地道美语听力播客903：给孩子起名可是门学问

　　塞莱斯特：看，这是我列的小单子。

　　Albert: A shortlist for what?

　　阿博特：什么小单子?

　　Celeste: Baby names.

　　塞莱斯特：孩子的名字。

　　Albert: We have months to decide. Don’t you think we should wait?

　　阿博特：我们还有好几个月的时间呢。你不觉得我们应该在等等吗?

　　Celeste: No, I want to be prepared. Here, take a look. See what you think.

　　塞莱斯特：不，我想准备好。来，看看吧。说说你怎么看。

　　Albert: Ezekiel?! You want to name our child Ezekiel? He’ll be teased by every kid in school.

　　阿博特：Ezekiel?!你想让我们的孩子叫Ezekiel?学校里别的孩子会笑他的。

　　Celeste: It’s a family name. I was trying to appease my parents. They’ve been suggesting a lot of family names. We could call him by a nickname, maybe “Zeke.”

　　塞莱斯特：那是个姓。我想讨我爸妈喜欢。他们一直建议给孩子起个带姓的名字。我们可以给他起个小名，要不就叫“Zeke”。

　　Albert: I’m not naming my child Ezekiel. His name would be Ezekiel Eckleman. That’s a mouthful. I also want to steer clear of alliterative names. I’ve never liked them.

　　阿博特：我不想让孩子叫Ezekiel。他的名字不就成了Ezekiel Eckleman嘛。拗口，我不想要有头韵的名字。我一直不喜欢那样的名字。

　　Celeste: Okay, are there any names you like on my list?

　　塞莱斯特： 好，单子上有你喜欢的名字吗?

　　Albert: Not Alan Phillip. That’s for sure.

　　阿博特：不喜欢Alan Phillip. 一定不选它。

　　Celeste: Why not? I thought we’d name the baby after my grandfather. Alan is a nice first name and Phillip is a nice middle name.

　　塞莱斯特：为什么不选它?我还以为我们可以用我祖父的名字呢。Alan 是个好名字,Phillip 是个挺好的中间名。

　　Albert: His initials would be “A.P.E.” – ape! He would never live that down.

　　阿博特：那他的名字的首字母不就成了“A.P.E.”——猿了嘛!

　　Celeste: How about “Mikol”?

　　塞莱斯特：“Mikol”怎么样?

　　Albert: You mean an alternate spelling for “Michael”? People don’t know how to pronounce a name with an odd spelling.

　　阿博特：你是说“Michael”的另一个拼法吗?这么奇怪的拼写，人们不知道怎么读。

　　Celeste: Well, are there any names you do like?

　　塞莱斯特：好，有什么你喜欢的名字吗?

　　Albert: Albert Eckleman Junior has a nice ring to it.

　　阿博特：“Albert Eckleman Junior”

　　Celeste: As you say, we have months to decide. Let’s keep an open mind.

　　塞莱斯特：就像你说的，还有好几月呢。我们也听听别人的意见吧。

　　Albert: Humph!

　　阿博特：哼!