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1、Unit3Traveljournal文化探究ReadthefollowingpassageaboutEnglishsurnamesandanswerthequestionsafterit.EnglishSurnames Englishsurnames（姓）haveaninterestinghistory.Inearlytimes,peoplehadjustonenameandtheyweregivenatbirth.ItmighthavebeenJohnorAmy,forexample.Onenamewasenough.IfsomeonesaidAmyorJohn,e
2、veryoneknewwhoitwasbecausetherewouldbeonlyoneAmyoroneJohninasmallvillage.Butastimewenton,smallvillagesbecamebigvillages.ThentheremightbefiveorsixJohnsandfiveorsixAmyslivinginthesamevillage.HowcouldpeopleknowwhichJohnorwhichAmywasmeantthen? Onewayofsolvingtheproblemwastoaddthenameofthewo
3、rkthepersondid.Forexample,themanwhowasacook（厨师）mightbecalledJohntheCook.ThemanwhoweavedclothesmightbecalledJohntheWeaver.Inthisway,surnamescameintobeing.Atthattime,surnamesweregiventoaman'schildren.SoJohnWeaver'schildrenwould,perhaps,becalledHildaWeaverandCharlesWeaver.Anduntiltodaywesti
4、llusesurnamesinthisway. Anotherwayoftellingonepersonfromanotherwiththesamenamewastoaddtheplacewheretheylived.Soiftwomeninthesamevillage,bothcalledTom,mightbeknownasTombytheWoodandTomintheField.Thiswouldgiverise（产生）tosuchsurnamesasWood,Field,Street,Tree,Pond,Lake,Forest,etc. Theorigin（起
5、源）ofmanysurnamesiseasytofind.Buttherearealsosomesurnamesforwhichwedonotknowtheirorigin.Onlyscholars（学者）whohavestudiedthehistoryofwordscantelltheoriginofthem,buttheymaynotalwaysberighteither. 1．Inearlytimes,whydidEnglishpeoplehaveonlyonename? 答案：Atthattime.Britianhasaverysmallpopulation
6、.Whenapersonwasborn,hewasgivenaname. 2．Howmanywaysarementionedinthispassagetosolvethenameproblem?Andwhatarethey? 答案：Two. Onewayofsolvingtheproblemwastoaddthenameoftheworkthepersondid. Anotherwayoftellingonepersonfromanotherwiththenamewastoaddtheplacewheretheylived. 3．Arealltheorigin
7、sofsurnameseasytofind?Andwhy? 答案：Notalltheoriginsofsurnamesareeasyrofind.Onlyscholarswhohavestudiedthehistoryofwordscantellsomeofthem.Maybethereareotherwaystosolvethenameproblemswhichscholarsstilldonotknow. 4．Whatdoesthephrase"cameintobeing"inthesecondparagraphmean? 答案
