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Do you want to know how you got your name? Naming a child is an important thing in any culture. In China, people are really 1
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when choosing names. They think a name plays an important role in a person's life.
In China, parents always choose names that can show their 2 for their children. For example, all the boys in a family may share the name "Ming", which means bright, showing a wish for a 3 future. Besides, generational names are often seen.
There are also some things people don't do when they choose names. For example, choosing a name with a bad meaning is 4. That's because people want to make sure that their children's life is full of sunshine. And it is not right to name a child after a living family member, as people think it can 5 bad luck to the child. But nowadays many young parents 6 to choose names for their children based on (基于) their own interests. They don't 7 too many things.
However, things are really different in foreign cultures. In English names, as you know, the last name is the family name. And the first name is called the given name. There aren't many 8 for foreigners when they name their children. Some football fans even name their children after their favorite players. But Chinese people 9 do that. Although names have different meanings in different cultures, parents' 10 for their children is the same in any culture.
()1. A. tired
B. careful
C. bored
D. surprised
