Monday, 5/21/12 (17) Late Start Schedule
Copy homework into assignment book.
Warm Up.
Copy the definition, and then copy each euphemism and
try to translate it.
Euphemism (n - U FEM ISM):
A "nice" way of saying something (usually) unpleasant
or making something sound more important.
Examples: passed on = died, sanitation engineer = garbage
man.
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visually disabled
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involuntary servitude
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solid waste (Not that!)
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sanitary landfill
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economically disadvantaged
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undocumented transborder migrant
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vertically challenged
The Martian Chronicles
Think of a time from history when there was a clash of
two very different cultures. What usually happens?
If someone unusual-looking came to your door claiming
to be from another planet, what would you do? What would you need as proof?
"The Earth Men," p16