Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.1 - What's in a name? for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Read the article and complete the sentence.
  3. Answer the questions.

Answer

b)

The main idea of the text is that the names people are given by their parents are less traditional than in the past, but that names are still important for people's careers and their future.

c)

  1. No, it isn't. Normal people are also choosing strange names for their children.
  2. Some names carry positive associations and are linked with success, while others carry negative associations.
  3. Your name might help you to get call-backs from prospective employers.
  4. Celebrity culture and ethnic diversity are making people keen to make more individual choices about names.