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实践任务

Write a short passage about Chinese names.

 

参考范文：

Originally, only the most powerful families had regular family names, and it was not until the Qin Unification of China in the third century that surnames began to spread among ordinary people. They came from various sources: noble families, ancestors, the state of origin [such as Wu], birth order, occupation, ethnic background [for example Hu and Ma] and others. Many names have now died out and the great majority of people share one of the 200 most common family names. In the south the most common name (just over 10 per cent of people) is Chen. As you move north it becomes Li (nearly 8 per cent) and then changes to Wang [around 10%] as you approach Beijing. Given names have, of course, changed with history and you can often tell someone’ s age by their name. As a general trend, names have been simplified and a significant proportion of people now have single character names. Children are usually given baby names [the majority of these comprise a repeated character], and may also gain nicknames from other children when they go to school. In urban areas a substantial number of people adopt and occasionally use western names which appeal to them for their associations.