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[by:英语听力网||人人论坛||人人听力网] [00:00.00]喜欢，就把复制到QQ个人资料中！Unit 25 taxt A [00:04.70]Ameriacan Men Dont Cry [00:06.99]美国男人不哭 [00:09.27]American men dont cry because it is considered not characteristic of men to do so. [00:13.74]美国男人不哭，因为人们认为哭不是男人的特征。 [00:18.21]Only women cry. [00:20.43]只是女人才哭。 [00:22.65]Cry is a weaknesscharacteristic of the female and [00:25.73]哭泣是女人特有的“软弱”的表现。 [00:28.81]no American male wants to be identified with anything in the least weak or feminine. [00:32.78]没有一个美国男人愿意被人认为有一点儿软弱或女人气的东西。 [00:36.75]Crying, in our culture, is identified with childishness [00:40.44]在我们的文化中，哭被看成幼稚， [00:44.12]with weakness and dependence. [00:46.60]被看成软弱和依赖性。 [00:49.08]No one likes a cry baby, [00:51.30]没有人喜欢爱哭的孩子。 [00:53.52]and we disapprove of crying even in children [00:56.20]即使孩子们我们也不赞成他们哭， [00:58.88]is encouraging it in them as early as possible. [01:01.66]我们尽量早地鼓励他们不哭。 [01:04.44]In a land so devoted to the pursuit of happiness as ours [01:08.23]在我们这样一个如此专注于追求幸福的国家里， [01:12.02]crying really is rather un-American. [01:14.54]哭实在十分不合美国传统。 [01:17.06]Adults must learn not to cry in situations in which it is permissible for a child to cry. [01:21.68]有的场合孩子要以哭，成年人应当学会在这些场合不哭。 [01:26.31]Women being the weaker and dependent sex it [01:29.55]女人是“软弱的”和“依赖的”性别， [01:32.79]is only natural that they should cry in certain emotional易激动的感动的情绪的 situations. [01:36.26]因此很自然，她们在某些感情场合下就会哭起来。 [01:39.74]In women, crying is excusable可原谅的，可辩解的可免除的. [01:42.01]女人哭是可以原谅的。 [01:44.28]But in men, crying is a mark of weakness. [01:47.10]但男人哭就是软弱的标志。 [01:49.92]So goes the American belief with regard to crying. [01:52.81]这就是美国人有关哭的信念。 [01:55.70]A little man,we impress on our male children,never cries. [01:59.97]我们使我们的男孩子们铭记在心“小男子汉从来不哭。 [02:04.24]Only girls and crybabies do. [02:06.58]只有女孩和爱哭的孩子才哭。” [02:08.91]And so we condition males in America not to cry whenever they feel like doing so. [02:12.64]我们也是这样调教美国男人，使他们想哭的时候做到不哭。 [02:16.36]It is not that American males are unable to cry because of some [02:19