雅思寫作中要注意避免性別歧視相關內容,針對自己的特點進行適當的參考和借鑒,才有利於提高自己的成績。
隨便翻開一張英美的報紙,或瞧一下五花八門的宣傳廣告,就會發現supervisor(工頭,領班)替代了原來的foreman, workman‘s compensation(工人賠償金)變成了worker‘s compensation; sales rep, sales associate或seller(推銷員)取代了常用詞salesman等。
有關資料整理如下,供英語學習者參考。
1.儘量不用通性代詞he,除了明確地指代一個男性人物時,都要設法避免使用之。可以根據語境需要,選用下列替換方式:
採用複數形式:
Sexist: When bathing a baby, never leave him unattended.
Revised: When bathing babies, never leave them unattended.
給嬰兒洗澡時,一定不能讓他們無人照料。
2) 用we/us/our改寫原句:
Sexist:From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
Revised:From each of us according to our abilities, to each of us according to our needs.
詳細資訊可參考Rosalie Maggio編寫的The Nonselist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage (Maggio, 1989)。
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