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1、Unit4VerbalCommunication1Taboosaculturalorreligiouscustomthatdoesnotallowpeopletodo,useortalkaboutaparticularthingaspeoplefinditoffensiveorembarrassingexcretaandactsofhumanexcretionsexualintercourse/certainpartsofthebody(fourletters)swearwords(age,sex,occupation)2HumanExcr
2、etiongotothecan/gototheJohngoandseeone’sauntI’mgoingtopicksomeflowers.CanIaddsomepowder?Iwouldliketopowdermynose.IwonderifIcouldgosomewhere.heed/answerthecallofnatureMayIbeexcused?Naturecallsme.3Sex/Bodypartspeepee(penis)weewee(urinate)downthere(vagina)sheisexpectingababy.
3、sheisinafamilyway.Sheisexpecting.Sheisinadelicatecondition.Sheiswell-along.Sheisabouttohaveablessedevent.4TalkingaboutsexualintercourseandcertainpartsofthebodyistabooinEnglishculture.makelovetohavesexwith5Four-letterwordsarestillconsideredimproperinmostconversation,especia
4、llyinmixedcompany.fuck,tits,shitJesusChristHolyMarySonofabitchbitchDamn!Damnit!Hell!6委婉语的类别1)传统委婉语生,老,病,死性裸拉撒decease,expire,breatheone’slast,fallasleepelderly,goldenager,matureinone’sbirthdaysuit7diegodepartdepartfromthisworldgotoabetterworldgothewaysofallfleshpassawaylate
5、InChinese,wealsocanfindsimilareuphemisms:“去了”,“离开了我们”,“辞世”,“去见马克思了”,“归西”,“升天”,“上路”8diseaseAbbreviations:SARS(SevereAcuteRespiratorySyndromes)AIDS(AcquiredImmureDeficiencySyndrome)V.D(venerealdisease)性病bigC/longdisease/terminalillness(cancer)9OldAgeseniorcitizensadvancedina
6、gegoldenyears10Swearwords(骂人话)1.somewordsaremoreoffensivesomeareless2.age,sex,occupation3.settingorenvironment11appleandpipnumberoneseeamanaboutadog(horse)plantasweetpeapickadaisypluckarosetospendapennyWee-weecis-ciscissysis-sississy12getsomefreshairMayIpleasebeexcused?(Am
7、erican)powderone’snosewashone’shandsWhatisthegeographyofthehouse?132.职业委婉语eg.homehelphousemanmeattechnologistrecyclerbeauticiancosmetologisthairstylistvisionengineerwardrobeengineermixologist酒吧调酒员14sanitationengineer环卫师（婉指垃圾工人）visionengineer视力工程师（婉指眼镜商）sleepengineer睡眠工程师（婉
8、指床具制造商）15TheTaboosintheChineseCulture入赘——marryintoandlivewiththebridefamily怀春——tofallinlo
