雅思写作中避免性别歧视

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：

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.