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1DiscussionofthewayspeoplechoosenamesfortheirchildreninChina.//WhatarethecharacteristicsofChinesenames?A:Hi,Lily,longtimenoseeyou,howareyounowadays?B:Everythingseemsfine,I’mquitebusywithresearch…A:Aboutwhat?B:TheChinesename.A:whathaveyougot?B:Asyouknow,weallhavenames,it’sveryimportantforus.ChinesenamesaredifferentfromEnglishnames.Chinesepeopleusuallyhavetwowordorthreewordnames,thefamilyname,themiddlenameandlastname.Familynamealwayscomesthefirst,suchasmynameisLily,Liisthefamilyname,Huanisgivenname.A:Oh,yourfamilynameisoneofthefourmostcommonfamilynames.B:Really?Doyouknowwhatarethefourmostcommonfamilynames?A:Inthepast,themostcommonfamilynamesare“Zhao”“Qian”“Sun”“Li”,butnow,Theyare“Li”“Wang”“Zhang”and“Liu”.Apartfromthefamilynames,thegivennameisquiteinteresting.B:Yes,IfoundtherearesomanywaysforChineseparentstochoosenamefortheirchildren.Themostcommonissomeparentschoosethenameforgender,likeQiJingyun,it’sagirls’sname,ZhangXiongisboy’sname.A:Iagreewithyou,butlikemyname,LiLeimaysoundslikeaboy’sname,actually,asyouseeI’magirl.B:Therearesomanykindsofwaysforparentstochoosenamesforthetheirchildren.besidesthegender,someparentsmaychoosethenamebecauseoftheseasonortheplacethechildborn.A:Yeah,Iknowthat,myfriendLiXueyinwasborninwinteranditsnowedthatday.B:Ihaveaclassmateswhonamed“QiuSheng”.A:QiuSheng?IsheborninAutumn?B:Yes,youaresoclever,mysisterisgoingtohaveababy,thebabycanbecalled“HanSheng”becausehewillborninwuhan.A:Sointeresting!Therearesomanyfunnythingsinournames.B:Notlongago,ImadeanewfriendnamedTangJianqiao,doyouknowwhyhisparentsgavehimthename?A:TangJianqiao?DohisparentshopetheirsonwillbegoodatstudyandgototheuniversityofCambridgeoneday?B:Youareright,manynamesarechosetoprovidea“push’forthechildren,suchasWangHuanhuan’sparentsmaywishtheirdaughterbehappy.SunLi’sparentsmaywishtheirdaughterbebeautiful.A:oh,Irememberaninterestingthing,someperson’snamearespecial.“YangLiu”isalsocalledwillow,“ZhuHe’isalsocalledcongratulation,theirnamesareactuallysomethinginourlife.B:Someparentschosethenamebecauseifyouputthefamilynameandthegivennametogether,Thenameispronouncedlikeourcommonwordspronunciation.A:Amusing!Doyouknowothercharacteristics?B:That’sallatpresent,Iwilllearnsomemore,thankyouforyourhelptoday.A:Notatall,goodluckwithyou!I’msorrythatImusttogonow,Ihavesomeimportantthingstodo.B:OK,bye-bye,seeyounexttime.A:seeyou.2ArgumentsfororagainstChineseasafuturegloballanguage.A:Hi,Lily!Longtimenoseeyou!Whatareyoudoingrecently?B:IambusyimprovingmyEnglishlevel.Ifoundit’ssodifficult.A:Ithinkso,IreallyhopeIdon’thavetostudyEnglishoneday!B:UnlessChinesebecomeagloballanguage.Doyouthinkit’spossibleinthefuture?A:Whynot?ThereareaquarterofpeopleintheworldalreadyspeakChinesefluently.B:But,asyoucansee,moreandmorepeoplelearnEnglish.Youcanthinkabouttherearehowmanypeoplearoundyouwhodon’tknowhowtospeakEnglish.A:Oh,no.Youcannotonlylimittoyourcircleoflife,justthinkaboutotherpeoplelikefarmer,workerandtheelder.IdoubtitwhetherthenumberofEnglishspeakerwillexceed1.3billion.B:En,maybe!ButChineselanguageissorichandpropound.ComparedwithEnglish,Chineseismorehardertograsp.Sinceit’ssohardtolearn,itwillbedifficulttobecomepopular.A:IhavetoaskyouwhyshouldwestudyEnglish?B:Americanhasstrongestpowerintheworldanddominatetheworld..InordertoimprovecommunicationwithAmericans,wemuststudyEnglishhardtokeepupwiththepaceofthetimes.A:SodoChinese!ThedevelopmentofChinaissofast,ourcountryhasbeentheleaderinmanyfield,theinfluenceofChinaisincreasing,theforeignerwillregardChineseinthefutureasweChineseregardedEnglishinthepast.Sowhydon’tChinesebecomepopular?B:Yeah,Ithinkyouareright.ButChinashouldworkhardertoimproveinternationalstatusandcomprehensivenationalstrength.Nowthedomesticstillexistmanyproblems,hinderedthedevelopmentofChina,theleadersneedtodosomeimprovementonthepolicy.A:Apartfromthat,IthinktheattitudeweChinesetowardsforeignersshouldimprove.NowtherearesomanypeoplecometoChinaandmanyChinesegoouttotheworld,iftheChinesebemorefriendlyandkindtotheforeigners,andbehappytohelpthemtostudyChinese.IthinkthedaywhenChinesebecomethegloballanguagewillarriveearlier.B:Lookforwardtoarrivalofthatday!3Whatareobjectsorsituationsthatyouareafraidof?Whyareyouafraidofthem?Didyouevertriedtoconquerthem?Ifso,whatyoudidforit.A:Hello!B:Hello!What’swrong?Youlooksonervous.A:Isawamousejustnow.I’mveryafraidofthem.B:AreyouOKnow?A:Yeah.Yeah.I’mok.Thankyou!Themouseissodirty,ittakestheviruswhichwillmakemeill.whataboutyou?Whatobjectsorsituationsthatyouareafraidof?B:Oh.Iamveryafraidofcockroach.A:Cockroach?Why?B:Therearesomanycockroachinmydormitory,theyclimbupanddown.OnceIfoundacockroachinmybed,Icannotgotosleepthatnight,itissoterrible,Icannotbearit!A:Ihatethesmallinsects,too.Iamsufferingfromthem.Didyouevertriedtoconquerthem?B:Areyoukidding?Iamsoafraidofthem.Iwouldratherneverseethem.Theyaresohorrible.Ibelievethatyoualsomustnottryit.A:Oh,no!Ihavetosayyouarewrong!B:Iguessyoufailed.A:Thatistrue!Ihavetriedmanytimesthroughkindsofways,butitdoesnotwork.B:whatyoudidforit?A:Idon’tknowwetheryouknowthepetrat.Itisakindofmouse,butmanypeoplethinktheyare