Moreand more Chinese are having English names, but not everyone is good at findingone. Why not offer them some help? An American girl called Lindsay Jernigan isnow teaching people how to get better English names.
Whileworking in Shanghai, Lindsay met many Chinese people with strange Englishnames. Some of them chose a lucky number of "Seven," a favoritefruit, "Apple," and a cartoon character, "Snow White."Others had names like "July" and "Rabbit."
Afternoticing the problem, Lindsay had an idea. She gave up her job and set up awebsite (bestenglishname.com) to help Chinese people get better English names.
Thewebsite helps people in two ways. After they take an online quiz, people willget five English names based on their personal information, such as age, joband even future plans. This costs 3 yuan. People can also meet with Lindsay totalk about their English names. But that costs more.
Now,about 2,000 people each day visit the website. Most of them are preparing tostudy or work abroad. Lindsay is planning to offer them more help, such ashelping them write resumes(简历).