Questions
- Who gave you your name?
- Does your name have any particular (or special) meaning?
- Do you like your name?
- In your country, do people feel that their name is very important?
- Would you like to change your name?
Vocabulary
Name
- identity
- the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
- Sometimes
- on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
- pressure
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- particular
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
- classical
- traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
- knowledge
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Answers
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- Who gave you your name?
- My parents gave me my name, my father to be exact.
- Does your name have any particular (or special) meaning?
- Zhi means knowledge, and Lei means accumulation. So I guess my parents wanted to tell me that being knowledgeable depends on accumulation. You see they put a lot of pressure on my shoulders with this name.
- Do you like your name?
- I quite like my name, and I won't change it for the world, because it is unique. I don't think that anyone else in China has the same name. It's part of my identity, and it is meaningful to me.
- In your country, do people feel that their name is very important?
- People in my country pay great attention to their names because they believe that suitable names will bring them good fortune. Sometimes they even change their names for their business and family purpose.
- Would you like to change your name?
- In China, I believe that fathers are in the position of naming their children. Sometimes they will look through some Chinese classical literatures to seek the meaningful words for their children.
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