As His Name Is,So Is He!
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高英1、2、4、5、9单元课后简答题解析Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible.1.What is a bazaar? Can you name some of the Middle Eastern countries in which such bazaars are likely to be found?Bazaar is a market in a Middle-Eastern country where all kinds of goods are sold. In Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, we are likely to find such bazaars. all the markets in the bazaar. What kind of economy do you think they represent? Give facts to support your view.Cloth-market, copper-smiths' market, carpet-market, spice-market, food-market, dye-market, pottery-market, carpenters' market, the place to make linseed oil. They represent a handicraft economy as indicated by the gateway of aged brick and stone at the entrance, the donkeys carrying goods in the road, the earthen floor and the mud-brick walls in the cloth-market, the bellows to blow a fire and the way to make kitchenware in the copper-smiths' market, and especially in the place to make the linseed oil, the dust of centuries, the crushing of linseed into pulp with camels and stone wheels, the huge ramshackle apparatus made of beams, ropes and pulleys, and at last the operation of the machine.3.Could a blind man know which part of the bazaar he was in? How?Sure. He might identify which part of the bazaar he is in by defining the different sounds and the smells that he can catch. If it is silent, he must be in the cloth-market. If there is a tinkling and banging and clashing, it is indicative of the copper-smiths' market. The spice-market gives a pungent and exotic smell. While in the food market, he can catch the smell of food. Then the creaking of the beam, the squeaking and rumbling of the grinding wheels, and the occasional grunts and sighs of the camels may combine to tell him that it is the place to make the linseed oil.4.Why is the cloth market "muted"?First the floor is made of earth and has been beaten hard by countless feet and deadens the sound of footsteps so that the vaulted mudbrick walls and roof have little sound to echo. Second, the shop-owners all speak in slow measured tones and the customers are overwhelmed by the general atmosphere there, so they follow suit.5.What scene do you find most picturesque in the bazaar? Why?The copper-smiths' market. There we can see dancing light when light from numerous lamps and braziers is reflected by the polished copper. The continuous and harmonious flickering of light makes it a dreamy land, a fairyland.6.Can you guess the writer's occupation, and perhaps, his nationality? The writer must be an American journalist or reporter.7.What do you think was the aim of the visit?The aim of the visit, I think, was to gather information about Hiroshima today.8.What thoughts were on his mind? Were there other visitors from abroad? Did they share his views? How do you know?A lot of sad thoughts were on his mind. There were other visitors from abroad who didn't share his views. The first paragraph shows this to us clearly.9.What was his attitude towards Hiroshima?He felt a sense of guilt.10.Were the Japanese preoccupied with the same thoughts as the writer was?The Japanese were not preoccupied with the same thought as the writer was.11.Was Hiroshima in any way different from other Japanese cities? Hiroshima was different from other Japanese cities in that it was destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.12.The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. How has the city been rebuilt since then?Since then, it has been rebuilt with hard work and with the help of education, science and technology.13.Even in this short description one may find some of the problem ofJapan, or at least, of Hiroshima. Can you say what they are?One is an obvious conflict between western influences and the traditional customs. Another is that the impact of the 1945 bomb attack is still felt or seen till now.14.Why didn't the writer ask the patients of the atomic ward the questions he had prepared in advance?Because he thought it was unnecessary to do so since the answers were obvious after his talk with the patients.15.What was the answer he read in every eye?The answer was the Hiroshima was not the liveliest city in Japan.16.In real life what kind of woman is the mother?In real life the mother was a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands.17.What kind of woman would Dee like her mother to be?Dee likes her mother to have a slender figure and a fair skin, glistening hair and a quick and witty tongue.18.How does the mother act when she