雅思口语话题：Are there any traditions in naming?

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题目：Are there any traditions in naming babies in your country?

解析：
关于给婴儿命名的传统的题目今年可是着实难倒了不少雅思考生。有的同学抓狂之余甚至想到了我国给孩子“起个贱名儿好养活”的“传统”。其实这个题目比较好讲的是流行于包括我国在内的很多亚洲国家的给孩子起正式名字之前先起一个“乳名”的传统。关键词为“乳名”= ‘milk name’（*相关英文文章中所用的词汇）。完整的回答可以是：In China, it is often the case that many parents would give their baby a ‘milk name’ first before a formal name is given.

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Europe

If you were born in Elizabethan England (1558-1603), you may have been named by your parents just a few days after birth, at your bapti*. Like many other newborns of the time, you were named after one of your godparents, carefully chosen for their higher socioeconomic stature. The pool of names considered acceptable during this time was significantly *aller than what we are used to today. Elizabeth, Anne, Joan, Margaret, Alice, Mary, and Agnes accounted for approximately sixty-five percent of all girls’ names. Likewise, John, Thomas, William, Richard, and Robert accounted for approximately sixty percent of male names. When it came to naming baby in old England, life was comparatively simple but somewhat boring. Naming options broadened during the classical revival period which brought in French and Italian imports, opening the door for more creativity.

Today, throughout predominately Christian Europe, you find similar bapti*al ceremonies but various customs in adopting namesakes—that is, who your child will be named after. Orthodox Greeks have customarily named their babies after the fathers’ parents. The French often use a child’s middle name to pay homage to a set of grandparents, using both grandmothers’ first names for a girl and both grandfathers’ names for a boy. The Spanish, known for their traditionali*, have rigid rules even for today; the first-born daughter is named after the father’s mother, whereas the first son is named after the father’s father, and so on. Many other European countries also have customs of naming after the parents. In the common, patronymic style, the “Jr.” wears his father’s moniker. Likewise, but much less common, a girl may become her own mother’s namesake.

The Americas

Native American
Native American naming traditions, some of which are still followed today, vary greatly from tribe to tribe and were often inspired by natural conditions, animals, and virtues. This is especially apparent in the Miwok tribe’s use of water names, often chosen by the way the stream looked when the baby was born. The Southwest Hopis had a mystic tradition of placing an ear of corn, representing Mother Earth, next to the newborn. Twenty days after baby’s birth, the corn was rubbed over his body while the baby, held to face the rising sun, was named when the first ray of sun hit his forehead.

The Navajos attribute great powers to their names. A Navajo name is considered so precious it’s only used during ceremonies, meaning a day-to-day conversation in a Navajo family may go something like “Mother, go get Son.” The Salish tribe follows a “naming trail” in which the name given to a baby by his parents at birth (usually a virtue or trait the parents hope for the baby) is eventually replaced at adolescence with another name that is given by the tribal leader at a ceremony called the Jump Dances. This name usually represents a talent or strength for which the child is known. Likewise, as an *, yet another name might be granted, but this name would reflect expectations or something for the person to live up to.


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