’s words come from several different languages. 

Babbel 老师 Malcolm Massey 注意到了单词的多样性。 今年的词汇来自几种不同的语言。 

"I think a lot of it is due to how close our cultures have become because of how globalized things are," Massey said. 

“我认为这在很大程度上是由于全球化程度使我们的文化变得更加接近，”梅西说。

A popular singer who spells her name S-Z-A is on the U.S. list. Babbel notes her name is pronounced SIZ-uh,[short I sound]. 

一位将她的名字拼写为 S-Z-A 的流行歌手出现在美国名单上。 Babbel 注意到她的名字发音为 SIZ-uh，[短 I 音]。

The first name of another entertainer is also on the list. Cillian Murphy is an Irish actor who starred in this summer's hit as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. His first name is pronounced KI-lee-uhn. 

另一位艺人的名字也在名单上。 希里安·墨菲 (Cillian Murphy) 是一位爱尔兰演员，在今年夏天的热门影片中饰演物理学家 J·罗伯特·奥本海默 (J. Robert Oppenheimer)。 他的名字发音为 KI-lee-uhn。 

Other pronunciations on the U.S. list include the name of biotech businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who is a Republican presidential candidate. The correct way to say his name is Vih-VAKE Ra