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上次谈了美国中学教师在给学生写评语时使用的一些婉辞,这次想介绍一些美国报刊中有关sex的婉辞,读者也许以为现在的美国已与霍桑的《红字》中白兰太太所处的时代大不相同。经历了sex liberation冲击的美国大可无所忌惮地谈sex。其实不然。毫不忌讳地谈sex仍然是不妥的。象sexual
Last time I talked about some of the euphemisms that American middle school teachers use to write reviews to students. This time I would like to introduce some of the euphemisms about sex in American newspapers. The reader may think that the present United States has already confronted Mrs. Prynne with Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” The times are different. The United States, experiencing the impact of sex liberation, talks about sex with no scruples. actually not. No taboo to talk about sex is still not appropriate. Like sexual