双语：新西兰禁取"怪名"

2013-05-10 00:00:00来源：网络

　　许多父母都想给孩子起一个与众不同的名字，但有些不靠谱的父母想出来的名字过于怪异，连政府官员都看不下去了。

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　　Last week, New Zealand officials released a list of baby names put forward by parents that were rejected because they were too bizarre or offensive, including "Lucifer" and "Mafia No Fear".

　　上周，新西兰官员公布了一份未能通过政府登记的新生儿名字名单。父母给宝宝们取的这些名字或怪异、或唐突，包括“撒旦”、“黑手党无惧”等。

　　[学表达]

　　1.put forward提出

　　例：She put forward a good idea for solving the energy-saving problem.她提出了一个解决节能问题的好主意。

　　2.bizarre adj.怪异的

　　例：His bizarre behavior attracted our attention.他怪异的行为吸引了我们的注意力。

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　　In some cases, parents seemed to have no interest in coming up with a moniker for their children. They wanted to call the latest addition to the family simply "2nd", "3rd" or "5th".

　　还有一些父母似乎对给孩子们取名没什么兴趣。他们想直接称呼家庭新成员“老二”、“老三”，或“老五”。

　　[学表达]

　　1.come up with想出

　　例：I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.我希望你能提出比这更好的计划来。

　　2.moniker n.名字(幽默说法)

　　3.the latest addition to the family家庭新成员

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　　In 2008, New Zealand Family Court ordered that a nine-year-old girl whose parents had called her "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" should have her name changed because it was embarrassing and "made a fool of the child".

　　2008年，新西兰家庭法庭判定一名9岁女孩的父母必须给孩子改名，因为他们取的名字“塔鲁拉跳夏威夷草裙舞”太尴尬，“是对孩子的恶搞”。

　　[学表达]

　　make a fool of sb.使某人出丑

　　例：Can’t you see she’s making a fool of you?她在戏弄你，你看不出来吗?

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