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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， workmans compensation(工人赔偿金)变成了workers compensation; sales representive， 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. | 
