美国婴儿取名跟风潮流文化

　　There’s a better-than-random chance that babies born in the United States last year, 2010, were named “Bella” or “Edward.”

　　我们常常可以看到，美国2010年出生的婴儿取名为“贝拉”或者“爱德华”的。

　　Those were among the 10 most popular girls’ and boys’ names, respectively, and it was more than a coincidence that they are also leading characters in the wildly popular “Twilight” series of young adult novels and films about vampires.

　　“贝拉”和“爱德华”分别占据最流行男女婴儿姓名排行榜前十位。 但是，这不只是一个巧合，这两个名字也是年轻人中最流行的小说和电影系列《暮色》中男女主人公的名字。

　　The choice of baby names, you see, can be somewhat faddish.

　　你看看，就连婴儿的名字，也在赶时髦。

　　Certain ones, such as “Tiffany” and “Justin,” which were popular in the 1980s, become the rage, then fall from fashion.

　　比如，在1980年代就很流行”蒂法尼”和”贾斯丁,” 之后达到巅峰，继而退出了潮流。

　　The other day, a VOA staffer met a little boy, age two, named “Aiden.” Our colleague had never heard that name. Turns out, Aiden is the most popular boy baby’s name this year, as reported by the website BabyCenter.com. For what it’s worth, Aiden was a leading character on the highly-rated TV show “Sex and the City.”

　　有一天，美国之音的一位员工看到一个两岁的小孩，叫做“艾登。” 他从来没有听过这个名字。 后来才知道，艾登是BabyCenter.com网站评选出来的今年最流行男孩名字。 不管到底是不是，艾登总之是流行美剧《欲望都市》中主角的名字。

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