2025届高考英语培优外刊阅读学案：中文名字话题.docxVIP

高三英语培优外刊阅读

班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________

外刊精选｜用中文名赢得选举？旧金山对候选人“编造”中文名说不

据报道，随着地方选举的临近，美国旧金山市正在限制非华裔候选人将自行编造的中文名字印在选票上的做法。旧金山的华裔人口比例超过20%，包括非华裔在内的公职参选人常常会取华丽的中文名，以求让华裔选民对自己留下深刻印象。批评人士称，这是一种“文化挪用”现象。这种竞选策略是如何影响选举的？如何看待这一文化现象？

No,YourHonor,YouCantCallYourselfHighJusticeontheBallotinChinese

ByHeatherKnightandAmyQin

InSanFrancisco,wheremorethanafifthofresidentsareofChinesedescent,politicianshavelongtakenasecondnameinChinesecharacters.

ButthecitysleniencyforadoptednameshasfrustratedsomeChineseAmericancandidates,whosaythatnon-Chineserivalshavegoneoverboardbyusingflattering,floweryphrasesthatatfirstglancehavelittletodowiththeiractualnames.Somecandidateshavegainedanadvantageorengagedinculturalappropriation,thecriticssay.

Nomore.Forthefirsttime,SanFranciscohasrejectedChinesenamessubmittedby22candidates,inmostcasesbecausetheycouldnotprovetheyhadusedthenamesforatleasttwoyears.Thecityhasaskedtranslatorstofurnishnamesthataretransliterated,aprocessthatmorecloselyapproximatesEnglishpronunciations.

ThatmeansMichaelIsakuBegert,whoisrunningtokeephislocaljudgeship,cannotuse米高義,whichmeansinparthighandjustice,anamethatsuggestshewasdestinedtositonthebench.

Theswitchisntuniversallypopular.Ithasthepotentialofresultinginlongmonikersthataredifficulttorememberorevencringe-worthy,sincethecharactersthatsoundlikesomeonesnamemaytranslateintooddphrasesinChinese.

AtarecreationcenterinSanFranciscosRichmondDistrict,somevoterssaidthatacandidatesnamehaslessimpactonwhomtheychoosethanwhatonehasdone.

Ifyoucare,wellknowyourname,HongLe,88,saidinCantonese.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.ballot英[?b?l?t]美[?b?l?t]n._____________________________

2.descent英[d??sent]美[d??sent]n._____________________________

3.character英[?k?r?kt?]美[