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1、---------Unit1What’sinaName?TEACHER:Goodmorning,everybody.Goodmorning,Felipe,Monica,Theo,...andIcan’trememberyourname.STUDENT1:Patricia.TEACHER:Right,Patricia.Thoseareallbeautifulnames,andthat’sourtopictoday—names.Namesareaculturaluniversal.Thismeanseveryoneuses
2、names.Aperson’namecantellusabitaboutaperson’sfamily.Today,we’llbeginbylookingatfirstnamesandhowpeoplechoosenamesfortheirchildren.Andthenwe’lltalkaboutfamilynames,andlookatthedifferentcategoriesoffamilynames.AlthoughthescopeofthelecturetodayisEnglish-languagename
3、s,wecanusethesameapproach,youknow,tolookatnamesfromanyculture.Let’stakeabrieflookatfirst,orgiven,names.Thereareseveralwaysparentschoosethefirstnamefortheirchild.Thefirstwayisbyfamilyhistory.Parentsmaychooseanamebecauseitispassedfromgenerationtogeneration;forexam
4、ple,thefirstbornsonmightbenamedafterhisfatherorgrandfather.Althoughfamilynamesarealsopassedtodaughters,itisusuallyasamiddlename.Adding“junior”or“thesecond”—forexample,WilliamParkerthesecond—isonlydonewithboys’,notwithgirls’names.Thesecondwayparentschooseanameisa
5、fterafamilymemberorfriendwhohasdiedrecently,oraftersomeonetheyadmire,likeawell-knownleaderorafamousmusician.AlthoughmostEnglishfirstnamesmeansomething,forexample,“Richard”meanspowerfuland“Ann”meansgrace,nowadaysmeaningisnotthemainreasonpeopleselecttheirbaby’snam
6、e.Thethirdwayistoprovidea“push”forthechild.Parentswanttochooseanamethatsoundsvery“successful”.Astrongnamemighthelptheminthebusinessworld,forexample.Ortheymightchooseanamethatworksforeithergender,likeTaylororTerry.So,giventhesethreemethods,whatisthemostcommonwayp
7、arentschoose-------------------aname?Manyparentschooseanamesimplybecausetheylikeit,orbecause’sitfashionableorclassic.Fashionsinnameschangejustastheydoinclothes.Onehundredyearsago,manynamecamefromtheBible—namessuchasDaniel,andAnna,andHannahandMatthewThen,.fiftyye
8、arsago,Biblicalnameswentoutoffashion.Nowadays,namesfromtheBiblearebecomingpopularagain.Similarly,parentsoftenchooseclassicnames,namesthatwerepopularin1900,1950,andare