meets a strange white man? When she meets a strange white man, she always avoids looking him in the eye and is ready to go away.19.What kind of girl is Maggie?Maggie is an innocent, timid and kind-hearted girl.20.Why do you think colored people asked fewer questions in 1927?Because they were more seriously looked down upon by white men at that time, and they were not as awaken as they are today.21.Why does the mother say Dee will never bring her friends to visit them? What does this tell about Dee? Give other instances to prove your point.Because Dee doesn't like her friends to see the poor state her family is in, which she thinks is shameful. This tells us that Dee is somewhat a snob. Another instance to prove this is that she wants nice things.22.Why did Dee want the quilt so much?Because it was old and stitched by hand instead of by machine, she could use them for decoration showing to the people she was associated with.23.Why did Maggie want the quilt?Maggie wanted the quilt because she could remember her grandma better, who taught her to do needle work.24.Why did Dee visit her mother and sister?Because she wanted to get some valuable heritages of her family, mainly out of her vanity.25.What is the mother's feeling toward Dee? How is it changed in the course of the story?At first the mother liked Dee because of her beauty, taste, and education. But with the development of the story, her love was transferred to adislike because of Dee's egotism, which was obviously revealed when she insisted on taking the quilts while her sister Maggie gave up keeping it willingly to satisfy her desire.26.What is implied by the subtitle:"for your grandmama"?It's implied that the story is written in honor of the grandma mentioned in it and that the ordinary old thing may be something precious for the young.27.When and how did the Germans attack the Soviet Union?Germany attacked Russia on an enormous front by air on Sunday, June 22.28.What was Churchill's reaction to the news of Hitler's invasion of Russia? Why?He was not surprised at the news, because he had thought that the Germans would attack the Soviet Union.29.Why did Churchill side with the Soviet Union since he had always been an avowed enemy of communism?Because he had only one purpose, the destruction of Hitler, who he thought was the worst in the world.30.What policy did Churchill declare Britain would pursue?The policy that Churchill declared Britain would pursue was to destroy Hitler and wipe off every single trace of the Nazi regime.31.What, according to Churchill, was Hitler's motive in invading Russia?Do you agree with him?According to Churchill, Hitler's invasion of Russia served as the first step for his invasion of Britain, thus controlling of the Western Hemisphere.32.Why is Mark Twain one of America's best-loved authors?Because his literary works such as two novels about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are loved by Americans, who imagine he was adventurous, patriotic, romantic and humorous.33.Give a brief account of Mark Twain's experience before he became a writer.Before he became a writer, he worked as a tramp printer, river pilot, Confederate guerrilla, prospector and reporter. He had done various jobs.34.Why did the author adopt "Mark Twain" as his pen name?He adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms of water.35.When did Mark Twain become a pilot on a steamboat? How long did he stay there? What did he learn there? What effect did this experience have on his writing?He became a pilot on a steamboat in 1857 and stayed there for four and a half years. There he learned a lot about human nature and gained a keen perception of the human race. This experience immenselyenriched his writing.36.Why did Twain leave the river country? What did he do then?He left the river country because the development of railroad reduced the number of steamboat pilots and the Civil War began, which stopped commerce. Then he became a Confederate guerrilla.37.What story did he write that made him known as "the wild humorist of the Pacific slope"?The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.38.Why did the book, the Innocents Abroad, become an instant best seller?Because it was a book centered on satirizing Europe and the Holy Land, arousing intense interest among Americans.39.Why is Tom Sawyer as sure to be studied in American schools today as is the Declaration of Independence?Because it is a classic tale of American boyhood describing Tom's mischievous daring, ingenuity, and the sweet innocence of his affection for Becky Thatcher.40.Why did Twain become bitter late in life?Personal tragedy in the death of his loved ones made him become bitter late in life, including the deaths of his father, brother, eldest daughter, son and his wife.。
