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在美国文化中,讣告是一种特殊文体,各大报纸都开办了讣闻版。这些讣告不是硬邦邦的公文体,而是回忆性质的小品文,真实而深刻地展现了死者最独特最鲜明的一面。一篇出色的讣告,也许是讣闻作者几个月甚至几年努力的结果,或是独家经过千辛万苦找到的线索而成。但你不要以为这些媒体的讣闻版只对大人物或名人感兴趣,他们对普通人也很关注。普通人的讣告,文笔更优美独特。《纽约时报》刊登过一则讣告:“减肥医师阿特金斯大夫,曾帮助过数量众多的女士,沉重打击了她们丈夫、情人的生活。不幸在结冰的人行道上滑了一跤,就此一命呜呼,再也爬不起来。为什么爬不起来?因为他体重三百磅!”
Obituaries are a special style in American culture, and obituaries are available in major newspapers. These obituaries are not hard-edged public documents, but memorable essays of nature, truly and profoundly show the most unique and most vivid side of the dead. An excellent obituary may be the result of an obituary author’s efforts over months or even years, or an exclusive clues found through untold hardships. But do not think that the obituary versions of these media are only interested in big names or celebrities, and they are also very concerned about the average person. Ordinary people’s obituary, writing more beautiful and unique. The New York Times published an obituary: “Doctor Atkins, a weight loss physician who helped a large number of women and dealt a heavy blow to the lives of their husbands and lovers, unfortunately slipped over the icy sidewalks, Why do not you climb? Because he weighs 300 pounds! ”"