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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.Namesareacultureuniv
2、ersal.Thismeanseveryoneusesnames.Aperson'snamecantellusabitaboutaperson'sfamily.Today,we’llbeginbylookingatfirstnamesandhowpeoplechoosenamesfortheirchildren.Andthenwe'lltalkaboutfamilynames,andlookatthedifferentcategoriesoffamilynames.Althoughthescop
3、eofthelecturetodayisEnglish-languagenames,wecanusethesameapproach,youknow,tolookatnamesfromanyculture.Let'stakeabrieflookatfirst,orgivennames.Thereareseveralwaysparentschoosethefirstnamefortheirchild.Thefirstwayisbyfamilyhistory.Parentsmaychooseaname
4、becauseitispassedfromgenerationtogeneration;forexample,thefirstbornsonmightbenamedafterhisfatherorgrandfather.Althoughfamilynamesarealsopassedtodaughters,itisusuallyasamiddlename.Adding"junior"or"thesecond"forexample,WilliamParkerthesecondsonlydonewi
5、thboys',notwithgirls’names.Thesecondwayparentschooseanameisafterafamilymemberorfriendwhohasdiedrecently,oraftersomeone"theyadmire,likeawell-knownleaderorafamousmusician.AlthoughmostEnglishfirstnamesmeansomething,forexample,"Richard"meanspowerfuland“A
6、nn"meansgrace,nowadaysmeaningisnotthemainreasonpeopleselecttheirbaby'sname.Thethirdwayistoprovidea"push"forthechild.Parentswanttochooseanamethatsoundsvery"successful."Astrongnamemighthelptheminthebusinessworld,forexample.Ortheymightchooseanamethatwor
7、ksforeithergender,likeTaylororTerry.So,giventhesethreemethods,whatisthemostcommonwayparentschooseaname?Manyparentschooseanamesimplybecausetheylikeit,orbecauseit'sfashionableorclassic.Fashionsinnameschangejustastheydoinclothes.Onehundredyearsago,manyn
8、amescamefromtheBiblenamessuchasDaniel,andAnna,andHannahandMatthew.Thenfiftyyearsago,Biblicalnameswentoutoffashion.Nowadays,namesfromtheBiblearebecomingpopularagain.Similarly,parentsoftenchooseclassicnames,namesthatwerepopularin1900,1950,andarestillpo
