Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. In the Englis

Dictation
Listen to the passage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.
In the English speaking countries, given names are typically either girls’ names or boys’ names, and are not usually interchanged. However, unlike Chinese names, where it is often possible to guess whether the name is a girl’s or a boy’s from the meaning, in these countries it is purely a question of knowledge and cannot be worked out from the form. People learn from experience which names are for boys and which for girls. Occasionally, both male and female names have the same sound, but slightly different spelling. In a few cases a name may be used for either sex, and in such cases, the name is usually a surname which has been taken over as a given name. This is more common in the United States than elsewhere. In Britain, given names are frequently referred to as Christian names. This does not necessarily mean that the person is a Christian or that the name has been given by the church. Although the term "Christian name" probably originated in that way, nowadays it is usually used as a synonym for "given name". Recently the terms "given names" and "forenames" have become more common, especially in official documents, to avoid causing any possible offense to people of different religions.