You are going to read an article about a family choosing a name for a baby. For questions 1-10 choose from the people A-D. The people may be chosen more than once

The Name Game

Discuss the text in pairs or in small groups, then report your idea to the rest of the group.

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Adoption

Work in small groups. Put yourself in the role of an ethics committee member who has been asked to establish rules for the handling and disposition of frozen embryos. Consider the issues that have been raised by doctors, the public and the church.

ROLE-GAME.

1) Discuss the following:

What kind of people should be allowed to adopt children? Here are six different situations. Do you think any of these people should be stopped from adopting?

· a young man and woman in their mid-twenties who have been married for three years and cannot have children

· a lesbian couple in their thirties who want a child

· a couple in their mid-forties who have just got married

· a couple in their late thirties who have been married for twelve years and cannot have children

· a couple of gay men in their thirties who want to bring up a child.

· A couple in their early fifties who have grown-up children by their first marriages, but want to start a second family now that they have re-married

Many people adopt children from abroad. Which of the following is closest to your view?

· It is better for children to grow up in a loving family in the west than in an orphanage in their own country.

· It is immoral to remove children from their own country and culture.

· No child should be adopted by people from another country without the consent of the child’s natural parents.

· This is a very difficult issue and it depends on the situation of the children and their natural parents.

2) Complete the text using the correct forms of the appropriate verbs from the box below:

Jason and Annie 1) _________ in march 1990. Very soon afterwards they decided to 2) ________ a family and Annie became pregnant very quickly. Their first child, a son, 3)_________ born at the beginning of 1991. Annie loved children and six months later she 4) _________ another baby. In spring 1992 Annie 5)_______ birth to a baby girl. Tragically, however, there were complications at the birth and Annie died a few days later. Jason gave up his job and 6)_______ the children on his own for five years. Then he met Lucy, 7)_______ in love with her and they got married. Lucy loved Jason’s children but really wanted some of her own. After 8)___________ two babies in early pregnancy, the doctors told her that she was unlikely ever to be able to have children of her own. As a result, Jason and Lucy decided to 9)_______a baby, which they did in 1999. Jason’s son and daughter think their new baby sister is wonderful.

Which person

1 does not like their name?

2 is not concerned about other people’s opinion of the name?

3 wants to make a change from tradition?

4 had trouble because of their name?

5 is happy to give the baby a name which doesn’t come from their own country?

6 doesn’t suggest a name for the baby?

7 says their name is not very modern?

8 wants the baby to have the first name of another family member?

9 has changed their opinion of the name because of recent events?

10 has a name which is not understood in other countries?

Steven and Maria have been married for two years and now Maria is expecting their first child. They know the baby will be a boy, but now they have a dilemma which is very familiar to couples who came from different countries. Steven is from Scotland and Maria from Greece, and they have to decide whether to give their baby a British or a Greek name. We spoke to Steven’s family in Inverness and Maria’s family in Thessaloniki.

A Dimitra, Maria’s mother

Of course I’m just happy that I’ll be a grandmother! Maria is my only child. My husband was from a different generation and his parents were very proud of our Greek heritage, so they gave him the name Aristotelos. He was a wonderful man and I’ve been a widow for ten years now, so I’d be thrilled if they named the baby after his grandfather. It would be a bit unusual though because, here in Greece, we normally give the first-born baby a name from the father’s side of the family.

B Hamish, Steven’s brother

Steven and Maria said that they think the baby needs to have a name that works in both countries, something very international. I personally don’t think that should be a big issue. Take my name: it’s very common here in Scotland, but when I go overseas, people don’t understand it because they’ve never heard it before. But that’s only a problem when you meet people. I’m Scottish and I’m proud I have a Scottish name. I think they should just choose a name that’s interesting.

C Hilary, Steven’s uncle

It’s always a problem naming a baby and everyone has an opinion. But I can only give my personal experience. My parents gave me a name that’s quite old-fashioned and could be a man or a woman’s name, and I’ve never been fond of it. I had a lot of bullying when I was at school because of it. So that’s what they have to be most careful about. What’s wrong with James or John? They’re common names.

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