新概念雙語:向8位世界著名女強(qiáng)人學(xué)取英文名字
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你希望自己的女兒成為女強(qiáng)人,那么你可以用世界著名的成功女性的名字來給女兒取名,也許有一天,你的女兒也能改變世界!

Amelia 阿梅莉亞

Amelia Earhart,第一位獨(dú)自飛越大西洋的女飛行員

Amelia is a name that flies high on the charts, thanks ofcourse to legendary pilot Amelia Earhart. Earhart set a number ofwomen’s altitude and speed records and also was the firstaviator—male or female—to fly alone from Honolulu to Oakland,California and from Mexico City to Newark, New Jersey. Earhartfamously disappeared while on a round-the-world flight in 1937, buther popular name doesn’t show signs of vanishing anytime soon。

Coco 可可

Coco Chanel,法國(guó)先鋒時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師,香奈兒(Chanel)品牌的創(chuàng)始人。

Coco Chanel spent much of her childhood in French orphanagesyet became one of the most celebrated fashion designers of the 20thcentury. Chanel’s glamour won fans on both sides of the Atlanticand her eponymous brand continues to be a major presence in fashiontoday. In recent years, fewer than 100 babies were named Cocoannually in the US, but thanks to Chanel, the name will always bestylish。

Eleanor 埃莉諾

Anna EleanorRoosevelt:美國(guó)第32任總統(tǒng)富蘭克林·德拉諾·羅斯福的妻子,曾為美國(guó)第一夫人;美國(guó)首任駐聯(lián)合國(guó)大使;主持起草了《世界人權(quán)宣言》

Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the role of first lady into oneof substance. She was outspoken on the issues of women’s and civilrights and continued her political work even after her husband,Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in office. She was appointed as adelegate to the United Nations General Assembly and chaired the UNCommission on Human Rights. As her legacy lives on, so does hername, which has enjoyed an increase in popularity in recentyears。

Elizabeth 伊麗莎白

Elizabeth Alexandra MaryWindsor:英女王伊麗莎白二世

Say the word “queen,” and for many Americans, just one personcomes to mind—that royal across the pond, Queen Elizabeth II. Sheascended to the throne at the age of 25 in the 1950s after herfather’s sudden death and has been head of the monarchy ever since.In the US, the name Elizabeth has enjoyed its own long reign,ranked as one of the 30 most popular girls’ names for more than acentury。

Margaret 瑪格麗特

Margaret Thatcher:英國(guó)歷史上第一位女首相

Known as the “Iron Lady,” Great Britain’s first female primeminister, Margaret Thatcher, used controversial economic strategiesto help revive the UK’s flagging economy while going head to headwith trade unions. Certainly no one can deny her pioneeringachievements, or the popularity of her name. Its been one of thetop 200 girls’ name in the US since the government started itsrecord-keeping in the 1880s。

Sojourner 索杰娜

Sojourner Truth:美國(guó)著名非洲裔廢奴主義者和婦女權(quán)利的倡導(dǎo)者;19世紀(jì)的廢奴主義者和女權(quán)提倡者

Sojourner Truth escaped a life of slavery to become aprominent abolitionist as well as an early women’s rights activist.Born Isabella Baumfree, the devout Methodist changed her name toreflect her work as a preacher who traveled the country to advocatefor her causes. Just a handful of parents name their daughtersSojourner in any given year, but students of American history willalways know the name。

Sonia 索尼婭

Sonia Sotomayor:從紐約貧民窟走出的美國(guó)最高法院法官

Sonia Sotomayor made history as the first Hispanic justice andalso as the third woman to join the US Supreme Court. The daughterof a factory worker, Sotomayor became a lawyer, a judge, and later,was appointed to the highest court in the land. Even though thelast time her name reached new heights was in the 1970s, SupremeCourt appointments are for life, so expect Sonia—the justice andthe name—to stay relevant for decades to come。

Victoria 維多利亞

Victoria Woodhull:她是第一名在華爾街擁有股票經(jīng)紀(jì)機(jī)構(gòu)的女性

Activist Victoria Woodhull didn’t just promote women’ssuffrage—she urged citizens to vote for her as the first femalecandidate for president in the United States in 1872. Anotherprominent Victoria, Britain’s Queen Victoria, was born intoroyalty, inherited the throne at age 18 and reigned over theVictorian era for more than 60 years. In the US, the name has heldcourt as one of the top 100 girls’ names for decades。

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