Unit6SectionAAs His Name Is,So Is He!Detailed study of the TextMeaning:A man’s name suggests something about his nature or manner.As the desert is like a sea ,so is the camel like a ship.沙漠似海,骆驼似舟。
As is the teacher ,so is the pupil.有其师必有其徒。
In the above two examples ,there is inversion in the second clause ,but it is also OK to use the normal order .For example:As you treat me ,so I shall treat you.你怎样对待我,我也将怎样对待你。
As time went on ,so their hopes began to decrease.随着时间的推移,他们的希望开始变得越来越小。
Meaning:I just don’t think the name Debbie can show my character.cook.That is why the writer does not like her name.feel like sth./doing sth.We all feel like celebrating.我们都想庆祝一番。
3.One day ,while filling out an application form for a publishing job ,the young womanMeaning:One day ,when she was filling out an application form for a publishing job ,the young woman replaced her first name Debbie with her middle name Lynne without thinking much.→Note that middle names are chosen by parents at the same time as the first name.Popular middle names are identical to those of first names ,such as John ,James ,David ,etc.,with an emphasis on biblical figures(again ,like first names).In the US and UK ,a male’s middle name is sometimes his father’s first name.Alternatively ,a male’s first name may be the same as his father’s ,in which case the middle name may be used as a first name so as to distinguish him form his father.★fill out:add information such as your name or address on an document;fill in It took me an hour to fill out the application form.填写申请表花了我一个小时。
《围城》第一章一.比喻1.夜仿佛纸浸了油,变成半透明体;它给太阳拥抱住了,分不出身来,也许是给太阳陶醉了,所以夕阳晚霞隐褪后的夜色也带着酡红。
《围城》第6页译文:2.海风里早含着燥热,胖人身体给炎风吹干了,蒙上一层汗结的盐霜,仿佛刚在巴勒斯坦的四海里洗过澡。
(第6页)The ocean breeze carried with it an arid heat; the scorching wind blew dry the bodies of fat people and covered them with a frosty layer of salt congealed with sweat, as though fresh from a bath in the Dead Sea in Palestine.3.假使她从帆布躺椅上站起来,会见得身段瘦削,也许轮廓的线条太硬,像方头钢笔划成的。
(P8)…and when she rose from t he canvas lounge chair, one could see how slight she was. Moreover, the outline of her figure was perhaps too sharp, as if it had been drawn with a square-nibbed pen.4.年龄看上去有二十五六,不过新派女人的年龄好比旧式女人合婚帖上的年庚,需要考订学家所谓外证据来判定真确性,本身是看不出的。
(P8)She could be twenty-five or twenty-six, but then the age of modern women is like the birthdates traditional women used to list on their marriage cards,whose authentication required what the experts call external evidence, since they meant nothing in and by themselves.5.孩子不足两岁,塌鼻子,眼睛两条斜缝,眉毛高高在上,跟眼睛远隔得彼此要害相思病,活象报上讽刺画里中国人得脸。
教学实习教案新视野大学英语教程Unit 6 Section AAs His Name Is, So Is He!教师:学生:一年级学生上课时间:2011年4月12日 10:15-12:002011年4月19日 10:15-12:00上课地点:教四C507教学内容:Unit 6 Section A As His Name Is, So Is He!教学目标:1.了解课文相关的背景知识和姓名文化2.掌握教学大纲中规定的单词和词组3.熟悉词语搭配和语言点4.了解课文情节和课文结构教学内容:1.lead-in讨论问题和介绍姓名文化2.详解大纲规定重点单词和词组,应用举例3.分析讲解课文框架结构4.讲解课文语言点,难点教学方法:以多媒体辅助,学生为主体的交互式教学,小组讨论和独立思考相结合。
时间分配:1.lead-in问题讨论 35 mins2.姓名文化ppt展示 15mins3.单词和词组讲解 50mins (以上为第一次上课内容)4.单词复习练习(选词填空)10mins5.课文结构分析20mins6.就每一部分分别回答问题,讲解语言点PartⅠ20minsPartⅡ20minsPartⅣ20minsPartⅢ10mins具体上课步骤和内容:Ⅰ.Lead-inA. Talk about names (discuss in groups, then answer the questions)1. What’s the meaning of the title? Do you think so?2. What are the functions of name?3. Do you think a person’s name is important? Why or why not?4. What is your name? What is the meaning of your name?5. Do you like your name? Why or why not?B. slid show about name culture.Ⅱ.Words and phrasesA.Listen to the record of words and phrases.B.Learn words and phrases.ElegantAdj. graceful and attractive in appearance or behavior一个优雅的女人an elegant woman讲究的套装 a very elegant suit高雅的餐厅an elegant dining room Application n.1. [C or U] an official request for something, usually in writing申请信 a letter of application南非已递交了主办世界杯的申请。
