新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第二册 unit6a_new

[06:45.43]and John McDavid of Georgia State University,
[06:50.69]teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays
[06:56.45]apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert
[07:02.71]than they awarded to the same papers
[07:07.57]when the writer's names were given as Michael and David.
[07:13.94]However, teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom difference
[07:21.40]Dr. Thomas V. Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University
[07:31.19]found those girls with names such as Linda, Diane, Barbara, Carol,
[07:39.94]and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ
[07:47.60]and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing names.
[07:54.55](A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers
[08:01.10]was also related to the popularity of their names
[08:06.58]although the connection was less clear for boys.)
[08:12.34]Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime
[08:18.78]remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you,
[08:24.54]and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it
[08:29.80]may not match yours.
[08:33.76]If your name no longer seems to fit you,
[08:38.58]don't despair; you aren't stuck with the label.
[08:45.02]Movie stars regularly change their names,
[08:49.88]and with some determination, you can