问答题
The following statements are examples of excessive use of euphemism. How to improve them? Examples of excessive use of euphemism:(1)The employees who had been notified of an interruption in their employment were referred to their outplacement manager.(2)The official acknowledged that he had misspoken when he said the troops had not engaged in any protective-reaction missions.(3)The prisoner"s life will be terminated at dawn.(4)The non-essential personnel in this division will be vacationed by next week.(5)Reaching the top of the ladder of success must be a moving experience.(6)I was told that he did away with himself.It is a widespread but unproven hypothesis that the parameters of significant personal change for persons in mid-life are extremely narrow.I purchased a residential property that was in need of substantial upgrading.
【正确答案】正确答案：Improved versions; (1)The laid-off employees were told to speak to the person who would try to help them find new jobs. (2)The official admitted that he had lied when he claimed the troops had not engaged in any offensive missions. (3)The prisoner will be executed at dawn. (4)The unnecessary people in this division will be laid off by next week. (5)Being successful must be a pleasant experience. (6)I was told that he had committed suicide. (7)It is a widely held myth that middle-aged people can"t change. (8)I bought a house in need of repair. (9)It is a language that is used for communication between different groups of people, each speaking a different language. The lingua franca could be an internationally used language of communication(e. g. English), or it could be the native language of one of the groups, or it could be a language which is not spoken natively by any of the groups but has a simplified sentence structure and vocabulary and is often a mixture of two or more languages.