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1、LECTUREAUDIOSCRIPTSUNIT1What’sinaName?TEACHER:Goodmorning,everybody.Goodmorning,Felipe,Monica,Theo,andIcan'trememberyourname.STUDENT1:Patricia.TEACHER:Patricia,right,Patricia.Thoseareallbeautifulnames,andthat'sourtopictoday-names.Namesareacultureuniversal.Thi
2、smeanseveryoneusesnames.Aperson'snamecantellusabitaboutaperson'sfamily.Today,we’llbeginbylookingatfirstnamesandhowpeoplechoosenamesfortheirchildren.Andthenwe'lltalkaboutfamilynames,andlookatthedifferentcategoriesoffamilynames.Althoughthescopeofthelecturetoday
3、isEnglish-languagenames,wecanusethesameapproach,youknow,tolookatnamesfromanyculture.Let'stakeabrieflookatfirst,orgivennames.Thereareseveralwaysparentschoosethefirstnamefortheirchild.Thefirstwayisbyfamilyhistory.Parentsmaychooseanamebecauseitispassedfromgenera
4、tiontogeneration;forexample,thefirstbornsonmightbenamedafterhisfatherorgrandfather.Althoughfamilynamesarealsopassedtodaughters,itisusuallyasamiddlename.Adding"junior"or"thesecond"forexample,WilliamParkerthesecondsonlydonewithboys',notwithgirls’names.Thesecond
5、wayparentschooseanameisafterafamilymemberorfriendwhohasdiedrecently,oraftersomeone"theyadmire,likeawell-knownleaderorafamousmusician.AlthoughmostEnglishfirstnamesmeansomething,forexample,"Richard"meanspowerfuland“Ann"meansgrace,nowadaysmeaningisnotthemainreas
6、onpeopleselecttheirbaby'sname.Thethirdwayistoprovidea"push"forthechild.Parentswanttochooseanamethatsoundsvery"successful."Astrongnamemighthelptheminthebusinessworld,forexample.Ortheymightchooseanamethatworksforeithergender,likeTaylororTerry.So,giventhesethree
7、methods,whatisthemostcommonwayparentschooseaname?Manyparentschooseanamesimplybecausetheylikeit,orbecauseit'sfashionableorclassic.Fashionsinnameschangejustastheydoinclothes.Onehundredyearsago,manynamescamefromtheBiblenamessuchasDaniel,andAnna,andHannahandMatth
8、ew.Thenfiftyyearsago,Biblicalnameswentoutoffashion.Nowadays,namesfromtheBiblearebecomingpopularagain.Similarly,parentsoftenchooseclassicnames,namesthatwerepopularin1900,1950,andarestillpo
