【正文】 onality and intermunity. As a result, euphemism is the language reflection of social culture psychology. As for this topic, there are some scholars studying it as follows: Dengyanchang and Liurunqing have referred to the English euphemisms39。 development。 關(guān)鍵詞： 英語(yǔ)委婉語(yǔ)；起源；發(fā)展；應(yīng)用；交際功能 畢業(yè)論文 II Abstract This thesis is aiming at discussing the definition, origin and development, classification, application together with social functions of English euphemisms with specific examples which help learners to better understand the functions and usage of English euphemisms in order to municate better. English euphemism is a mon phenomenon in munication, also it is the oute of human civilization. In the English world, the origin of euphemisms has close relationship with the religion and culture background of Englishspeaking countries. English euphemisms have been widely used in all aspects of our daily life and have three social functions: taboo。對(duì)委婉語(yǔ)的了解，可以減少語(yǔ)言交際中的困惑或?qū)擂?，而且通過(guò)使用更文雅或適當(dāng)?shù)挠⒄Z(yǔ)委婉語(yǔ)，可以改善和協(xié)調(diào)人際關(guān)系。 畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計(jì)）開(kāi)題報(bào)告 畢業(yè)論文 題 目 How to Improve English Reading Ability in Practice 姓 名 學(xué) 號(hào) 專業(yè)年級(jí) 指導(dǎo)教師 職 稱 年 月 日 畢業(yè)論文 I 摘要 本文研究英語(yǔ)委婉語(yǔ)的定義、起源與發(fā)展，分類及其應(yīng)用和交際作用。同其他語(yǔ)言中的委婉語(yǔ)一樣，英語(yǔ)委婉語(yǔ)被廣泛地使用在人們活動(dòng)的各個(gè)方面，發(fā)揮著避諱、禮貌、掩飾等交際功能。研究和了解英語(yǔ)委婉語(yǔ)，不僅能明顯地提高學(xué)習(xí)者的英語(yǔ)鑒賞和應(yīng)用水平，而且能了解到英美等國(guó)家的社會(huì)心理和風(fēng)俗文化，更重要的是對(duì)于英語(yǔ)教學(xué)和英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)也具有一定的啟發(fā)和指導(dǎo)意義。 origin。s level of English appreciation and application. More importantly, it can help us know the social psychology and custom culture of Britain and America together with any other countries. As long as we carefully study the wider usage of English euphemisms and understand social functions of euphemisms, we can prehend and use them better. Hence, studying and prehending it can help learners training of crosscultural municative sense. In addition, it can also enlighten and guide us for English teaching and learning. English euphemism is a mon phenomenon in human verbal munication. It is a much more polite statement when people talk about those things which make them unhappy or embarrassed. It is well known that euphemism is both a language phenomenon and a culture phenomenon. In the verbal munication, since you are afraid of hurting others39。 it is also the oute of certain social cultural environment. So its origin and development are bound up with the change of times. Originally, it had something to do with religion. As a result of both Britain and America believing in Christianity, in the long history, religion has influenced human cultural all aspects. Especially in the long middle century, religion39。s view of life and the religion explanations of dead. For example, to return to the dust。s tongue, fig leaf, etc. Those all originated from Bible. With the development of society, people in more and more areas are going to make use of English euphemisms. In modern life, except traditional taboos using them, so do the sensitive fields. Such as money, position, politics, military affairs and so on. In every history periods of Britain and America and any other countries, to cover up the reality, politics munity conceals the tense laborer relation by largely adopting English euphemisms. Such as, phase itself out, industrial dispute, etc. 畢業(yè)論文 4 The origin and development of English euphemisms are also very closely connected with the women39。s feelings. And we adopt implicit way to express because we could not speak directly before female。s goal, people sometimes could make use of some exaggeration or modification to pay the pliments on the unhappy things. In the crosscultural munication, if we don39。 meet one39。 to be no more。s last。 to give up the ghost。 to be asleep in the arms of God。 to be brought to one39。 to be taken to paradise。 to return to the dust。(Room).Such as, dressing room, powder room, and lounge and wash room. When talking with other people, we want to go to the bathroom, we can ask: May I please be excused? May I go to the bathroom, please? May I please leave the room? When at home or in the pany, we could also say: May I use the facilities? What is the geography of the house? If meeting some good friends, we may speak humorously like these: I’m going to do my business. I am going to my private office. I am going to answer the nature39。 pressure, improve their physiology endurance and strengthen their confidence to overe disease, people make use of some evasive statements. For instance, they often speak bigC or long illness instead of cancer， speak social disease instead of syphilis and AIDS， speak lung trouble instead of tuberculosis， speak the old man39。s hands, powder one39。 they speak the memorial park or remembrance park rather than the cemetery. If we want to express the word “die”, we will say as follows: pass away， sleep, go to heaven， depart this life， to expire， to be no more，to lay down one39。s whole life. Hence, people avoid referring to the subject of disease. If he has got cancer, they will say: He has long (terminal) illness. He has got the big C. And we translate AIDS into social disease or SID (sexually transmitted disease). Although being old is the natural pattern, people still would rather not face the fact. In many countries, especially the women don3