从A到Z畅谈美国流行文化：Fair
<p>每每听到<span word="fair">fair</span>这个词，中国学生的第一反应必定是“公平、公正”。即使你从没接触过英语，相信也从语文课本里学过的鲁迅先生那篇((论费厄泼赖应缓行》里，熟悉了<span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="play">play</span>(公平竞争)这个概念。</p><p>“公平、公正”虽然是<span word="fair">fair</span>最主要的意思，但这个词还有很多其他用法，未必总是褒义。在此集中介绍几个含<span word="fair">fair</span>的贬义短语。<span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="game">game</span>指“可被嘲弄或攻击的对象”。虽然这样的对象数，</p><p>但<span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="game">game</span>作不可数名词处理，永远不会出现<span word="afair">afair</span> <span word="game">game</span>或<span word="fairgames">fairgames</span>的形式。</p><p>举例如下：<span word="When">When</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="satire">satire</span>. <span word="evervbody">evervbody</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="If">If</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="needrook">needrook</span> ,<span word="look">look</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Onion">Onion</span>-<span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="fake">fake</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>"<span word="America">America</span>"<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Finest">Finest</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="Source">Source</span>"(在资讯讽刺领域里，所有人都是可以被嘲笑或攻击的对象，如果你要证据就去看看<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Onion">Onion</span>-深受大众欢迎，称自己为“全美最佳资讯来源”的假资讯网站。)</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Comedy">Comedy</span> <span word="Central">Central</span>'<span word="s">s</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="colbert">colbert</span> <span word="report">report</span> ."<span word="Stephen">Stephen</span> <span word="Colbert">Colbert</span> <span word="talks">talks</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="fun">fun</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="pnditsis">pnditsis</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="TV">TV</span>.<span word="All">All</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="game">game</span>. (在<span word="Comedy">Comedy</span> <span word="Central">Central</span>的<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Colbert">Colbert</span> <span word="Report">Report</span>节目里，<span word="Stephen">Stephen</span> <span word="Colbert">Colbert</span>通过搞笑的方式探讨当天的重要话题，讽刺我们在电视上看到的“媒体专家”。所有那些标榜“专家”的人都是被嘲弄的对象。)</p>
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