新视野大学英语读写教程2第二册原文与翻译 uint6-10.doc

Uint6 a For her first twenty-four years, shed been known as Debbie—a name that didnt suit her good looks and 1elegant/1 manner. My name has always made me think I should be a cook, she complained. p2I just dont feel like a Debbie. p3One day, while filling out an 2application/2 form for a publishing job, the young woman 3impulsively/3 4substituted/4 her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. That was the smartest thing I ever did, she says now. As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with myself... and other people started to take me more seriously. Two years after her successful job interview, the former waitress is now a successful magazine editor. Friends and associates call her Lynne. p4Naturally, the name change didnt cause Debbie/Lynnes 5professional/5 achievement—p5but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her 6talents/6. Social scientists say that what youre called can affect your life. p6Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. As his name is, so is he. says the 7Bible/7, and Websters Dictionary includes the following 8definition/8 of name: a word or words expressing p7some quality considered 9characteristic/9 or 10descriptive/10 of a person or a thing, often expressing 11approval/11 or 12disapproval/12. Note well approval or disapproval. p8For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or 13reserve/13, 14plainness/14 or charm may be suggested by your name and 15conveyed/15 to other people before they even meet you. Names become attached to 16specific/16 images, as anyone whos been called a plain Jane or just an average Joe can show. p9The 17latter/17 name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, p10which some think makes me more 18qualified/18 to be a baseball player than, say, an art 19critic/19. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. p11Even so, one 20prominent/20 magazine consistent