Girl'name
女孩的名字
[ 2007-04-20 08:00 ]
When our daughter was born, we named her Myles after my beloved late (1) father, despite family warnings that the name was too masculine (2).
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 (3) because I loved him very much .I know he would be proud of you.”
Myles though carefully about this and then said, “I know all that, Mom .But I don’t understand why my grandfather had a girl’s name.”
女兒出生時(shí),我們不顧家人提醒說(shuō)“邁爾斯”這個(gè)名字太男性化了,給她取了邁爾斯,和我深?lèi)?ài)的已故父親同名。
幾年后,我覺(jué)得邁爾斯已經(jīng)長(zhǎng)大,能夠懂事了,便對(duì)她解釋說(shuō):“你的名字很特別。我給你起了個(gè)和我爸爸同樣的名字,因?yàn)槲曳浅?ài)他。我相信他會(huì)為你而深感驕傲的。”
邁爾斯認(rèn)真地想了一會(huì),然后說(shuō):“媽媽?zhuān)@些我都懂,可我不明白外公怎么會(huì)有個(gè)女孩子的名字。”
注釋?zhuān)?br/>
1: late 已故:前任的
2: masculine 男子氣的:有男子特性或外觀的
3: name A after B 以B的名字來(lái)命名A
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