【生詞預(yù)覽】

late已故的，masculine男性的，

【笑話原文】

Girl’s Name

When our daughter was born, we named her Myles, after my beloved late father, despite family warning that the name was too masculine.

Years later, when I felt she was old enough to understand, I explained to Myles, “Your name is very special. I named you after my own father because I loved him very much. I know he would be proud of you.”

Myles thought carefully about this and then said, “I know all that, Mom. But I don't understand why my grandfather had a girl's name.”

【中文譯文】

女孩的名字

女兒出生時，我們給她取名叫邁爾斯，和我深愛的業(yè)已過世的父親同一個名字，不顧家人提醒這個名字太男性化了。
幾年以后，我覺得邁爾斯已經(jīng)長大，能夠懂事了。我對她解釋說：你的名字很特別。我給你取了一個和我爸爸一樣的名字，因?yàn)槲曳浅鬯Ｎ蚁嘈潘麜槟愣罡凶院赖摹?BR>邁爾斯很仔細(xì)地想了一下，然后說道：這些我都懂，媽媽。可是我不知道外公為什么會有一個女孩子的名字。

【詞匯講解】

1.name取名。也有“提…的名字，列舉”的意思：The child can name all the flowers in the garden.那孩子能說出花園里所有的花名。Can you name the chief rivers of China?你能列舉出中國的主要河流嗎?還可以指“決定 ／任命／提名”：They named Smith as president.他們提名史密斯擔(dān)任主席。

2.beloved鐘愛的／親愛的／敬愛的／深愛的：She is Tom's beloved wife.
她是湯姆的愛妻。

3.late已故的。也可以指“晚年的”：The poet lived a happy life in his later life.這位詩人晚年過著一種幸福的生活。還可以指“前任的”：The visitor is the late President, now a scholar.這位來訪者是前總統(tǒng), 現(xiàn)為學(xué)者。

4.masculine男性的。She has a rather masculine voice.她的聲音有點(diǎn)男性化。

5.special特別的。也可以指“特別親密的”He's a special friend of mine.
他是我的摯友。“特設(shè)的”：He is making a special study of modern French literature.他專門研究當(dāng)代法國文學(xué)。