近四十年来，尽管非性别歧视语还没有达到非不可的程度，但它毕竟已进人日常会话和写作的主流之中。随便翻开一张英美的报纸，或瞧一下五花八门的宣传广告，就会发现supervisor(工头，领班)替代了原来的foreman，workman's compensation(工人赔偿金)变成了worker's compensation;sales rep，sales associate或seller(推销员)取代了常用词salesman等。为此，笔者将有关资料整理如下，供英语学习者参考。请注意，所选用的例句，除个别注明外，均选自Rosalie Maggio编写的The Nonselist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage (Maggio， 1989)。

　　1.尽量不用通性代词he，除了明确地指代一个男性人物时，都要设法避免使用之。可以根据语境需要，选用下列替换方式:

　　1)采用复数形式

　　Sexist: When bathing a baby, never leave him unattended.

　　Revised: When bathing babies, never leave them unattended.

　　给婴儿洗澡时，一定不能让他们无人照料。

　　2)用we/us/our改写原句

　　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.

　　各尽所能，按需分配。

　　3)改用第二人称、

　　Sexist: No man knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.

　　Revised: You don't know what your true character is until you have run out of gas, purchased something on the ! installment plan and raised an adolescent.

　　只有当汽车大的油用光了，按分规付款方式购物和抚养大一个孩子时，人的本来品性才会显露出来。

　　4)改用被动语态

　　Sexist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

　　Revised: One who, when given the choice of two evils, chooses both.

　　一个在两种恶行之中要作出选择就两者都选的人。

　　5)完全省略代词

　　Sexist: What a person thinks of after he becomes a departee?

　　Revised: What a person thinks of after becoming a departee?

　　一个人离去后，会作何感想呢?

　　6)用冠词替代

　　Sexist: Can a critic give his opinion of an omelet without being asked to make one?

　　Revised: Can a critic give an opinion of...?

　　评论家议论煎蛋时难道到非要他去自己煎鸡蛋吗?

　　7)用someone， one, the one， no one等替代

　　Sexist: He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

　　Revised: Someone who can take advice is sometimes superior to the one who can give it.

　　接受忠告者有时胜过发出忠告者。

　　8)使用he and she或his and her，但使用的次数不宜太多。s/he仅可用于备忘录(memos), 便条(notes), 或者非正式的交谈之中。

　　9)用名词或上下文中用过的同义词替换

　　Sexist: To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two.

　　Revised: To find a friend， one must close one eye - to keep a friend,two.

　　想找朋友;就得睁一只眼，闭一只眼;想留住朋友，就得双眼都闭上。

　　2.尽量使用那些包括两性在内的词，即无性别之分的词(gender-free words),

　　例如: child、 teacher， officer(警官)、people， worker, immigrant(移民),voter(投票者、选民), coach(教练)、church member(教友), sale rep(推销员)、grand parent(外/祖父或祖母)，leader、 evening student, employee (雇员)、testee(考生，应试者)、engineer，customers(顾客), dealer(交易者，商人)、clerk(职员，办事员)、civilian(平民)，scientist, operator(接线员，办事员)、patriot(爱国者)，person, planner(策划者，计划者)、 politician(政客), producer(生产者、制造者)、 tutor(家庭教师,导师、[美国]助教)，reporter、writer，chief executive(首席行政长官)、everybody, expert等.

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