本文的幽默语段所针对的是美国法律行业，揭示的是美国律师职业的阴暗面。阴暗面必然会有肮脏的内容，有肮脏的内容必然会涉及成人或性的话题——而这几乎是传统法律英语或法律翻译领域的禁区。在现实生活中，这是成年人不可能回避的话题，但又是课堂里必须回避的话题。不过，如果学法律或有志从事法律工作的成年大学生对此或其衍生的问题一无所知或一味回避，怎么可能读懂这个复杂的世界？
在下篇述及的与爱泼斯坦相关的案件中，从美国时任总统克林顿，英国王子安德鲁，到金牌律师德肖维茨的故事，全与性贿赂以及性侵未成年女性的刑事案件有关。如果打算从事法律事务的人对所涉及的内容不懂或似懂非懂，那如何认识世界和社会的本质，如何读懂人性，如何看得见灯塔下的黑暗？在克林顿“拉链门”事件发生之后，美国的亚文化中一夜之间就冒出了无数个嘲讽克林顿的段子。对以下段子，如果我们的学生读后不知所云或一知半解，那只能说我们的学生还没有长大成人，不适宜处理成人世界的事务，更不适宜处理法律界的事务。
Clinton's team of advisors have offered the following defense…
Clinton never told Lewinsky to lie in deposition!
He told her to lie in this position…
Q:Why can't they prosecute Bill Clinton?
A:Monica swallowed the evidence.
Q:Why is Clinton so interested in events in the Middle East?
A:He thinks the Gaza Strip is a topless bar.
Q:What is Bill's definition of safe sex?
A:When Hillary is out of town.
Q:Why does Hillary want to have sex with Bill every day at 5 am?
A:She wants to make sure that she is the first lady.(www.xing528.com)
虽然涉外法律、法律英语、法律翻译不是李银河的性学或性社会学，但成人话题是学生应该懂、教师无需去渲染，但也无须回避的话题。所以，本文引用的英文“段子”中包含的某些成人内容，对高校法律英语教师以及涉外律师的知识结构都是一个必要的补充，不应该戴着有色眼镜去看待。
收稿日期：2020-08-26
作者信息：李克兴，浙江外国语学院英语语言文化学院教授，分别在印第安纳大学和加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）获得理科硕士和哲学博士学位。主要研究领域为法律翻译及写作、英文合同翻译和写作、应用翻译理论。电子邮箱：ctfranklu1@gmail.com
A Subcultural Perspective on American Lawyer Industry(Part I)——Subculture Knowledge，Humor and Teaching
LI Kexing
(Zhejiang International Studies University，Hangzhou 310023，China)
Abstract:This article is divided into two parts.Most of the information used comes from various subcultural sites in the United States，especially humorous discourses from unofficial websites.The first part mainly talks about the relationship between subcultural knowledge，humor and classroom teaching.In the long-term teaching practice，the author found that:adding relevant humorous contents to teaching is useful for improving teaching quality，enlivening the classroom atmosphere，increasing students'interest in learning，deepening students'understanding，digestion，memory and application of relevant knowledge，and promote students' mental growth and maturity.The author then elaborated on the principles and technical requirements of humor teaching.
The second part analyzes the American lawyer industry from a subcultural perspective and its relationship with American politics，society and the underworld，explaining the main reasons why the American lawyer industry is miserably mocked.Through the two stories told by the author—the story between the sexual assault and bribery criminal Epstein who was a financier，and the gold medal lawyer-Alan Dershowitz and Judge Salas，and the story of Trump's two personal lawyers—the Cohens，readers can clearly see the corruption of the American lawyer industry and the darkness of American politics.
Keywords:Subculture;Humorous Teaching;Superiority Theory;Relief Theory
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