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Is your cursing and cussing out of control? Stop the profanity with this behavior modification plan.
You Will NeedIntrospection
Word substitutes
Visualization
Step 1: Realize why you're cursing 明白為什么咒罵
Realize why you’re swearing: it’s often just a lazy way of expressing rage or frustration. Learn other anger management coping skills and you may not be so tempted to curse so much.
Step 2: Hear how unattractive it is 感受這些沒有魅力的詞語
Pay attention the next time someone else lets a few choice words rip. Is that really how you want to sound to others?
Step 3: Learn some new words 學習一些新的詞語表達
Scan a thesaurus for satisfying stand-ins for your favorite swear words. A good vocabulary allows you to be as cutting and colorful as you want to — without the foul language.
Try using silly substitutes, like “fudge” and “fiddle-dee-dee.” You’ll feel so stupid, you’ll probably swear off swearing.
Step 4: Imagine an audience 把自己作為一個觀眾
The next time you’re on the verge of a four-letter tirade, ask yourself if you’d use this language around a young child, an elderly person, or a clergy member. That should stop the swearing.
Step 5: Go ahead 繼續(xù)向前
Go ahead and drop the F-bomb — if you’re in pain. A group of researchers concluded that cursing intensifies our fight-or-flight response, making us better able to withstand pain by minimizing our perception of it. Guess that explains all the swearing in hospital delivery rooms!
Often, people who speak more than one language report that they always curse in their native tongue.
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rip
n.1.裂口, 裂縫
He had seen the rip in the book.
他看到了書里的裂縫。
2.(織物、紙張等)撕開的大口子
3.[美國俚語]偷竊;偷竊的財物;臟物
4.浪子,生活放蕩的人;酒色之徒
verge
n.1.邊, 邊緣, 界線
She was on the verge of bursting into tears.
她快要哭出來了。
2.(路邊的)小草地,綠地
vi.
1.極接近;瀕于
cursing
n.
1.詛咒,逐出教會