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阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chinese names are full of meanings. It is part of the culture....
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阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chinese names are full of meanings. It is part of the culture. Western people's names are little1. (difference). Let's look at some of the 2. (reason) behind Western names.
If 3. girl from China is called "Mei", we know it means "beautiful". If a boy is called "Wu", we know it means "like a soldier". It .is because of the meaning 4. people choose for the little boy or girl.
Sometimes names 5. (pick) for their meaning in the West, too. If a girl is called "Joy", that means the parents want her to be happy and to bring others 6. (happy). Other times names are chosen because they are traditional一names taken from the Bible(圣经)for example, like Noah , Mathew, Ruth and John.
But in a 7. (west) country, boys and girls are given names for other reasons. The sound is very important. Parents call a girl Jasmine, maybe just 8. they like the sound of it.
Parents will often choose a name because it also belongs. 9. a famous person, such as a pop star, an actor, or a footballer. In the last 10 years many parents 10. (choose) "David" as their boys' names after the footballer David Beckham.
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