1 To be, or not to be: that is the question:2 Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer3 The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune4 Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,5 And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;6 No more; and by a sleep to say we end7 The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks8 That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation9 Devoutly to be wish’d. To die: to sleep;10 To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub!11 For in that sleep of death what dreams may come12 When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,13 Must give us pause, there’s the respect14 That makes calamity of so long life;15 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,16 The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,17 The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,18 The insolence of office, and the spurns19 That patient merit of the unworthy takes,20 When he himself might his quietus make21 With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,22 To grunt and sweat under a weary life,23 But that the dread of something after death,24 The undiscover’d country, from whose bourn25 No traveler returns, puzzles the will,26 And makes us rather bear those ills we have27 Than fly to others that we know not of ?28 Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;29 And thus the native hue of resolution30 Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,31 And enterprises of great pitch and moment32 With this regard their currents turn awry33 And lose the name of action.朱生豪译文:生存还是毁灭,这是一个值得考虑的问题;默然忍受命运的暴虐的毒箭,或是挺身反抗人世的无涯的苦难,通过斗争把它们扫清,这两种行为,哪一种更高贵?死了;睡着了;什么都完了;要是在这一种睡眠之中,我们心头的创痛,以及其他无数血肉之躯所不能避免的打击,都可以从此消失,那正是我们求之不得的结局。
《高傲与偏见》(节选一)之宇文皓月创作Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen(An Except from Chapter One)译文对比分析节选文章布景:小乡绅贝内特有五个待字闺中的千金,贝内特太太整天费心着为女儿物色称心如意的丈夫。
新来的邻居宾利(Bingley)是个有钱的单身汉,他立即成了贝内特太太追猎的目标。
1.It’s a truth universally acknowledged, that asingle man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.译文一:凡是有钱的单身汉,总想娶位太太,这已经成了一条举世公认的道理。
译文二:有钱的单身汉总要娶位太太,这是一条举世公认的真理。
分析:从译文的准确性来看,译文一和译文二都表达的很准确,担从翻译的句子结构来讲,译文二的“有钱的单身汉总要娶位太太”与译文一的“凡是有钱的单身汉,总想要娶位太太”相比语言更简练,表达意思更清晰明朗。
2.However little known the feelings or views of such aman may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families that he is considered as therightful property of some one or other of their daughters.译文一:这样的单身汉,每逢新搬到一个地方,四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何,见解如何,可是,既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心中根深蒂固,因此人们总是把他看作是自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财富。
译文二:这条真理还真够深入人心的,每逢这样的单身汉新搬到一个地方,四邻八舍的人家尽管对他的性情见识一无所知,却把他视为某一个女儿的合法财富。
描写我的家庭英语作文 my family描写我的家庭英语作文 my family(精选15篇)在平平淡淡的学习、工作、生活中,大家对作文都再熟悉不过了吧,通过作文可以把我们那些零零散散的思想,聚集在一块。
那么一般作文是怎么写的呢?下面是小编整理的描写我的家庭英语作文my family,欢迎阅读与收藏。
描写我的家庭英语作文 my family 篇1Everyone has a family. We all live in there, and from there to get warm, there are six people in my family, my mother, father, grandfather, grandmother, sister, and me. We live a happy life together, our house has many interesting stories, especially mom and dad.My father works hard. He is a driver, he always do his best to handle each car, try to make them comfortable. Sometimes, he worked too hard to forget to date.My mother is a very bad memory. She would do a lot of housework, but sometimes because of her carelessness while doing something wrong. For example, one day, she use the washing machine wash his clothes, and finally found himself forgot to water in the washing machine.Now let me tell you a funny thing: one day, the father thought as usual to get up early, but because he doesn't set the alarm clock the day before yesterday, so he got up late, when he woke up, he hurried to brush my teeth wash my face and went off to work, my father left, mother said to me mysteriously, "he must be back in a moment." "Why?" I am very surprised. "Because today is Sunday, his holiday." Mom just then, a little later, my father came back, and went to bed again, because he is too tired.You see, what an interesting family! I hope you have a familylike me.每个人都有家。
介绍我的朋友英语作文篇1Hi!My name is Eric.I have a good friend .Her name is Alice.She is 14 years old.She is in No.2 middle school.She likes to learn English,and her English is very well.She likes playing basketball with her classmates.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇2One of my friend is a beautiful and clever girl whoes name is Li Hua.with rosy cheeks,she has a pair of bright eyes,which shine below her arch eyebrows. within her small mouth there are two lines of white teeth.Her hair is straight and long. hanging down to her shoulders. she is healthy and attractive.she is loved by her classmates.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇3This is my friend. His name is Tom. He has two big eyes and a small nose. He has a big mouth and two small ears. He likes eating beef, chicken, hamburger, pizza, pork and Chinese cabbage. He is good at playing football and he is good at running. Tom runs faster than me.