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Detailed study of text A

1. One day, while filling...for her first name Debbie: One day, when she applied for a publishing job and filled the form, she replaces her first name Debbie with Lynne as her middle name.
2. Throughout history, names… also describe people: Throughout history, names not only recognize people but also describe some qualities of people. Identify means to recognize or be able to name, or to prove who a person is) o not merely    not only
3. One woman I know...because "he sounded dull.” One woman I know refused a blind date with a man, Harry, whose name is to some extent dull-sounded.
4. Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people: Usually, we’d like to attach a certain image to people suggested by their names. Project means to cause a film, image or light to appear on a screen or other surface. Stereotypes means disapproving a person or thing that represents a fixed set of ideas that is generally held about the characteristics of a particular type of person or thing, which are wrongly believed to be shared by all the people and things of that type.

 

注：以上资料选自张鑫友编《新编英语泛读教程学习指南》（第三册），武汉：华中师范大学出版社，2003。