According to the Bible, it is the almighty God who gave names to everything he created: "he named the light ‘Day' and the darkness ‘Night'". In fact, a name is a word or phrase that man uses to denote and identify a specific person, place or thing. There is no inexorable correlation between the sign and "the signified". For this reason, some claim that names are not so vital as they are supposed to be. However, I am fully convinced that they are of great importance.
Take the name of a person as an example. It is known to all that a person's name is divided into two parts: given name and surname. The given name is the name our parents assign us. We ourselves might change it later in our life. Usually, when a name is given, it contains a lot of information. Say, "li" in the name of some Chinese females shows that we wish them to "beautiful" while "wei" in the names of some males reveals that we expect them to be "great" in their future life.
As to the surname or family name, it is even more important, so important that some people may sacrifice their life for it. Originally, man had no such a name. But ever since a certain name was given, each member of the family carries it wherever he goes. Rather than merely a sign, it is the root from which we can trace back to our ancestor, the tie that helps bind us to other members of the same clan, the dignity most people hope to live for.
Apart from the name of a person, that of a place or thing is also significant in that it embodies history and culture. All in all, though names are assigned artificially, man is not free when giving names. But God is.
作文题：
On the importance of a name
有人认为名字（名称）不重要；
有人非常重要；
你认为呢？
点评09年6月六级考试作文
●审题概述●
这次的六级作文还是一篇议论文，讨论名字的重要性。但是在审题是要注意，这里的名字不仅仅局限于人的名字，而是“a neme”，不确定。因此，在写作文的时候还要考虑各种事物的名字。
●写作步骤●
第一段， 主要先写一下人们对于名字重要性的不同看法，然后表达自己的观点。
第二段， 第二段开始就要详细地阐述原因，来支持自己的观点。我们可以从先从人的名字 出发，写出名字对于一个人的重要性，也可以举些例子来进一步为自己的观点提供有力的论据。然后再从别的事物的名字着手，探讨名字对事物的重要性（因为题中的“name”一词既包含人的名字也包含事物的名字），然后举例，增加议论的力度。按照这样的思路写的话，文章就具有很大的说服力。
第三段， 最后一段重申自己的立场，利用总结性的语句对自己的前文做个概述，结束全文。
●难易程度●这次的六级作文题目比较新颖，对于广大的学生来说有一定的难度。恩波预祝莘莘学子顺利通过四六级！
