Ken was twelve years old and was very lazy.He didn't want to go to school.He 1 to do as 2 work as possible.His father and mother are both doctors.They hoped that their son 3 a doctor, too.But one day Ken said 4 his mother, “When I finish school, I want to 5 a dustman(垃圾清洁工).”
“A dustman? ” his mother asked.She was very 6 .“That's not a good job.Why do you want to be a dustman? ”
“ 7 I'd only have to work one day a week, ” Ken answered.
“Only one day a week? ” his mother said, “what do you mean? ”
“Well, ” Ken answered, “I know that the dustman 8 to our house to work 9 Wednesday, because I see him 10 on that day.”
Different people have different names.But many people have the same name in the world.People have lots of reasons for changing their names.Film stars, sportsmen, singers and some other 1 people often change their names because they don't want to have ordinary(普通的)names, sometimes they want their names to have special sound(声音).They 2 the “new name” for themselves.When they were born, their parents 3 them their names.But they don't use them often.
Some people have another 4 for changing their names.They have moved to a new country and they want to use a name that is useful there.For example, Li Kangyu changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States.He 5 the name Ken both at his job and at school. 6 with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kangyu.For some people, it makes life 7 in their new country to use different names.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband's after she 8 married.However today, many women 9 their own family name.They don't use their husband's.And some use both 10 own name and husband's name.