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1、Ashisnameis,soishe!BygroupthreePeople’snameHowtonameOtherthings’namePeople’snamesChinesenamesForeignnamesChineseNamesAmodernChinesenameconsistsofasurname(xìng姓)andagivenname(míng名ormíngzì名字),usuallypresentedinthatorder.Whentranscribedintowesternwritin
2、g,thecharactersofthegivennameareoftenwrittenseparately.ThusMaoZedongisoftengivenasMaoZeDong.InformertimesChinesecouldassumeadditionalnamesatothertimesintheirlife.Theseincludethezì字orstylename,acquireduponreachingmaturity,andthehào號,aself-selectednickn
3、ame.Chinesegivennamesusuallyconsistoftwosyllables(thoughitisincreasinglycommontoonlyuseone).ThosesyllablescanbeanyofthethousandsofChinesecharacterssothecombinationsarealmostlimitless.Inpracticesomecharactersarechosenmoreoftenthanothers,suchasMei"beaut
4、iful"forgirls.Sometimesthefirstcharacterofthegivennameissharedbyallmembersofagenerationinafamily(siblings,cousins,etc)-seegenerationname.First,letmetellyouastory······Theflushingtoiletwasinventedin1596,notbyThomasCrapperasmostpeoplethink,butbySirJohnH
5、arington.Harington,aBritishnoblemanandgodsonofQueenElizabethI,inventedavalvethatwhenpulledwouldreleasewaterfromawatercloset.SirJohnrecommendedflushingthetoiletonceortwiceaday,althoughwithourmoderntechnology,weknowthatisprobablynotsufficient.(Rumorhasi
6、tthat,inRobinHood'sday,KingArthur-angrywithhowhisbrotherruledthecountrywhiletheKingwasgone,namedfairtoilette,'thejohn'简单的来说，就是英国叫做John的爵士首先发明了flushingtoilet，所以后人为了纪念他，就把厕所叫做Thejohn了。FromIrelandtotheMiddleEast,namesfromforeignculturesareameaningfulwayt
7、ohonoryourheritageorcapturethecharmofafavoritecultureorethnicity. Namesfromforeignoriginsarenotjustthelatesttrend,theyareaprofoundwaytogiveyourchildaconnectiontoyourheritage,culture,orreligiousaffiliationforalifetime. Inourworldofglobalizationandt
8、heeasyaccessacrossculturalboundaries,anethnicnameisanimportantpartofpreservingonesidentityandconnectiontothepast.方法1、英文名最好与中文名发音一致如： 郑丽丽LilyZheng杨 俊June Yang孔令娜Lena Kong张艾丽Ally Zhang吕 萌Moon Lu张 波Bob Zhang许开云CaronXu江丽霞Lisa Jiang王 姬Jill Wang蒋大为
