（17）：告别“红兵”——也谈取名限制沪江英语|chenjilong上一期下一期TEXT17FarewelltheredsoldiersApr12th2006|BEIJINGFromTheEconomistprinteditionLONGgonearethedayswhenChineseparentsoftenchosesuchnamesasHongbing(RedSoldier),Aihua(LoveChina)orevenKangmei(AntiAmerica)fortheirchildren.（1）TheyarestilllimitedbythecustomofusingnomorethantwoChinesecharactersforgivennames.Butgrowingnumbersnowprefertochoosehighlyobscureonesto①thecommonphenomenon,givena★paucity[1]ofsurnames,of★bestowing[2]anamealreadyusedbycountlessothers.Thepolice,however,haveplanstostopthis.TheproblemisthatcommonlyusedsoftwareforinputtingChinesecharacters,includingthatusedbypolicedepartmentsresponsiblefor②identitycards(whicheveryChinesemustcarry),cannot③veryrarecharacters.InChina,theusualwayofwritingacharacteronacomputeristo④itspronunciationusingRomanletters,thenchoosefromalistofpossibleoptions(mostcharactershavemany★homonyms[3]).Ararecharactermightnot⑤uponthelist.ThetensofmillionsofChinesewithrarecharactersintheirnames（2）havelongsufferedtheconsequences,experiencingproblemswitheverythingfrombuyingairlineticketstoopeningbankaccounts.AChinesegraduatestudentsaysnoneofherexaminationcertificateshasever⑥herfullname,ChenMinqian.Therare“min”character,apoeticaltermfor“autumn”,hasbeenrepresentedbyzerosor★asterisks[4].ManycomputersoncehadproblemsgeneratingthenameofZhuRongji,China'sformerprimeminister,⑦tohis“rong”character,whichisanunusualvariantofacharactermeaning“smelt”.Forthepoliceallthishasbecomeaparticularproblemwiththeintroductionin2004ofnewidentitycardswith⑧microchips.Ratherthan⑨bettersoftware,aseniorpoliceofficialhasannouncedthattheansweristobanproblematiccharacters.（3）Reactionhasnotbeenentirelypositive.OneChinesenewspaper⑩thatthenewregulationwould“simplybefortheconvenienceofthepolice”ratherthanforthegoodofthepublic.Agovernmentadviserwasquotedinanotherassayingthatthe“rightofcitizenstousecharactersfreely”shouldberespected.（4）The“oldhundredsurnames”,asordinarycitizensareoftendescribedinChinese,wouldagree.[QUIZ]1.Fillineachblankwithanappropriateformofeachfollowingverb.Oneverbcanonlyandmustbechosenonce.（将下列动词的适当形式填入文中空白处，每个单词只可并且必须使用一次。）①handle,②get,③show,④complain,⑤issue,⑥avoid，⑦embed,⑧enter,⑨thank,⑩record2.TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesintoChinese.（1）（2）（3）（4）[NOTES](LONGMAN)1.paucityn.lessthanisneededofsomething缺少，缺乏[=lack]e.g.apaucityofinformation缺乏信息2.bestowv.togivesomeonesomethingofgreatvalueorimportance把（有价值的或重要的东西）赠予某人常用bestowsomethingon/uponsomebody形式e.g.honoursbestowedonhimbytheQueen王后授予他的荣誉3.homonymn.awordthatisspeltthesameandsoundsthesameasanother,butisdifferentinmeaningororigin.Forexample,thenoun'bear'andtheverb'bear'arehomonyms同音异义字或词；同形异义字4.asteriskn.amarklikeastar(*),usedespeciallytoshowsomethinginterestingorimportant星号（可作动词用，加星号）[TIPS&BACKGROUND]旻（min）:mín(本义:秋天)旻,秋天也。——《说文》旻无疾威。——《诗•小雅•雨无止》又如:旻宇(秋天);旻序(秋为旻天,故称秋季为“旻序”);旻云(秋天的云)取名不用生僻字（语言文字学家、训诂学家、北京师范大学中文系教授王宁谈取名）●汉字学上称以下四类字为生僻字，也叫疑难字:第一类，是音义不全的字，字典上面有形，但有音无义或有义无音，这些字多半是在字典收字时横向合并或历时传承时整理不彻底或传抄错讹造成的。第二类是指已经被现代...