大学英语六级作文范文
TheImportanceofNameRecently,itisuniversallyacknowledgedthatdueattentionhastobepaidtotheimportanceofname.Tobeginwith,alargenumberofpeopleassertthatone’snamecanexertprofoundinfluenceonthesuccessofapersonorinstitution.Inaddition,someevenmaintainthatthementalhealthandphysicalfitnessofapersonwillbeinfluencedorevendeterminedbyhisorhername.Onthecontrary,itistheviewofagreatmanypeoplethatone’snameisoflittlesignificance.Icanthinkofnobetterillustrationthanthefollowingones.“Qiu”,whichmeans“hill”,isthenameofConfucius,thegreatestthinker,philosopherandeducatorthroughtouthistory.Likewise,anothercaseinpointisLaoZi,thefounderofphilosophicalandreligiousTaoism,whosenameis“er”,whichmeans“theear”.Theseexampleseffectivelyclarifythatone’sfutureisonlydeterminedbyhisstrivingspirit,talentorintelligenceratherthansomemysteriousandsuperstitiousfactorssuchascertainnamesorluckynumbers.Asforme,significanceshouldbeattachedtointelligence,persistenceanddiligenceinsteadofone’sname.Givenalltheabovearguments,itishightimethatweputanendtothisundesirablephenomenon.
OntheImportanceofaNameThereisnodenyingthefactthatitisacontroversialtopicwhethernamesareimportantornot.Someholdthepositiveview.Theyclaimthatagoodname,oranamethatcanbeeasilyremembered,canbringonealotmoreopportunitiesthanothers.SomeChinesemayalsobelievethatanamedesignedaccordingtothetraditionaltheoryoffiveelementscanbringgoodluck.Others,however,holdtheoppositeview.Theyarguethatanameisnothingbutacodetodistinguishonefromanother.Aperson“good”namemaynotbeassuccessfulasthenameindicates.Inthesameway,apersonwhohasacommonorcasuallygivennamecanalsoachievetremendoussuccess.Personally,Ibelievethatbothsideshavesomethingright,soweshouldnotgotoextremes.Ontheonehand,wehavetoadmitthatawelldesignednamecanhelpapersontosomeextent.Ontheotherhand,weshouldnotexaggeratetheeffectofanameonaperson’sfate.Anyway,aperson’ssuccessmainlydependsonhishardworkanddesirablepersonalities.
