近四十年來，盡管非性別歧視語還沒有達(dá)到非不可的程度，但它畢竟已進(jìn)人日常會(huì)話和寫作的主流之中。隨便翻開一張英美的報(bào)紙，或瞧一下五花八門的宣傳廣告，就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)supervisor（工頭，領(lǐng)班）替代了原來的foreman， workman‘s compensation（工人賠償金）變成了worker‘s compensation； sales rep， sales associate或seller（推銷員）取代了常用詞salesman等。為此，筆者將有關(guān)資料整理如下，供英語學(xué)習(xí)者參考。請注意，所選用的例句，除個(gè)別注明外，均選自Rosalie Maggio編寫的The Nonselist Word Finder： A Dictionary of Gender－Free Usage （Maggio， 1989）。
1．盡量不用通性代詞he，除了明確地指代一個(gè)男性人物時(shí)，都要設(shè)法避免使用之?？梢愿鶕?jù)語境需要，選用下列替換方式：
采用復(fù)數(shù)形式：
Sexist： When bathing a baby， never leave him unattended.
Revised： When bathing babies， never leave them unattended.
給嬰兒洗澡時(shí)，一定不能讓他們無人照料。
2） 用we/us/our改寫原句：
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.
1．盡量不用通性代詞he，除了明確地指代一個(gè)男性人物時(shí)，都要設(shè)法避免使用之?？梢愿鶕?jù)語境需要，選用下列替換方式：
采用復(fù)數(shù)形式：
Sexist： When bathing a baby， never leave him unattended.
Revised： When bathing babies， never leave them unattended.
給嬰兒洗澡時(shí)，一定不能讓他們無人照料。
2） 用we/us/our改寫原句：
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.