大学英语自学教程
(上册)unit
25：美国男人不哭
　　25-A.
American
MenDon't
Cry　　American
mendon't
crybecause
itisconsidered
notcharacteristic
ofmentodoso.Only
women
cry.
Cryisaweakness
characteristic
ofthefemale,
andnoAmerican
male
wants
tobeidentified
with
any-thing
intheleast
weak
orfeminine.
Crying,
inourculture,
isidentified
with
childishness,
with
weakness
anddependence.
Noonelikes
acrybaby,
andwedisapprove
ofcrying
even
inchildren,
discouraging
itinthem
asearly
aspossible.
Inaland
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