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇4Blair is my classmate as well as my best friend. We have already known each other for ten years. We live in the same block so that wealways go to school together. She has long hair, big eyes and sweet smile, which makes her popular in my class. Blair works hard and she is a good student in the eyes of teachers. Besides, she is clever and kindhearted. When others turn to her for help, she always tries her best to help. I feel proud to have such a good friend.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇5I have many friends. but my best friends is tom.he is 12 years old.he has short black hair.he is talktive.he is in grade 6 class 6. we are in both class. he likes palying football.we often playing football after school.we are best friends.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇6Let me introduce one of my best friend! His name is D Jay with big eyes and short hair, and he is twelve years old this year. He comes from HuBei province,and he is be keen on singing and dancing. Of course, he likes playing computer games best! What's more? He is very kind and always prepared to help others! So I love him very much! That's all!介绍我的朋友英语作文篇7Today I want to tell you something about my classmate. He is a boy of l7 years old. He is tall and strong. He likes reading books very much. He likes sports, such as skating and playing basketball. Sometimes when he if free, he enjoys listening to music. He is kind. I am not good at mathand he often helps me with my math. I want to say :"Thank you so much ." I am quite happy that I have such a good friend.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇8I'm Sally .I have a friend.He name is Bess. She is nine.She's very cute. She has two big oyes and a small nose, We are in the sane school.We are learning and playing togethar. She likes dolphin and purple. I like dolphin and purple,too.We are good friend.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇9I have a good friend.Her name is Wu Mi.She is thirteen years old,But she is short.She has big eyes,a small mouth,a small nose and a round face.It is very cute.She likes reading books and do manually.Her skillful hands,can make a pleasant surprise.I like her very much,because we are good friends.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇10I have many friend,but my best friend is Lily.She is a beautiful girl.She has big eyes and the eyes are black. She is taller than me. She study is very well.Teacher and other students like her.She can go on well with everyone We often share happiness and sorrow.I like study and play with her. I think she is my real friend.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇11First, I want to tell you something about my best friend and me. I have a friend called Dick. In some ways, we are the same. Both Dick and I are good at sports. We always go to library together to read because of the same hobby. So, we also study well all subjects.Reading books is important in our life .In some ways, we are different. Dick is a little taller and a lot stronger than me. I think it is because he does excise every day. For me, I just take excise three times a week. Dick likes going to concert, but I have no interest in it. In my free time, I always watch TV. That is really fun.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇12My best friend and I get along with each other quite well.But we are so different.He is funnier,more outgoing than I am and i'm more serious.He is more athletic and likes to play all kinds of sports but I am smarter on study.My friend is wilder than me and I am calmer.He is tall,thin,strong,with short hair,And sometimes he is very careless and lazy.On the other hands,I am short,fat,weak,with shorthair.He is very helpful because I am very lazy and don't want to do any sports.And I will help him with his study.I think our friendship will last forever.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇13My friend’s name is Lily. She is my deskmate. She has long hair, black eyes and a beautiful looking. She is not too tall or too short. It is well-known that she is kind and nice, because she always help other people.Of course, she helps me a lot. She is good at study, especially in English.Because she lives near my home, we often go to school and go home together. We also do homework and play together. We are good friends forever.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇14Blair is my classmate as well as my best friend. We have already known each other for ten years.We live in the same block so that we always go to school together.She has long hair, big eyes and sweet smile, which makes her popular in my class.Blair works hard and she is a good student in the eyes of teachers.Besides, she is clever and kindhearted. When others turn to her for help, she always tries her best to help. I feel proud to have such a good friend.介绍我的`朋友英语作文篇15I have a good friend.She is a pretty girl. She lives in Jiujiang. She is a middle school student. She has big eyes, a small mouth, a small nose and a round face. She is tall and thin.She likes watching TV and playing the basketball. On the weekend, she always plays basketball with her friends in the afternoon and watches TV in the evening.She is a good student. She is good at English. She likes speaking in English. She always reports news in English in her school.She says we are good friends. We send e-mails to each other everyday. I like her very much.介绍我的朋友英语作文篇16Zhang Ying is my good friend. She’s in Class1, Grade4 in Tianjiao Primary School. She’s a model student. She’s smart and she’s helpful, too. She often helps teachers and young students at school. She is good at Chinese, math, English, arts and crafts, music and so on. She has a lot of hobbies. She likes painting and drawing. And she likes listening to music, having picnics with her parents. Oh yeah, she likes fishing, too. But she doesn’t like playing basketball, football, table tennis or volleyball. Zhang Ying is the best friend of mine. I like playing with her. We always work together and help each other.张颖是我的好朋友。
As His Name Is, So Is He!For her first twenty-four years, she'd been known as Debbie—a name that didn't suit her good looks and elegant manner. "My name has always made me think I should be a cook," she complained. "I just don't feel like a Debbie."One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted 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.Naturally, the name change didn't cause Debbie/Lynne's professional achievement—but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your life. Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. "As his name is, so is he." says the Bible, and Webster's Dictionary includes the following definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval". Note well "approval or disapproval". For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.Names become attached to specific images, as anyone who's been called "a plain Jane" or "just an average Joe" can show. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say, an art critic. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line, using my first initials, J. S., instead. I suspect that if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian, the name would have appeared complete.Of course, names with a positive sense can work for you and even encourage new acquaintances. A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for men. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull". Several evenings later, she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all evening. "Oh," I said. "You mean Harry." She was ill at ease.Though most of us would like to think ourselves free from such prejudiced notions, we're all guilty of name stereotyping to some extent. Confess: Wouldn't you be surprised to meet a carpenter named Nigel? A physicist named Bertha? A Pope Mel? Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery school's group of four-year-olds. "There I was, trying to get a little active boy named Julian to sit quietly and read a book—and pushing a thoughtful creature named Rory to play ball. I had their personalities confused because of their names!"Apparently, such prejudices can affect classroom achievement as well. In a studyconducted by Herbert Harari of San Diego State University, and John McDavid of Georgia State University, teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert than they awarded to the same papers when the writers' names were given as Michael and David. However, teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom difference. Dr. Thomas V. Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University found those girls with names such as Linda, Diane, Barbara, Carol, and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing names. (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names―although the connection was less clear for boys.)Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime, remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you, and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it may not match yours. If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't despair; you aren't stuck with the label. Movie stars regularly change their names, and with some determination, you can, too.。